Hysterics as Owner Forced Into Backseat of Car by ‘Passenger Princess’ Dog

A “spoiled” Labrador retriever’s way of booting his owner out of the front passenger seat of a car, all to sit in the comfortable spot himself, has left viewers on TikTok in stitches.

The canine, named Goose, was pictured sitting contently in the front passenger seat of the car while his owner sat directly behind him. In a comedic twist, the Labrador retriever was filmed turning back to his owner during the drive, with a smug look on his face as if to boast about his comfortable spot.

The post, which was shared to TikTok on May 9 by @gooseymoosethelab, has been viewed more than 3.8 million times to date, drawing in over 730,000 likes and a flurry of amused comments.

Viewers were able to see Goose sitting proudly at the front of the car, while a man drove and his owner sat behind him. A few seconds into the short clip and viewers were met with a hilarious look from the canine, as if to rub his prime seat in his owner’s face.

An overlaid text on the video read: “When your dog is spoiled so you have to sit in the back while he sits up front.”

“So spoiled,” Goose’s owner added in the caption.

To date, more than 1,870 viewers have taken to the comments section to express their joy at the lighthearted moment, with many poking fun at Goose’s distinctive look back at his owner.

“Looks back to make sure you still jealous,” one viewer said, while another added: “That was nice of him to turn around [and] ‘check’ on you a.k.a rub it in your face.”

“Him checking on you in the back,” a third posted.

“‘That’s right, I’m the passenger princess’,” one comment read.

“Not him looking back to make sure you’re still doing alright,” another added.

“He’s like who the passenger princess now mommy,” one poster wrote.

“You got enough leg room back there dog,” another commented.

One viewer shared their similar experience: “We have 3 and one INSISTS on always riding shotgun so when we’re all in the car together his two brothers and I are banished to the backseat.”

“Ma’am can you quiet it down back there, I can still hear you breathing,” another wrote.

Newsweek reached out to @gooseymoosethelab for more information via TikTok.

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