Footage posted on August 26 shows the dog, Kai, drinking the water before wedging himself into the bath. “That weird bird is back in the yard,” an Instagram post sharing the footage said.

Nita Jalkanen says she checks on the avian neighbours that fly into her Edmonton backyard to drink from her bird bath nearly every day with her dog Ariel.

My dog hates, and I mean hates, taking a bath. It has always been this way ever since we adopted him online and he came from the South. I would assume that he would enjoy a cool bath if it was hot ...