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Siberian Husky temper tantrum

By Ann Premazon, founder of Local Husky

Video by Zeus The Stubborn Husky on YouTube · Watch on YouTube. Local Husky isn't affiliated with this channel.

The video

Zeus, a Siberian Husky, is sitting in an empty bathtub. His owner says it's time for a walk. Zeus disagrees, and he does it with nearly a full minute of howling, wailing and protest that sounds exactly like a toddler being told to get out of the pool. According to the owner's caption, he wanted the water turned on.

Meet the dog and the channel

The owner is Lindsay Fleishman of Allentown, Pennsylvania, according to PhillyVoice. In the video description she explains what's going on: "Zeus loves playing in the water in the bathtub and wanted the water turned on. However it was time for his walk and he was just being stubborn." The channel, Zeus The Stubborn Husky, had about 253,000 subscribers when we checked in November 2026.

How it blew up

YouTube gives the upload date as January 3, 2016, but nothing much happened for four months. On May 10, 2016, TODAY covered it and reported about 88,000 views. A month later, PhillyVoice said the clip had "quickly picked up steam" to 6 million views, and that people were calling him "Zeus the Tantrum Husky." That's a nice case study in how dog videos go viral: a slow start, then one big pickup, then everywhere at once. The good part came next. Local screen-print artists Eric Fausnacht and Christopher Kline (of Eric & Christopher) photographed Zeus for pillows and totes, and gave part of the proceeds to Harnessed to Hope Northern Breed Rescue. The video had about 35.7 million views when we checked in November 2026.

Our take: this is the best two-word description of husky ownership ever filmed: "But mom." Every husky owner has had this negotiation over a walk, a bath or a bedtime, and it's still funny the hundredth time.

The husky science behind it

Zeus's "tantrum" isn't distress. It's negotiation. Huskies are extremely vocal and learn early that noise gets results. Many also love water, at least when it's on their own terms. Put a dog who loves water in front of a faucet he knows works, and you've got a protest.

A practical tip

Don't reward the scream. If yelling gets the tap turned on, you'll get more yelling. Wait for a moment of quiet, then reward that, and give the water play a cue of its own, like "tub time," that you decide when to start.

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