There's a good chance you've seen video clips of the water-skiing squirrel or Frisbee dogs doing all sorts of tricks, but what about the skateboarding bulldog?
Decker the bulldog has been skateboarding on the streets of Salt Lake City since he was 5 months old. He's now a 18 months old, weighing in at a hefty 69 pounds, and is pretty much an expert.
At first, Wright said, Decker didn't know what to do with
it.
"After about a week I started teaching him how to ride the
skateboard: put one paw on, and then two, and then pull
him with a rope so he'd get used to it," Wright explained.
Now he has a hard time getting Decker off the board.
"(The skateboard's) on a rack in the garage, and he goes
right over there and he wants it," Wright said. "He loves
doing that more than about anything."
Every day, Decker puts on a show for whoever walks by.
Back and forth across the street he goes, turning the
board around himself.
"There's some kids here that skateboard at lunchtime, and
he comes out and skateboards with them," Wright said.
Sometimes he just pushes the board along the street, and
often, when he gets enough speed, he jumps on with all
four paws.
The dog's talent is taking him places too. He's the face
of the Dog Pound logo for the NFL's Cleveland Browns, and
he's also featured on some of the Utah-based Dr. Hess skin
care products.
But Decker lives to ride. He and Wright go just about
everywhere together, and the board goes too.
While it's common knowledge that dogs love to chase and
fetch things, Decker's owner, Jim Wright, decided against
the typical ball or Frisbee and bought a skateboard
instead.
