--- title: Golden Retriever Excited About Bath Time: Viral Video description: Just a little something to get you through the day canonical: https://time.com/4018527/golden-retriever-bath/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-01T14:16:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:47.975Z og:title: This Golden Retriever Cannot Contain His Excitement Over Bath Time og:description: Just a little something to get you through the day og:url: https://time.com/4018527/golden-retriever-bath/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Golden Retriever Cannot Contain His Excitement Over Bath Time twitter:description: Just a little something to get you through the day twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Golden Retriever Cannot Contain His Excitement Over Bath Time ## Video: 5 Elements of A Viral Video [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Elements of A Viral Video](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2015-06-22. 5 Elements of A Viral Video_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 1, 2015 2:16 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 1, 2015 2:16 PM UTC Some dogs really, really hate taking baths and will put up a fight as you attempt to get them into the tub. Not this Golden Retriever, though. As you’ll see in the clip above, he’s having the time of his life splashing around and gleefully making a big mess. We suspect this pup is trying to turn the bath into a jacuzzi, and totally loving it. However, we’re not sure he ultimately enjoyed his bath as much as [Barry the pug](http://time.com/3613513/pug-bath-barry/): ### 10 Puppies That Look Even More Adorable Underwater  Pringles & Pickme Seth Casteel  Monty Seth Casteel  Popsicle Seth Casteel  Ginger Seth Casteel  Ruger Seth Casteel  Rolley Seth Casteel  Iggy Seth Casteel  Reason Seth Casteel  Corey Seth Casteel ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4018527/golden-retriever-bath/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4018527/golden-retriever-bath/"},"headline":"This Golden Retriever Cannot Contain His Excitement Over Bath Time","datePublished":"2015-09-01T14:16:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:43:47.975Z","description":"Just a little something to get you through the day","url":"https://time.com/4018527/golden-retriever-bath/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4018527/golden-retriever-bath/","name":"This Golden Retriever Cannot Contain His Excitement Over Bath Time"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4018527/golden-retriever-bath/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4018527/golden-retriever-bath/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```