{"id":540511,"date":"2026-01-24T23:26:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T23:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/540511\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T23:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T23:26:20","slug":"nyc-dog-goes-viral-for-trying-to-walk-in-his-new-snow-boots-in-adorable-video-send-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/540511\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC dog goes viral for trying to walk in his new snow boots in adorable video: &#8216;Send help&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greg may want to stay inside tomorrow.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>A Manhattan dog having a ruff time attempting to walk in his new snow boots went viral on Instagram \u2014 with close to 1 million views.<\/p>\n<p>Greg the Italian Greyhound of NoMad tried on his new boots for the first time as he prepared to head out to Madison Square Park \u2014 and his mom captured the adorable clip of him awkwardly and gingerly hobbling in them, captioning it: \u201cSnow day in NYC \u2026 send help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was just trying his very best to walk in those boots and it looked so cute and funny, we had to take a video,\u201d Greg\u2019s mother, Andrea Liu, told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>She initially just posted it on her personal Instagram page, but once her friends saw it, they pushed her to share it on Greg\u2019s account, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gregtheig\/reels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@gregtheig<\/a> \u2014 where he boasts over 7,700 followers. And it quickly went viral.<\/p>\n<p>The fur baby, who is just 2 years old, has only owned two pairs of boots so far. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38276072\" width=\"443\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photos-sent-andrea-liu-greyhound-119600430.jpg\" alt=\"Greyhound dog, Greg, wearing a blue snowsuit and orange snow boots in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-38276072\"  \/>Greg the Greyhound went viral for attempting to walk in his snow boots last weekend. Andrea Liu<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been through two winters. His first winter, we had another pair of boots that wouldn\u2019t really stay on, and he didn\u2019t really like to wear them,\u201d Liu explained.<\/p>\n<p>So this year, his parents bought him a pair from HunnyBoots\u00a0Australia, which creates clothing and accessories with greyhounds in mind.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese stay on better, but he also doesn\u2019t really like to wear them,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Greg, who was born in Georgia, does love wearing his Bongoof puffer coat though \u2014 which gets him through winters in the Big Apple.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38276060\" width=\"443\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photos-sent-andrea-liu-greyhound-119601761.jpg\" alt=\"Greg the greyhound wearing a blue winter suit and red knitted hat in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-38276060\"  \/>The NoMad resident does like wearing his puffer coat. Provided by Andrea Liu<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he doesn\u2019t like putting it on, but it\u2019s needed because he has such short fur,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the pup\u2019s first time going viral. <\/p>\n<p>Last summer, he racked up<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DMS9Whqs7Qj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 20 million views<\/a> for learning how to use a remote treat dispenser. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greg may want to stay inside tomorrow.\u00a0 A Manhattan dog having a ruff time attempting to walk in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":540512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,16666,4654,6335,563,238585,5249,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,7926,71178,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969,5631],"class_list":{"0":"post-540511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-boots","10":"tag-dogs","11":"tag-exclusive","12":"tag-instagram","13":"tag-madison-square-park","14":"tag-manhattan","15":"tag-metro","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-city","18":"tag-newyork","19":"tag-newyorkcity","20":"tag-ny","21":"tag-nyc","22":"tag-pets","23":"tag-snow","24":"tag-united-states","25":"tag-united-states-of-america","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","28":"tag-us","29":"tag-us-news","30":"tag-usa","31":"tag-viral-videos"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115952667250660684","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}