This dog sitter in Ethel, Washington, suffered a heavy fall after attempting to get a litter of puppies to stay in a garden.

James Philipsen set up a camera to record the humourous process of him trying to get the pups to stay in the garden.

He would run to one side of the garden before running quickly to the gate to try and shut it before the pooches get there.

Philipsen said: "I would play this game with the puppies and run with them out to the side yard. Each day prior I would run in, run out, and then close the gate. It was fun and I set up a tripod to record it as I thought it would be funny.

However, the dog sitter suffered a nasty fall.

"I ran back to do it again, the second time I had a really bad fall, it hurt so bad that I took a little bit of time to get up. While I sat there one of the puppies named Memphis came up to me and looked as if he was comforting me.

"Then Memphis crawled between my legs as the other puppy Midas came up and started chewing on my sweater string. I then attempted to leave in a lot of pain feeling defeated tried closing the gate and keeping the puppies in the side yard.

"I was yet again unsuccessful so I walked in the gate again to try and run back out, three of the four puppies followed me so I decided that was good enough and ran out and closed the gate, after the video was off I found the fourth puppy and returned it to the side yard without complication.

"Since posting the video I have gotten almost 10 million views in a week."

4 October 2022, Ethel WA, USA

The author said: "I'm James Philipsen and was dog sitting the Rottweiler puppies for my sister in law and roommate Amber for 4 days while she was away at a dog show. The first few days I would play this game with the puppies and run with them out to the side yard. Each day prior I would run in, run out, then close the gate. It was fun and I set up a tripod to record it as I thought it would be funny. I did not expect what happened on the 4th day. I ran in and the puppies were already at the door before I could close it. So I ran back to do it again, the second time I had a really bad fall, it hurt so bad that I took a little bit of time to get up. While I sat there one of the puppies named Memphis came up to me and looked as if he was comforting me. Then Memphis crawled between my legs as the other puppy Midas came up and started chewing on my sweater string. I then attempted to leave in a lot of pain feeling defeated tried closing the gate and keeping the puppies in the side yard

I was yet again unsuccessful so I walked in the gate again to try and run back out, 3 of the 4 puppies followed me so I decided that was good enough and ran out and closed the gate, after the video was off I found the 4th puppy and returned it to the side yard without complication

Since posting the video I have gotten almost 10 million views in a week and CNN did a story about it. It was always aired on TV all over the US the day of Oct 7th

Credit to: @chefjamesphilipsen