About

Learning to Dog is a series of TikTok videos in which dog owners sit with their dog at the window asking them how to properly stare out the window. The videos became popular during the coronavirus outbreak in March 2020 and were inspired by having to stay at home isolated.

Origin

On March 26th, 2020, TikToker @briannastorey uploaded a video of herself with her dog at the window asking them "so do we bark at other dogs or just like people walking by?" (shown below). The video which includes the text "quarantined with your dog" gained over 1.2 million likes in a week.

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On March 27th, 2020, TikToker @kaitlynbristowe garnered over 81,700 likes in six days for posting a video of herself with a dog using @briannastorey's audio (shown below, left). On March 29th, TikToker @jastookes uploaded a similar video that received over 19,000 likes in five days. On March 31st, singer Jason Derulo uploaded a video to TikTok performing the trend with his dog and accumulated over 526,200 likes in a day (shown below, right).

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