--- title: Dog Tries and Fails to Drink From Water Fountain description: This thirsty dog set out to get a drink of water from his new personal water fountain and instead ended up a viral star. canonical: https://time.com/5726701/dog-water-fountain-video/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-11-13T16:21:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:02.923Z og:title: Dog Trying to Figure Out Water Fountain Is a Struggle We Can All Relate to og:description: Check out this thirsty pup turned instant viral star og:url: https://time.com/5726701/dog-water-fountain-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf611a7d00e4527b/698a05ed86f68eab646ede4c/dog-water-fountain.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Dog-Drinking-Water og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dog Trying to Figure Out Water Fountain Is a Struggle We Can All Relate to twitter:description: Check out this thirsty pup turned instant viral star twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf611a7d00e4527b/698a05ed86f68eab646ede4c/dog-water-fountain.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dog Trying and Failing to Figure Out Own Personal Fountain Is a Struggle We Can All Relate to  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 13, 2019 4:21 PM UTC  Pit Bull drinking water Pit Bull drinking waterAbel89/iStockphoto—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 13, 2019 4:21 PM UTC Sometimes everyday tasks can be a bigger challenge than you expect. That was certainly the case for this thirsty [dog](https://time.com/5342964/human-bond-dog-thoughts/), who set out to get a [drink of water](https://time.com/5646632/how-much-water-to-drink/) and instead ended up a viral star. In a video that has been upvoted nearly 16,000 times since it was shared on [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/dvoe51/god%5Fdamn%5Fit%5Fwhy%5Fisnt%5Fthis%5Fworking/) early Wednesday morning, a dog can be seen trying to use its new pedal-operated personal [water fountain](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/04/04/australia-to-introduce-its-first-sparkling-water-fountain/) only to discover that it may not have the hang of things yet. Presumably filmed by the dog’s owner, the clip is captioned, “Absolutely worth every penny,” and shows the dog repeatedly hitting the pedal and attempting to catch the resulting gush of water in its mouth instead of keeping its paw pressed down to create a steady stream. At one point, the dog even tries out a quick triple tap to see if it will remedy the situation. “The combo move was unexpected and hilarious,” [noted one Reddit user](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/dvoe51/god%5Fdamn%5Fit%5Fwhy%5Fisnt%5Fthis%5Fworking/f7eg16q/). “‘Work dammit!'” Watch the video below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5726701/dog-water-fountain-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5726701/dog-water-fountain-video/"},"headline":"Dog Trying and Failing to Figure Out Own Personal Fountain Is a Struggle We Can All Relate to","datePublished":"2019-11-13T16:21:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:02.923Z","description":"Check out this thirsty pup turned instant viral star","url":"https://time.com/5726701/dog-water-fountain-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Dogs","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf611a7d00e4527b/698a05ed86f68eab646ede4c/dog-water-fountain.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf611a7d00e4527b/698a05ed86f68eab646ede4c/dog-water-fountain.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dog-Drinking-Water","caption":"Pit Bull drinking water","creditText":"Abel89/iStockphoto—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/5726701/dog-water-fountain-video/","name":"Dog Trying and Failing to Figure Out Own Personal Fountain Is a Struggle We Can All Relate to"}}]}] ```