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Puppy video 'Giving Mom Attitude' hits 12 million views

The clip sits at number six in Pets and Animals on YouTube's U.S. trending chart; other listings show far lower counts, so the scoreboard is disputed.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Dr. Nina Byte on BBN After Hours
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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA video called Six Weeks Old and Already Giving Mom Attitude is number six on YouTube's U. S. trending chart, with twelve million one hundred fifty thousand three hundred nine views.

  2. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe channel is Brighter Paws, in Pets and Animals.

  3. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentOur notes list that same video at about one point five five million, and again at about two point six nine million.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThree numbers. That's a replay review. Look at this, file footage, not the actual puppies, but watch the black one with the tennis ball.

  5. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe white one is chasing it, near a rock. That's a pursuit, not attitude.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTurning point: the black puppy sprints ahead and never looks back. That's attitude.

  7. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentFinal score: twelve million, with an asterisk for two other scoreboards.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentEven the puppy's view count is leaving us on read.

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  1. Six-week-old puppy giving mom attitude in viral clip · YouTube (Brighter Paws)
  2. Brighter Paws video of a six-week-old puppy giving mom attitude goes… · YouTube (Brighter Paws)
  3. Brighter Paws video "Six Weeks Old and Already Giving Mom Attitude"… · YouTube (Brighter Paws)
  4. Puppy video 'Giving Mom Attitude' hits 12 million views (this story)

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