--- description: It's only fair. title: Charlie the Beagle Will Trade You His Toy for Your Breakfast image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Charlie the Beagle Will Trade You His Toy for Your Breakfast by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 4, 2014 8:21 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 4, 2014 8:21 PM CUT Charlie gets it. He may be a dog, but he understands that in this life, nothing is free and good things — like a human-sized breakfast — only come to those who work for it. After all, everyone, even pets, need to contribute. (Hence with Charlie’s whole [helping change the baby’s diaper](http://time.com/109517/watch-a-dog-help-change-a-babys-diaper/ "undefined") thing.) In the latest video from the lovable canine [YouTube sensation](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXNUqOjGHwT-Fl2G-KdJgIw "undefined"), Charlie quickly realizes that if he wants his human’s sausage and egg breakfast, he’s going to have to do some serious bartering. Luckily, he has a plan and quickly suggests a trade. This isn’t Charlie’s first time at the swap meet, after all. A few months back, the usually well-mannered pup tried to [entice his human sister](http://time.com/3012708/video-dog-steals-babys-toy-and-then-apologizes-with-gifts/ "undefined") into a generous, if guilt-ridden, trade when he swiped the toy she was playing with at the time. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3556299/charlie-the-beagle-toy-breakfast-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3556299/charlie-the-beagle-toy-breakfast-video/"},"headline":"Charlie the Beagle Will Trade You His Toy for Your Breakfast","datePublished":"2014-11-04T20:21:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:20.915Z","description":"It's only fair.","url":"https://time.com/3556299/charlie-the-beagle-toy-breakfast-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Dogs","Pets","viral","Videos","Viral Videos"],"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/3556299/charlie-the-beagle-toy-breakfast-video/","name":"Charlie the Beagle Will Trade You His Toy for Your Breakfast"}}]}] ```