Who's a good girl? Woman pretending to be a pup is barking all the way to the bank

Just when you thought you'd heard it all, along comes a story that really makes you wonder if the world has gone barking mad.

Jenna Phillips (21) from Austin, Texas, quit her job as an optician in pursuit of playing a dog on the popular and controversial social media site OnlyFans. And she claims to be making more money than she ever did testing people's eyes.

Her fans pay to watch Jenna, who goes by the handle @thepuppygirljenna, bark, learn tricks, fetch balls and walk on all fours while on a leash. 

“I feel like a dog. I just want to roll around, play fetch, get head scratches, run around and play. All of that,” Jenna said in a podcast. 

She recently uploaded a video of herself and another woman barking at each other while on all fours. Her handler has to pull her away from the other woman when things start to get a little heated.

So far, the video has had 23,5 million views and 1,8 million likes on TikTok. It also amassed more than 71 000 comments, many from people who are somewhat baffled by Jenna's antics.

Jordan Belfort, the businessman on whose life the hit movie The Wolf of Wall Street was based, was incredulous. 

“What universe is this (?)” he writes. 

“Two grown adults,” another TikTokker adds.

“I’m tired of people on this planet," yet another chimes up.

Jenna isn't that bothered, though, as she intentionally uploads outrageous videos as a way of attracting more viewers to her OnlyFans account. 

She claims she makes £700,000 (about R10 million) a year and is more than happy to pretend to be a dog for that kind of cash. 

“It’s insane. I never thought my weird dog kink would be looked at by a broad audience, or that so many people would like or care about it. It still blows my mind,” Jenna told VICE magazine.

She feels she relates well to dogs as she often pretended to be one when she was a kid

“When it comes to pet play, the majority of girls do kittens, foxes or rabbits, and the majority of puppies are boys. I thought about it for a long time when I first got into pet play. I feel like a dog, so that's what I decided to be.”

Jenna describes her "job" as fun and loves the attention she gets from fans. 

“I really love praise. I love hearing 'good girl'. It makes my heart melt every time.”