Golden Retriever Epically Fails During Dog Show, Wins All Our Hearts in the Process

[joeybee12]

When you think of dog shows, you probably think of a giant poodle covered in bows prancing around it circles. And you’d 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 it’s indented to go:

https://tv.yahoo.com/news/golden-retriever-epically-fails-during-192300840.html

Video at the link is hilarious!

[CTyankee]

1. my daughter's golden eats EVERYTHING and ANYTHING it can lay its paws on...

She is insatiable and voracious. So this doesn't surprise me...

[irisblue]

2. Golden Retriever FTW

sooo typical...

[hifiguy]

3. A dog's gotta do what a dog's gotta do.

The Golden's priorities seem to be in order.

[freshwest]

33. Yep, it's wrong to let good food go to waste...

[MineralMan]

4. I can't even imagine what my beagle would do,

but it wouldn't involve going straight down the path. He'd probably end up in the audience.

[Hoyt]

5. Who wants obsessive, anal-retentive dog trained for K-9 force? Give me the face licker every time.

[NV Whino]

6. I think the golden should get points for hitting all obstacles

[CrawlingChaos]

17. Definitely! That performance went straight past failure and into glory

Now he's an internet star. Not that he cares, unless it means more sausages!

[ColesCountyDem]

7. My basset would do the same.

But I wouldn't trade him for a 'well trained' dog for love or money!

[bvf]

14. Same with a terrier mix I got off the streets

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]

24. +1000

Orchid would've found & eaten all the food, then gone around and greeted all of the friendly people.

[ColesCountyDem]

34. That's exactly what my guy would do, too. LOL!

Gilbert has never met a stranger, only brand-new best friends.

[simak]

8. What kind of reward can you offer a dog to pass up his favorite toys and treats? n/t

[calimary]

18. Welcome to DU, simak!

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]

9. That Was Hilarious!

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]

10. I see he didn't understand the language......

[nolabear]

11. Scarf like no one's watching!

GOOD BOY!!!

[hfojvt]

12. I once read that terriers have a short attention span

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".

[Diclotican]

16. hfojvt

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]

32. They may have a short attention span...

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]

13. reminds me of.......................

ME !! at a buffet !!!

buffets !!!

[calimary]

19. ROFL!!!!!!!

[Generic Other]

21. OMG I am laughing again!

So loud people are looking.

[Diclotican]

15. joeybee12

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]

26. Poodles are great dogs, I've had several...

I've also had several German Shepherds...I like smart dogs!

[Diclotican]

35. ms liberty

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]

20. The goldie was probably wondering what the heck was wrong with those other dogs

but hey thanks for leaving the food and treats

[neverforget]

22. Who can turn down free food? That Golden is awesome!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

23. The Benny Hill music on the video was perfect....

[Cadfael]

25. Our late dearly beloved Henry's motto was:

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]

27. eat the sausages! eat ALL the sausages!

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]

30. What I loved was that he grabbed at every toy, too. He wasn't just about the food. nt

[brooklynite]

28. CHEATER!!!

Did you see the dog's owner nudge him away from the sausage?

[tblue37]

29. Like a kid in a candy store! He couldn't decide which thing to go after first--he wanted

to play with every toy, eat every treat, and do it all at the same time!

Beyond adorable!

[Odin2005]

31. This just made my evening!