--- description: Watch this dog keep her composure in the midst of a chaotic doggie pool party at a canine daycare in Virginia. title: This Dog Wants to Be Anywhere But This Pool Party 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 # This Dog Wants to Be Anywhere But This Pool Party  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 15, 2016 8:29 PM CUT  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 15, 2016 8:29 PM CUT It seems like a dream come true for a canine: a doggy day camp with a dogs-only swimming pool to splash around in to their hearts’ content. But one dog is having none of it. In a video posted to Facebook that’s going viral, taken at Virginia’s [Happy Tails Resort](http://www.happytailscamp.com/ "undefined"), a dozen dogs jump around happily and play with pool toys. Except for one. Motionless, she stands on her hind legs in the pool, staring imploringly at the camera. [Her name is Beya](https://www.buzzfeed.com/juliareinstein/we-are-all-beya?utm%5Fterm=.kq5GNl0Z8#.ih4ePj4XR "undefined"), and apparently she is waiting for a ball to be thrown. But her composure in the face of the chaos around her is seriously impressive. The video has garnered upwards of 8 million views, because everyone knows how it feels when you are just not in the mood to party. In another video, a second pup takes a cue from Beya in what the caption calls a “non swimming dog internship.” We feel you: pool parties can be totally exhausting. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4370536/dog-pool-party-awkward/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4370536/dog-pool-party-awkward/"},"headline":"This Dog Wants to Be Anywhere But This Pool Party","datePublished":"2016-06-15T20:29:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:25.311Z","description":"Parties are overrated.","url":"https://time.com/4370536/dog-pool-party-awkward/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"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/4370536/dog-pool-party-awkward/","name":"This Dog Wants to Be Anywhere But This Pool Party"}}]}] ```