Okay, okay, I know you’ve probably all seen this amazing YouTube video before — the one where a whole group of trained dogs are home alone and they decorate the Christmas tree — but let’s enjoy the smart doggies one more time, heading into the holidays!
This is like a Christmas pageant for a dog training school (in Hungary, isn’t it?) and a really clever idea! If you watch carefully, you’ll be able to see what behaviours each of the dogs has been trained to do (opening the cupboard door, pulling the garland, carrying the Christmas balls, or whatever) and how the bits are all edited together to make this impressive show…
But you’d never see a video like this coming out of a dog obedience school in most major cities in the US or Canada.
Want to know why?
Because they’ve got unneutered pitbulls running around off-leash in the same room as other dogs, including a tiny toy poodle. And with all the successful push for breed-specific dog bans we’ve had in North America, people have come to believe — misguidedly — that certain breeds of big powerful dogs cannot be trained or trusted.
Hope this happy little Merry Christmas doggy video helps to counter that narrow opinion, and help the advocates for breed-specific legislation see thatall dogs are individual characters — just like people — regardless of their shape, size, or breed!
Have a Very Merry Christmas & New Year’s Holidays, everyone!
Woof woof!
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- Bored Dogs are Waiting for Spring
- Christmas Remembrance Gifts
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