Chin Up: 4 YouTube Pet Videos to Get You Through Your Darkest Day
You know what they say…
When it rains it pours and on your darkest, stormiest days, nothing can feel any truer than that.
Whether you are dealing with a general downpour of trivial stuff or something a lot more difficult to bear, first of all… know that you are not alone. Then, grab yourself a snack and settle in to watch these 4 adorable and smile-worthy YouTube pet videos that have earned themselves an incredible amount of views for very good reasons. Consider them a hug from us to you!
Carmy and Claire AKA Guinea Pigs to the Rescue!
There is just something about a guinea pig that makes everything OK. Make that two guinea pigs and they just might be able to take over the world – or at least save it from a rogue toy.
Carmy and Claire are two little guineas with a huge viral following and they are consistently showing up at preschools and elementary schools where they spread joy and imagination to little guys and girls. In this video, Carmy and Claire (with the help of a few thousand Legos) save the day from evil Dr. Trouble… and, well, cuteness ensues.
Buns of Steel
Some dogs warn off those who have gotten on their bad side with a round of REALLY loud barking. Other dogs give the side-eye. Meanwhile, completely unique and meme-worthy dogs simply get out their good side and get to work.
Check out this hilarious (and wildly creative) dog who isn’t here to hurt anybody. In fact, his opponent may not have even done anything to deserve this. Old Insta-Butt-McGee over here may have just been looking for a reason to show off how hard he had been hitting that squat challenge lately.
I Am a Cat Lover… And I Love to Run
If you are single, you may not be feeling very ready to mingle thanks to online dating. (After all, oversharing happens to the best of us – and when it does, it ain’t pretty.)
Enter this lady who totally understands your plight in life.
She loves cats. She loves every kind of cat. She wants to hug them all… but she can’t – because, well, there are more than 600 million cats in the world – and that would be impossible.
This rendition of a viral pet favorite has been remade by Schmoyoho, synthesized and sound-effected within an inch of its life. You. Are. Welcome.
Baby Monkey + Pig = What Your Life is Missing
It can cure the common cold.
It can make you fly.
It can explain where the dinosaurs REALLY went.
It can prevent that weird feeling you get when you eat too many hot dogs.
It can teach you to contour your nose like a Kardashian.
Well, it feels like it – it’s that good.
From the account of YouTuber favorite Perry Gripp, this baby monkey riding backwards on a pig is everything that you needed in your life and never knew that you wanted. If you are in the mood for a little nonsense of the best kind, check out the rest of Gripp’s animal videos. (Pst… Perry is the genius who also brought you “Hamster on a Piano.”)
Rainy days are never any fun to handle, especially when they have nothing to do with actual rain.
We’ve been there.
We get it.
Go ahead and curl up under those emoji covers – you earned it. Give yourself permission to let your hair be dirty, your ice-cream bowl be empty and your Netflix queue be full… and then? When you are all ready to get back up and at ’em, set up a beauty appointment for yourself… and one for your pet too – because when you look good, you feel good.