For most dogs, a trip to the dog park is pure excitement, something they never seem to get enough of and never want to leave. But for others, it can be a little overwhelming.

That’s the case for Judah, an adorable 7-month-old Shih-Poo. Before a recent visit to the park, his mom sat him down for a heartfelt pep—well, pet—talk about standing up for himself around the other dogs, especially the ones that might try to boss him around. Make sure your sound is on so you can hear Mom, Asia, hyping him up. The way Judah listens so intently makes it seem like he’s definitely picking up what she’s putting down!

We wondered if Asia’s words of wisdom worked, so we headed to her page to see if there was an update, and there was! You can check out how Judah did at the dog park here. He stood on business!

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Cute Reactions to Judah’s Pre-Dog Park Pep Talk

Judah’s video was absolutely adorable, as was his reaction to his mom’s pep talk about the dog park, and viewers left thousands of comments about it. @Noncharlontte452 shared a screenshot of Judah looking at his mom, head tilted, and got more than 16,000 likes when she said what he was thinking, “You coming too, right?” @Momolove added, “This fur baby is not for the streets!”

@Microsoft 365 chimed in with, “He really processed that.” (See what they did there?!) @Erika Cheree Designs agreed, “Too sweet he’s taking it all in… ‘My mama said…'”.

Commenter @Jayburst made us laugh with, “How you want me to be a good boy but telling me to be a bad boy?!” @Orange Hibiscus added, “All he heard was TREATS LOL!”

@Corie Leigh McKendry cracked everybody up when she shared, “I just know that baby gave someone his lunch money.” @Gen X Tracey added, “And did their homework.” @Mahalia MB replied, “Stop this immediately LOL!”

“I don’t think he is built for the dog park life”, said @MelissaAnderson2216, and we were thinking the same thing until we watched the follow-up video…he held his own!

This story was originally published by PetHelpful on Feb 18, 2026, where it first appeared in the Pet News section. Add PetHelpful as a Preferred Source by clicking here.