Is This Dog Afraid of This Feather Because It Smells Like a Bird?

This little coward is afraid of a feather—a feather. A damn feather. Why, though?

Gawker reporter Andy Cush offers this theory:

is it because the feather smells like a bird?

I don’t know. Is it?

What do you think:

Thank you.

h/t Arbroath. Contact the author at kelly.conaboy@gawker.com.