If you have ever been around a puppy, you know they possess a very specific type of energy.
It’s not just “active”—it’s a chaotic, category-five weather system that moves through your house, leaving a trail of discarded toys and shredded paper in its wake.
This is the exact scene that greets viewers in a viral video from @threegoldiesonepyr, an Instagram account that documents life with four Golden Retrievers and a Great Pyrenees.
In the center of the storm is Chase, an older dog who is clearly trying his absolute best to be the sensible, mature adult in a room full of toddler-level nonsense.
The video begins with a landscape of toy-covered floors, a visual “crime scene” that tells you exactly what kind of morning it’s been.
While the puppy—who wriggles with the frantic energy of a loose piece of uncooked pasta—is busy being a menace, Chase decides it is time for an intervention.
He has clearly reached his limit and determines that the only solution is a forced nap.
His method is as sweet as it is futile: he gently tries to hug the puppy into place, using his body weight like a slow-motion wrestling pin to keep the little guy grounded.
You can practically see the thought bubble over Chase’s head: “If I just hold him here long enough, maybe his batteries will finally die.”
However, being a canine babysitter is a thankless job.
Just as Chase seems to be making progress, one of the other older Goldens in the house decides this is the perfect time to wander over and start pestering him.
It’s the ultimate “coworker interrupting your most important meeting” vibe.
You can feel Chase’s internal sigh as his concentration is broken. The distraction is all the opening the puppy needs.
With the boldness of a creature who has zero concept of cause and effect, the puppy slips right out of Chase’s embrace.
The on-screen text perfectly captures the defeat: “Unfortunately, this attempt was unsuccessful.”
The second the puppy pops free, he doesn’t run away to play with a ball or chew a bone.
Instead, he immediately turns around and starts nibbling on Chase’s snout.
It is peak baby-brain decision-making—poking the bear (or the very tired Golden) who was just trying to help you rest.
Chase, for his part, takes it with the weary resignation of a parent who knows they have lost the battle but still has to win the war of making it to bedtime.
The internet has collectively rallied behind Chase, with over 66,000 likes and a comments section filled with pet parents who have lived this exact nightmare.
“Distractions… they get us every time,” one user noted, while another pointed out that in a house with five large dogs, there simply is no such thing as “quiet time.”
Chase has become a hero for anyone who has ever tried to calm down a chaotic force only to have that force bite them on the nose.
While the nap mission was a total failure, the video is a perfect snapshot of the hilarious, messy, and exhausting reality of raising a puppy alongside older dogs.
Chase might not have succeeded in getting the little guy to sleep, but he certainly earned himself a bravery award for trying.
In the world of @threegoldiesonepyr, peace is a rare commodity, but as Chase now knows, a failed nap attempt is just another excuse for more puppy snuggles—and maybe a few more snout nibbles.
