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A clingy dog has gone viral for interrupting her owner's workout routine to demand attention.
Miniature schnauzer Storm lives with her owner and cat sibling, Rogue. The adored pets named after X-Men characters have a TikTok account dedicated to them, with their owner posting videos of the animals to her aptly-named account, @xpetz.
Having uploaded a handful of videos showing the dog and cat relaxing and getting ready for walks, a recent clip shared on January 26 proved particularly popular, racking up almost 25,000 likes.
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It showed Storm and Rogue's owner working out in the living room, lying on the ground and pushing up her legs—but the peace wouldn't last long. She wrote over the video: "POV: You're trying to do your morning stretches but you have a mini Schnauzer."
As she continues her workout, Storm suddenly appears in front of the camera and then rushes straight over to her owner, lying across her body and face.
Her owner, clearly determined to complete the exercises, keeps her workout going. But even as she attempts to move Storm out of the way, she succeeds only briefly, and soon, the dog is back lying across her throat.
Adding to the video, she wrote in the caption: "She doesn't believe in 'off.'"
And TikTok users loved it, one commenting: "I'm just gonna scooooch over here," and another suggesting it's "time you add her to your workout routine."
Others shared their own stories, one user admitting, "my dog bites the socks off my feet on leg day," and another saying, "my mini Schnauzer does the same freaking thing, she loves to sit up on my shoulders and get right in my face!"
"My schnauzer literally wants to get in my skin to be closer to me," one said, as another jokingly suggested "a support group for Schnauzer moms."
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Storm's owner commented that while she at first assumed it was just her dog, "then I see it's the whole dang breed."
The miniature schnauzer breed is noted as friendly, intelligent, obedient, and lovey-dovey with family, according to the American Kennel Club.
They make good watchdogs, can adapt to apartment and rural living, and are popular as family pets for getting along with other dogs and young children.
Newsweek reached out to @xpetz via TikTok for comment.
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