Watch This Golden Retriever Steal His Owner’s Steak and Go Full Jaws of Steel

It’s like our dogs know they’ve stolen something really, really good.

I swear our dogs absolutely know when they have stolen something really, really good. It’s when they flip to a little-known setting: Steel Jaw.

In this case, it’s Monte the golden retriever (monte_the_golden on TikTok), who nabbed a nice steak off his owner’s table in an all-too-relatable TikTok. His owner attempts with both hands to extract the meat from his mouth, but he is locked in. Not happening.

“I am a golden retriever, and in this case I retrieved the gold,” Monte’s faux-voiceover says in the video.

@monte_the_golden guy inhaled it ? #dogsoftiktok #goldenretriever ♬ original sound – Monte & Mandy

Haven’t we all been here before? Like, you can eventually pry a toy out of your dog’s mouth when you’re playing, but when they have something tasty? Might as well give up. Our dogs chomp down on whatever it is because they know how unlikely it is they’ll get it again. (At least that’s what I like to think.)

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In our house, our poodle once grabbed my father’s barbecued chicken breast off the table and went Steel Jaw. He had to give up and let her eat it because he couldn’t open her mouth. (My mom and sister were no help. They just sat there and laughed.)