--- title: Viral Video: Dog Tries to Jump on Couch and Falls description: Woof canonical: https://time.com/48876/this-dog-totally-thought-she-could-fly/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-04T11:57:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:29.344Z og:title: This Dog Totally Thought She Could Fly og:description: Woof og:url: https://time.com/48876/this-dog-totally-thought-she-could-fly/ 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 Dog Totally Thought She Could Fly twitter:description: Woof twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Dog Totally Thought She Could Fly by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 4, 2014 11:57 AM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 4, 2014 11:57 AM UTC While the word “fail” gets bandied about the internet a great deal, it really, truly suits this video. Why? Because when this eager dog comes tearing across the living room with an eye for landing on the couch and gnawing on whatever is in her mouth, she is absolutely 100% convinced that she is going to make it. She’s certain of it. Convinced. Until she’s not and is instead face first in the furniture. We’ve all been there, puppy dog. \[Via [Digg](http://digg.com/video/superdog-flying-fail)\] **MORE**: [Policeman Fired for Dancing in Gangnam Style Parody ](http://time.com/48410/policeman-fired-for-dancing-in-gangnam-style-parody/) **MORE**: [5 Famous Paintings Illustrated by Emojis](http://time.com/47501/5-famous-paintings-illustrated-by-emojis/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/48876/this-dog-totally-thought-she-could-fly/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/48876/this-dog-totally-thought-she-could-fly/"},"headline":"This Dog Totally Thought She Could Fly","datePublished":"2014-04-04T11:57:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:29.344Z","description":"Woof","url":"https://time.com/48876/this-dog-totally-thought-she-could-fly/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Dogs","Videos","Viral Videos","Fail"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"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/48876/this-dog-totally-thought-she-could-fly/","name":"This Dog Totally Thought She Could Fly"}}]}] ```