You know how some dogs are fierce protectors and watch dogs? Yeah, well not Duke. The Golden Retriever is\u2026 not exactly the observant type. The dog doesn\u2019t have any situational awareness, which you could really see when a deer came close to him and his mom. Duke had no clue! And his lack of awareness now really has people on the internet cracking up.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not every day that a deer gets close to you and your pupper. One would think your pooch would have a strong reaction to the creature. But nope, not Duke! Duke didn\u2019t even know that he and his mama weren\u2019t alone together. Which is just so funny.<\/p>\n
You know who was excited to see the deer? Duke\u2019s mama. The woman was ready to feed the little guy and everything. It\u2019s a shame that her pup had no clue that the deer was there or else he might have been excited too. Instead the Golden Retriever<\/a> was zoning out \u2014\u00a0he was truly in his own little world.<\/p>\n Related: Polite Golden Retriever Who Sits Whenever He Passes a Deer on His Walk Is a Perfect Gentleman<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIs she going to come up to us?\u201d the woman asked from behind the camera. \u201cDukers, the deer is over here!\u201d she told him.<\/p>\n \u201cOh, is there a deer here? When did that happen?\u201d We can imagine the pup saying.<\/p>\n \u201cPOV: You own a Golden Retriever,\u201d the video\u2019s text overlay reads. \u201cDuke is not very aware of his surroundings,\u201d the woman joked in the caption.<\/p>\n People in the comments section were cracking up. Duke really was a little oblivious.<\/p>\n \u201cDeer: sit, Duke. Duke: got it, Ma\u2019am,\u201d joked one person.<\/p>\n \u201cThe fact that you had to point the deer out when it was literally 10 feet away is sending me,\u201d someone else wrote.<\/p>\n The deer *immediately* realizing this dog is not a threat is sendingggggg me,\u201d chimed in a third commenter.<\/p>\n While another commenter was just as confused: \u201cGenuine question but why are most Golden Retrievers so nice? Has it been bred into them? What was their original purpose?\u201d they wondered.<\/p>\n Why Are Golden Retrievers So Nice?<\/p>\n It is true that Golden Retrievers are nice puppers. But why? The truth is that Goldens <\/a>are very social animals that have sweet and gentle temperaments. They want to please their owners and are very obedient. They\u2019re also affectionate, making them a sweet, lovable breed.<\/p>\n It\u2019s all to say that being nice is a part of a Golden\u2019s nature. They can\u2019t help it but be sweethearts.<\/p>\n Looking for more PetHelpful updates? Follow us on\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0for more entertaining videos. Or, share your own adorable pet by\u00a0submitting a video<\/a>, and sign up for our\u00a0newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for the latest pet updates and tips.<\/p>\n This story was originally reported by PetHelpful<\/a> on Oct 16, 2025, where it first appeared in the Pet News<\/a> section. Add PetHelpful as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You know how some dogs are fierce protectors and watch dogs? Yeah, well not Duke. The Golden Retriever…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[2843,40095,79,58087,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-229611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-duke","9":"tag-golden-retriever","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-situational-awareness","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}