Below, you will find a GIF of a dog pouring a can of water on its head. Like all truly great GIFs — The Raptor on Rollerblades, The Michigan Kicker — the longer you watch Dog Pours Water on Its Head, the more questions you have and the more invested you become in decoding what makes the GIF so entrancing.
I have so many questions about my new favorite GIF
Dog pours water on its head
Dog pours water on its head


My initial list of questions:
- Who taught Dog to sit like a person?
- Who taught Dog to trigger the contraption?
- Did Dog build the contraption?
- Can Dog build a contraption?
- Why does Dog flinch before triggering the contraption?
- How often does Dog do this?
- Who is filming Dog?
- Is Dog filming Dog?
- Is this a science experiment?
- What does humankind seek to gain from such an experiment?
- What does dogkind seek to gain from such an experiment?
- Will you be donating to ALS, Dog?
- What happens if Dog stops triggering the contraption?
- Are we doomed, Dog?
- And what is in that dirty, poo-colored water bottle?
- Has there been a better GIF in 2014 than Dog Pours Water on Its Head?
- How cute is Dog?
- No really, how cute is Dog?
UPDATE: We have a few answers, thanks to P.E. Vargas and Daily Mail. Dog is a late entrant in the Ice Bucket Challenge. Good dog, Dog!
.@plante With regards to the ice bucket dog challenge: http://t.co/PkWuZOvINw
— P. E. Vargas (@pevargas90) September 26, 2014 Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.











