Dog researches how to get treats when human baby arrives

Published March 15, 2018 5:37 AM EDT

Credit: Reddit/bla1265 via Storyful

A Virginia household is about to grow by one, and the pet dog is preparing for it.

Redditor bla1265 is soon to become a father for the first time. While this will obviously bring about great change for him and his partner, their 2-year-old black Labrador has been reading up on a very specific topic. 

In a perfectly posed photo, which the Reddit user says took several tries to get, bla1265’s pet pooch can be seen avidly staring at a book titled, "How to Still Get Treats When the Humans are Having a Baby," purportedly written by a mysterious author named Fido Crotchsniffer.

A 2014 Reddit post was likely the inspiration for the new viral pic, posted on March 11.