Bubs the Golden Retriever’s tail is the star in this video, and it is only because her tail is more like a helicopter. An Instagram video from user @mugglinstagram shows that the moment Bubs realized her owners wanted her stick back, the celebration was on, and you cannot miss it even if you wanted to. In the video, the Golden Retriever stands in a hallway holding a long stick straight across her mouth like a prize, staring at her owners with a calm look while her tail tells a completely different story.
Golden Retriever does this when owners want her stick
At first, the Golden wags her tail side to side. But then the laughter starts, and Bubs levels up by wagging it in circles, something that her owner had “never seen” before.
The owner tells Bubs, “Don’t crack it, please,” cracking up as Bubs proudly holds the stick in her mouth. Soon enough, the Golden Retriever’s tail stops wagging like a metronome and starts moving in circles, and her owners cannot believe it. Her dad sounds genuinely stunned as the tail goes full propeller, calling it a “Full helicopter!”
The caption reiterates, “Full helicopter,” then explains, “Bubs has never been a stick dog but that all changed as soon as she figured out she had something we wanted back.”
When a dog grabs something that suddenly becomes “valuable” to the humans, the dog often gets really excited. And the spinning tail fits right in, usually showing big feelings, often happiness mixed with high energy and attention-seeking, especially when the whole room reacts.
Viewers loved the transformation. Several people called Bubs “a very, very, happy dog,” while others joked that she looked like a “wizard” casting “happy spells,” and one commenter even warned that if the helicopter tail sped up much more, she might “take off.”
The Golden Retriever found the perfect stick, and she is enjoying the victory lap, “full helicopter” tail style.
