John Stessel normally performs his A-list magic show to adoring fans and celebrities, but he has found another, equally enthusiastic audience for his tricks.

Stessel routinely performs now for shelter dogs at the St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center in New Jersey, where their adorable reactions help to get them adopted.

Reactions to magic? Yeah, dogs are smart, and making treats and toys disappear before their eyes evidently leaves them flabergasted and determined to find out the secret.

“One of my little superpowers, Stessel said to Inside Edition, is that I help dogs perform in ways they wouldn’t be able to without me. “Typically in the video the dogs just go nuts and they all have really different reactions.”

Stessel must take 4-5 antihistamines because, as it happens, he’s frighteningly allergic to dogs. On set, hives are common.

His work has paid off. Most of the dogs featured in this video have found loving homes.