Have You Seen This? Puppy takes on fierce enemy — Diet Coke

Gary, an 8-week-old puppy in California, fights a Diet Coke can in his front yard.

Gary, an 8-week-old puppy in California, fights a Diet Coke can in his front yard. (Lois Gray via Twitter)


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THE FRONT YARD — Utah is known for its love of soda. From Swig to Sodalicious, it's easy to get your hands on a "dirty" Diet Coke — a Diet Coke with coconut syrup, a lime and a splash of half and half.

Some Utahns have even started making their dirty Diet Cokes at home, splurging on pebble ice machines and ordering the syrups for themselves.

From time to time — usually around Jan. 1 — people have made a goal to steer away from the bubbly drink with different levels of success. One puppy in California decided to battle against soda just like those goal-oriented Utahns. But was it successful?

Gary, an 8-week-old dog, spotted a can of Diet Coke near his house and the battle commenced. After attempting and failing to fit the can in his mouth and defeat it by sheer force, Gary had to try a new strategy — scaring it to death with his fierce bark.

Is this a case of a dog's bark being worse than its bite? I'm not sure. While Gary's owner thought Gary won, the can seems pretty intact to me.

Gary's unconquerable puppy spirit still remains after the battle, so for now we will say he was victorious. And for those of us still battling against Diet Coke, we can take inspiration from Gary's no-quit attitude. If the first strategy doesn't work, there's probably another way!

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Lisi Merkley is a news producer for KSL.com. Prior to joining KSL in May 2021, she was editor in chief of The Daily Universe at Brigham Young University, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and Spanish.

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