Ted’s in it for himself.
By Stephen Messenger
Published on July 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Cleanup time at Juliana Lima Queiroz’s home in Brazil is a bit more arduous than most — but not for a lack of others in the household participating in the process. Rather, because of it.
Namely, it’s Queiroz’s sweet dog, Ted, who makes things move a little slower than they otherwise would.
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Ted, who’s 7 years old, has never once been asked to lend a paw with the housework. While his family would go about their chores, he’d mostly just laze, enjoying afternoon naps while others kept things tidy. But one day, as Queiroz’s husband swept the floor around him, Ted apparently felt the sensation of the broom’s bristles on his fur.
And from then on, things have never been the same.
“He started running around, chasing the broom so that we’d sweep him,” Queiroz told The Dodo. “Now he wants to be swept every day.”
As this video of Ted shows, it’s made cleaning the floor a bit more challenging:
Ted’s obviously not helping. He’s in it for the scritches.
But his family is always more than happy to oblige him.
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“It’s not a big deal at all. We love that he discovered that,” Queiroz said. “Now, we simply sweep the porch — and him.”
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