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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGolden Retriever Epically Fails During Dog Show, Wins All Our Hearts in the Process
When you think of dog shows, you probably think of a giant poodle covered in bows prancing around it circles. And youd be mostly right. Dog shows are absolutely ridiculous. But this agility test during the Finnish dog show Koira Mestari which loosely translates to dog champion takes it to a new level.
The objective here is for the dog to showcase focus and discipline by racing through an obstacle course of tennis balls and sausages and everything else dogs love.
This Australian Shepherd shows how its indented to go:
https://tv.yahoo.com/news/golden-retriever-epically-fails-during-192300840.html
Video at the link is hilarious!
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)She is insatiable and voracious. So this doesn't surprise me...
irisblue
(32,975 posts)sooo typical...
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)The Golden's priorities seem to be in order.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)MineralMan
(146,311 posts)but it wouldn't involve going straight down the path. He'd probably end up in the audience.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)NV Whino
(20,886 posts)CrawlingChaos
(1,893 posts)Now he's an internet star. Not that he cares, unless it means more sausages!
ColesCountyDem
(6,943 posts)But I wouldn't trade him for a 'well trained' dog for love or money!
bvf
(6,604 posts)many years ago. 22 pounds of pure love and energy, and absolutely no regard for rules.
Loved the "Yakety Sax" audio in the clip!
baldguy
(36,649 posts)Orchid would've found & eaten all the food, then gone around and greeted all of the friendly people.
ColesCountyDem
(6,943 posts)Gilbert has never met a stranger, only brand-new best friends.
simak
(116 posts)calimary
(81,267 posts)Glad you're here! I found myself wondering what Goldie would do. I dunno. She's a good dog. But she does love good treats and stuff!
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Leith
(7,809 posts)The part where the judge looked at his watch then back up at the dog made me chuckle.
There's nothing wrong with agility training. It's mainly for working dogs and they are happiest when they are kept busy. Goldens have may good qualities, but competing against shepherds in this kind of competition is not one of them.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)nolabear
(41,963 posts)GOOD BOY!!!
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)So I would engage in staring contests with my terrier (actually it was my MOM's terrier, the rest of us just lived with it). The dog always won. I would get bored waiting for it to quit growling.
I sorta figured that short attention span really meant "not good at letting others tell it what to do".
hfojvt
I once had a staring contest with one of the cat's I had - a mean old male tomcat - who had an attiude... I won in the end - but it was a "close call" as the cat could steer at me - and I was almost given up when he finally gave way....
I gave him a treat for the effort - and he was rather content I guess.... But then again -That cat always was deciding with his tummy... When I think about it - all my cats desied did that...
Diclotican
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)but they won't back down from anything. Terriers have a ton of attitude. We had an Airedale Terrier- 60 lbs of terrier attitude. It takes a very strong person to own one of those.
unionthug777
(740 posts)ME !! at a buffet !!!
buffets !!!
calimary
(81,267 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)So loud people are looking.
Diclotican
(5,095 posts)joeybee12
I'm not sure - back home we had a king puddle - named Sara - who was on show a few times - but she was a loosely dog in the circle - rather the opposite - if she got the sent of one of us - she was seldom listen to the person who was walking in the ring - rather she was trying the best she was able to come to us - even if it mean ruining true a lot of pepole...
What she lacked in the compartment of walking in the circle - she gave back in loving her family - and making sure she was the point of our interest .. She was a kind dog - who also was very sporty - she could walk tours for hours - and was often a dog who had a lot of fun... The first couple of years she was often wisting the nabour - who had a pair of rabbits she wanted to play with - I'm not sure if the rabbits was to happy about the dog wisting them - but Sara had some fun.... And she never harmed any of them - she was gentle and rather procreative of the two rabits...
She ended up rather old too - 16 year and 3 mounts she ended up being - no bad for a dog even if she was a Podle...
And by the way - police forces in some country's in the world are using Poodles as bomb squad dogs - as they have a nose who can sent anything they are trained to smell - That and drug dogs are they famous for being, and are also reckoned as one of the smartest dogs out there - intelligent and smart - but who also need a lot of training and attention to details - as they often is easy to distract from what they are learning... But if you work with the dog - you can learn the dog to do allmoust anything you want...
Diclotican
ms liberty
(8,577 posts)I've also had several German Shepherds...I like smart dogs!
Diclotican
(5,095 posts)ms liberty
Yes - they are smart dogs - smart and gentle - and you need to be somewhat active around them as they are allways up for something - and also want to be active and walk long walks... That is a good thing as it keep the owner healty
Diclotican
rurallib
(62,416 posts)but hey thanks for leaving the food and treats
neverforget
(9,436 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Cadfael
(1,297 posts)If it's on the ground it's edible, if it's not I'll throw it up later.
He was a black lab mix pound mutt, we were his third home and the luckiest humans on earth to find him!
0rganism
(23,954 posts)Seize the day, and all that
i like to think the GR made a conscious evaluation of the benefits of a possible trophy/medal vs. eating all the things
tblue37
(65,358 posts)brooklynite
(94,572 posts)Did you see the dog's owner nudge him away from the sausage?
tblue37
(65,358 posts)to play with every toy, eat every treat, and do it all at the same time!
Beyond adorable!