Dogs and cats are man’s best friends, and any excuse is enough to confirm this over and over. So those who are part of the vast majority who love these cute four-legged friends have a good excuse to have some fun and celebrate the togetherness with a secret Google play.

The offer is simple and went viral as soon as it was discovered by social network users. Just do a web search and let yourself be surprised by a dozen legs that suddenly appear and leave traces all over the screen.

«You Google for ‘dog’ or ‘cat’, press the little colored paw print, you start pressing the screen and it starts to paint the paw prints. How cute!” one tweeter wrote, posting a video to hilarious effect. “Go Google it. Type ‘cat’ (or ‘dog’) in the search box. Squeeze the paw print until it’s tight. You’re welcome,” wrote another.

As users have stated, in order to log in to this secret game, it is sufficient to enter Google, type the word “dog” or “cat” in the search engine, and press the “enter” key or “search” if you are doing it from a computer. ” if tried from a mobile phone.

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This will display a menu with all the animal’s information and a small button (purple for dog, orange for cat). When you click there, the pet’s paw appears and leaves its footprint at one point on the screen. The more it is pressed, the more claws will be presented until you leave the whole page full of footprints.

Thanks to the initiative of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Google has decided to honor cats in this way on its international day, which is celebrated on Monday, August 8th. Truth be told, though these lucky felines are lucky enough to have three appointments in their honor each year: the first is February 20, when the death of the Socks (Spanish, “stocking”) is commemorated. US President Bill Clinton, who made himself popular by appearing at many press conferences alongside the US president; and the last one was on October 29, when Cat Day was celebrated in the United States at the initiative of cat activist Colleen Paige: animal behavior expert who promoted history to honor these cats.

However, you can also play with the dog parks, which is the world day on Thursday, July 21, which has been celebrated since 2004 so that your canine friends do not get jealous. Also beyond this date is the National Dog Day, celebrated every 2 June in Argentina since 1996. The origin of this tribute commemorates a tragic but heroic event in which a German shepherd sacrificed himself for its owner. The protagonist of this story is Chonino, a dog who has been part of the Federal Police since December 1977. In the middle of the hit, the animal attacked one of the attackers and managed to subdue him, but the other shot him in the chest. . Chonino died while the criminals were on the run.