--- description: During a live report for BBC Breakfast, weather presenter Carol Kirkwood was totally upstaged by a dog that wandered into the shot and then squatted... title: Dog Relieves Itself in the Background of a BBC Weather Report [VIDEO] image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte467fabfe5d67508/69869c18d0b6f2dbb6305513/185855474.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Dog Casually Relieves Itself in the Background of a BBC Weather Report by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 17, 2014 2:31 PM CUT  My Beach My BeachGetty Images by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 17, 2014 2:31 PM CUT During a live report for BBC Breakfast, weather presenter Carol Kirkwood was totally upstaged by a dog that wandered into the shot and then squatted to calmly relieve herself. Back in the studio, the show’s hosts naturally began to giggle and tell Kirkwood not to turn around. The pooch was[ later outed](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-28342420 "undefined") as Connie, who belongs to a BBC producer: > [](https://twitter.com/BBCBreakfast/status/489679633848467456) Oh, and in case you’re wondering, BBC confirmed that it [was a “number one”](https://twitter.com/BBCBreakfast/status/489674123006988288/photo/1 "undefined"). **WATCH:** [Hilarious Camera Error on BBC News](http://time.com/9679/watch-this-hilarious-camera-error-on-bbc-news/ "undefined") **WATCH:** [BBC Reporter on Royal Baby Watch Is Already Bored](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/07/22/watch-bbc-reporter-on-royal-baby-watch-is-already-bored/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3001460/dog-casually-relieves-itself-in-the-background-of-a-bbc-weather-report/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3001460/dog-casually-relieves-itself-in-the-background-of-a-bbc-weather-report/"},"headline":"Dog Casually Relieves Itself in the Background of a BBC Weather Report","datePublished":"2014-07-17T14:31:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:46.169Z","description":"During a live report for BBC Breakfast, weather presenter Carol Kirkwood was totally upstaged by a dog that wandered into the shot and then squatted...","url":"https://time.com/3001460/dog-casually-relieves-itself-in-the-background-of-a-bbc-weather-report/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","News","BBC"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte467fabfe5d67508/69869c18d0b6f2dbb6305513/185855474.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte467fabfe5d67508/69869c18d0b6f2dbb6305513/185855474.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"185855474","caption":"185855474","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/3001460/dog-casually-relieves-itself-in-the-background-of-a-bbc-weather-report/","name":"Dog Casually Relieves Itself in the Background of a BBC Weather Report"}}]}] ```