Dog owner reveals pet's very clever ploy to get free McDonald's burgers

One “gold digging” pup with a craving for Big Macs has taken to sneaking out at night and walking herself to a Macca’s car park, posing as a stray to scam free burgers, her owner claims.

In a Facebook post that’s now gone viral, Betsy Reyes accused her dog Princess of pretending to be a stray, so fast food customers will throw her free burgers.

“If you see my dog @ the McDonald’s on shields, quit feeding her fat a**,” Ms Reyes wrote in a hilarious caption, calling Princess a “gold diggin a** b****” and confirming she’s definitely not a stray.

In the photo attached to the post, the busted pooch sits sweetly in the parking lot after she retrieved her.

On Monday night, Ms Reyes noticed the dog was missing from her property at Oklahoma City, so she hopped in her car to survey the neighbourhood. Lo and behold, there was Princess busking for burgers outside McDonald’s.

Ms Reyes even caught and posted video of a well-meaning stranger throwing the animal food from her window.

“Can’t be mad at her hustle,” one person commented.

Ms Reyes posted a second video of the dog’s reaction when she saw her owner.

Princess is seen wagging her tail sheepishly and jumping up to the passenger’s side window as she sees the car pull up. “LMAO she recognised me,” the pet owner wrote.

Princess may be in the doghouse now, but her sophisticated stunt is definitely delighting the internet.

The original post has been shared more than 275,000 times, and Reyes’s videos of the guilty pup have been viewed more than 476,000 times.

Tens of thousands of commenters find the dog to be everything from adorable to relatable. “I can relate to this doggo on a spiritual level,” one wrote.

Ms Reyes says the shameless habit is nothing new, as Princess leaves the house “all the time to go walking to McDonald’s at night”.