Skateboarding dog

There are several skateboarding dogs whose exploits have been featured upon TV, websites and other media. Skateboarding dog stories are commonly used at the end of news bulletins as human interest stories.[1] Bulldogs are especially good at this activity as they have a low centre of gravity and wide body.[2]

Bamboo is a skateboarding dog in Southern California

Such dogs have been featured on television, such as in the MTV show Rob and Big. One skateboarding dog named Tyson appeared in this show and has since been featured on many websites as the pioneer of skateboarding dogs. Another bulldog, Tillman, has appeared in Greatest American Dog.[3] Tillman holds the Guinness World Record for "Fastest 100 m on a skateboard by a dog."[4]

Dogs can be trained to ride skateboards by familiarising them with a skateboard in stages and rewarding the dog as it becomes more comfortable and accomplished.[5] A children's book was published on this subject in 2006: Little Yellow Dog Says Look At Me.[6] In this fictional story, the dog skateboards for attention.

See also

References
  1. Joseph N. Pelton; Robert J. Oslund; Peter Marshall (2004), Communications Satellites: Global Change Agents, p. 252, ISBN 0-8058-4961-0
  2. Kyra Sundance (2010), 101 Ways to Do More with Your Dog, Quarry Books, pp. 104–5, ISBN 9781592536429
  3. Heather Havrilesky, "I Like to Watch", Salon, retrieved 20 July 2008
  4. "Fastest 100 m on a skateboard by a dog - Speed - Explore Records". Guinness World Records. 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
  5. Carina Beth MacDonald; Stephen Gorman; Eli Burakian (2009), "Skateboarding Dogs", Knack Dog Tricks, Globe Pequot, ISBN 9781599216126
  6. Time Off: Book Worm, Liverpool Echo, April 27, 2004
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