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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI believe some here might enjoy this
http://m.&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dub1Dc3NHZ3s
Its amazing the degree of training some animals are capable of
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Thanks for the fantastic humor!
madokie
(51,076 posts)catbyte
(34,369 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)I think the audience laughing was contagious too. I was sitting at my desk trying to suppress my laughter, but didnt succeed very well. My eyes actually started tearing up, LOL. What a patient, laid back dog. Thanks for the laugh!
frazzled
(18,402 posts)This is an adorable performance video, but we should acknowledge its direct debt to the artist William Wegman, who began making videos of his Weimerarner, Man Ray, back in the 1970s (when video was very young), and then with Man Ray's progeny, Fay Ray, and others. The human hands with a dog were used with Wegman's dogs in Sesame Street over the years.
Here's a video from LA MOCA with Wegman describing his early dog videos, and here are a couple of the Sesame Street segments.
http://www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/counties/los-angeles/mocatv-william-wegman-weimaraner-dogs.html
madokie
(51,076 posts)it takes a lot of talent, both the trainer and the trainee.