A dog owner is forced to put on a FAKE Northern Irish accent when telling his pet Rottweiler what to do – as the mutt ignores commands given with an English accent.
Jay Shore, 35, and Megan King, 33, brought their new pup Paddy over to Merseyside, England, from Northern Ireland in December last year.
The six-month-old mutt had spent the first few months of his life in Megan’s home town, Armagh, where he was being looked after by her parents.
Jay, from Formby, Merseyside, was left scratching his head as to why Paddy would only obey Megan and refused to follow Jay’s commands.
The electrician finally realised last week that Paddy could only understand when he spoke in a Northern Irish accent as he’d been taught basic commands by Megan’s parents.
Footage shows Paddy looking confused when Jay asks him to sit until he puts on the accent and he finally follows the order, which Megan says made her nearly wet herself from laughing.
Megan said: “My parents bought him for me because my dog passed away last year.
“We were waiting for his vaccines to kick in before we brought him over so he was brought up in a Northern Irish house with the accent.
“They taught him all of the basic commands. Jay obviously doesn’t have the accent which Paddy responds to.
“He wasn’t listening to Jay and we couldn’t work it out. He was very confused. I understood his confusion.
“He wasn’t responding and Jay suddenly wondered if it was because he was used to an Northern Irish accent.
“It was hilarious when we realised, we both nearly wet ourselves laughing.
“He struggles with all the commands until its done in a Northern Irish accent. He won’t come in from the garden unless Jay says ‘come in now’ in the accent.”
Lab technician Megan says Jay has learned how to put on the accent during their six year relationship.
Megan moved to England in 2012 but says her accent isn’t going anywhere so the pair are trying to teach Paddy to follow hand commands to avoid any more confusion.
Megan said: “Hopefully he’ll get used to Jay’s accent and now we’ve realised what the issue is we can work on it.”