The moment a dog realized he wasn't playing in peace has left the internet in hysterics.

Racking up over 203,000 views on TikTok (@becca_cody_ollie), the footage shows Cody, a Chihuahua, playing with his toys in a doorway. Just seconds later, his attitude changes, and he stops to seriously stare down his owner, Rebecca, who is recording.

Cody's Nashville-based owner can be heard laughing from behind the camera and then saying: "Don't be embarrassed."

Cody's reaction has been a hit online, accumulating 40,000 likes since it was posted on September 16. But the question on everyone's mind is, can dogs feel embarrassed?

According to a PetMD article, animal behaviorists agree that embarrassment is likely too complex an emotion for dogs to experience. Research on complex emotions in companion animals is still developing.

Molly Sumridge, a certified dog behavior consultant and trainer, and founder of Kindred Companions in Frenchtown, NJ, said: "Trying to discern what is embarrassment versus fear, discomfort, or anxiety is extremely hard. These are complex emotions, and all we can go on is a cause-and-effect relationship between the environment and the dog's behavior."

Dr. Terri Bright, director of behavior services in the Behavior Department at MSPCA/Angell in Boston, MA, agrees. "For a dog to feel embarrassment, they would need to possess an overall sense of social norms and morals, which they don't have the same way humans do," said Bright.

"Since dogs can't tell us how they feel, we infer their emotions by watching their body language," she continued. "Some dogs inherit and/or learn 'appeasement' signals, such as yawning and head-turning, which may be described by humans as being embarrassed."

TikTok Reacts

Many people have commented to say what they believe the camera-shy canine is thinking, one user wrote: "He said "delete that."

Another said: "...well, I WAS enjoying myself," and a third commenter added: "Dog said "were you recording me without my consent!?"

A fourth user pointed out: "Oooo he was real mad that tail stopped real quick...."

"I love how our pets all have different unique personalities my last dog the most outgoing ever he would literally work a room full of people the one I have now the shyest little guy with everyone new he meets," said one dog owner.

Indeed, dogs can be charismatic creatures or quite the opposite. But did you know that their personality can reveal a lot about their owner?

Kait Hembree, head of training at GoodPup, an online dog training service based in Boston, Massachusetts, previously told Newsweek that a dog's personality can evolve through both genetics and environment.

"Depending on the particular environment a dog lives in, certain personality traits could end up mirroring their owner's," Hembree said.

Newsweek reached out to @becca_cody_ollie for comment via email. We could not verify the details of the case.

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