Video: Labrador Hides in Unlikely Spot, Leaves Owner Looking
Photo credit: @dognamedstella / Instagram

Video: Labrador Hides in Unlikely Spot, Leaves Owner Looking

Somewhere between the crunch of autumn leaves and the fun of backyard games, Stella has completely nailed the trick of becoming invisible. In a new reel shared by @dognamedstella, her human pans across the yard asking if “anyone has seen my other dog.” Mabel sits innocently nearby, like she’s in on the secret. If you’ve seen Stella and Mabel’s leafy escapades before, you already know where this is going: straight into a pile of mischief. It’s peak fall energy, with two Labrador Retrievers, a mountain of leaves, and one very sneaky dog living up to her bio as Queen of Leaves.

Video shows Labrador disappearing… until you look under the leaves

This is the video people are sharing right now. Watch it and you’ll immediately understand the hype. The clip opens in the yard of Stella and Mable’s home, where it looks like a simple game of hide-and-seek is in progress. Mabel’s sitting calmly among the scattered leaves, her expression unreadable; part confusion, part quiet amusement.

The camera then pans from Mable to a huge, neatly raked pile of leaves. Nothing moves. No tail flick. No rustle. Just stillness… until the camera zooms and you spot it. A tiny brown-black nose poking out from the sea of gold and orange. That’s Stella. Perfectly still, perfectly smug.

To the untrained eye, she’s completely gone. But her human knows this routine — it’s not the first time the “Queen of Leaves” has pulled a vanishing act. She could so easily be called “Queen of Camouflage” now. Labradors are clever like that. For them, playtime is a good time to use their tactical brain.

The video has racked up over 63.9k likes, and the comments section is full of delight. One follower writes, “I still don’t know how you find her!” while another crowns Stella the “Hide and Seek champ.” Someone even joked that photos like this belong in a puzzle book. And honestly? They’re not wrong. Stella’s leafy disguise might be her best work yet — and she knows it.

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