In an adorable Instagram video from @goldensdigger, a Golden Retriever named Clara met two tiny kittens and had no idea what to do with herself, a problem many of us will resonate with. The video shows Clara on the bed where one black and one white foster kitten are sitting close together. An on-screen caption on the video explains, “My golden retriever couldn’t handle how cute they were,” and, noticing the dog’s reaction to the kittens, there is no lie in that statement.
Golden Retriever reacts to seeing 2 kittens on the bed
The Golden Retriever starts by hovering over the kittens in the video, as if she cannot believe they are real. She takes a careful step back after examining them, then spreads her front legs wide, focusing with a serious stare as her tail keeps wagging the whole time. Clara then pops up into a little burst of energy as she backs up, turns away, rolls, and then sneaks a look back at the kittens like she wants to double-check whether what she saw was true.
Then Clara returns to the investigation. She circles back and sniffs the little kittens with a lot of focus, moving from one kitten to the other like she is ensuring each one is real. When she finishes, she steps back and throws her front paws out again, confirming that she has too many feelings about the foster babies.
The video’s caption says, “My golden retriever Clara was having a cuteness aggression ?? she loves kittens!” Simply put, that “cuteness aggression” feeling can show up when a dog, or a person, gets overwhelmed by something adorable, the body gets excited, and it needs a harmless way to release that energy. Therefore, you see pacing, wiggling, rolling around, or those abrupt movements that Clara keeps doing.
Viewers loved the Golden’s “cuteness aggression.” One comment read, “Doggo is experiencing cuteness overload,” while another believed, “i can hear her thoughts “omg they are so cute.”” And as one person pointed out, “Golden retrievers are just happy to make friends with anyone.” This video proves that the assumption is true.
