You can hear the rain before you see it — that steady backyard downpour that makes you want to stay curled up inside. However, Bruce’s got other plans. In a video shared by @san_diego_bruce, the Golden Retriever’s mom opens the door to find him standing in the rain, paws planted firmly on his beloved stick.
She calls out his name, asking if he wants to come in. He blinks once, slow and deliberate, getting completely drenched. Everything about his face is exactly how it’s mentioned in the caption, “No really, I’m fine thanks.” And truly, he is very serious about not wanting to leave his stick behind in the rain.
Video shows Golden Retriever refusing to let go of stick and come inside as it rains
The now-viral video opens with Bruce’s mom opening the door to the backyard. She is wearing a cozy sweater, confirming it is cold outside. It is pouring, but there stands Bruce in the rain, standing on his stick. The camera stays on the Golden as the rain pours harder.
His mom asks again, “Come on, bud,” voice warm but half-laughing. Bruce doesn’t move an inch. His front paws are still guarding that stick like it’s a treasure. There’s a tiny lip smack, a glance down at his stick, and then another blink — you can almost hear him thinking, “Not without my stick.”
He looks a little bothered by the cold, squinting against the droplets, but he’s not budging. Maybe it’s the stubborn streak that makes him stay put. Or maybe it’s because he recently lost his favorite ball in the bushes and isn’t about to let another prized possession disappear.
The video of the Golden Retriever in the rain has racked up over 105K likes at the time of writing, and the comments are pure gold. “Bro thinks he’s in a music video,” one person joked. Another wrote, “Enjoy that eau de wet dog.”
Someone even turned it into life advice: “It’s not about waiting for the storm to pass — it’s about learning to dance in the rain, Bruce!” His devotion to his stick really is something, and there’s a lesson somewhere in there about commitment.
