Mother's confusion: Can you see a brown handbag or a sleeping dachshund?

Nothing else can brighten your day more than seeing a cute dog accompanying their owner on a public outing.

Which is exactly what happened to one mum, who thought she had spotted a dachshund curled up under a seat at a restaurant.

With a glass of sauvignon blanc in hand, Jenny couldn't help making googly eyes at the cute little sausage dog she had spotted.

Only, it wasn't quite a dachshund — it was just a brown purse.

Hannah Murphy, her daughter, shared the photo of the 'pooch' on Twitter, which received more than 40,000 retweets and around 130,000 likes:

"At one point Hannah actually got up and paced back and forth trying to follow my finger and then I started to doubt my perception and got closer to see it was the lady’s bag," Jenny told Buzzfeed.

Should've gone to Specsavers!