Juniper Friday! How Fast Can You Rotate And Swivel That Part Of Your Body?

Juniper, a dog, makes a bit of a mess of the dog bed in front of the television as she tries to stomp it into a more comfortable configurations.

Dogs pacing in a circle before lying down is often characterized as a kind of trope, an instinctive behavior that is presumed to be hard-wired. If you watch dogs do this under a variety of conditions, however, you’ll see that there’s a thoughtfulness at work. Here, Juniper is trying to pace out a circle to create comfy spot, but the dog bed is not cooperating, and it wouldn’t be out of line to give her the caption, “Uh, a little help here, please?”