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Post by everso on Nov 24, 2011 22:40:32 GMT
Has anyone seen this on Youtube?
My daughter sent me the link and I laughed so much I almost got to the hysterical stage where you don't know whether to laugh or cry.
The poor guy is in a right old state because his dog has got loose and is chasing deer in Richmond Park. Apparently, the clip has pretty much gone viral and there are ringtones and parodies of the original clip and everything. Hilarious.
The dog's name is Fenton not Benton, btw.
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Post by tarzanontarmazepam on Nov 24, 2011 22:47:28 GMT
That had me almost choking to death on my tea...I've never seen anything as funny...
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Post by housesparrow on Nov 24, 2011 23:05:09 GMT
I couldn't see anything funny about this.
I can't see how any dog owner could smile - surely we've all had those heart-stopping moments when our dog takes off and we are left totally without control? My dog hasn't (yet) gone after deer but we've had enough incidents when he has just run out of sight on the beach after gulls to never to let him sniff surf again.
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Post by everso on Nov 24, 2011 23:57:34 GMT
Sorry Housey!
I must admit I've never had a heart-stopping moment when a dog has taken off because I've never owned a dog. I can understand that it's not a funny situation (especially if the dog is chasing, say, sheep and could get shot) but this clip made me laugh because the poor guy is in such a state, crying out "Jesus Christ!" several times when he sees the deer thundering across the road, causing potential traffic chaos.
Mine (and lots of other people's) horrible sense of humour.
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Post by Weyland on Nov 25, 2011 10:19:04 GMT
Sorry Housey! I must admit I've never had a heart-stopping moment when a dog has taken off because I've never owned a dog. I can understand that it's not a funny situation (especially if the dog is chasing, say, sheep and could get shot) but this clip made me laugh because the poor guy is in such a state, crying out "Jesus Christ!" several times when he sees the deer thundering across the road, causing potential traffic chaos. Mine (and lots of other people's) horrible sense of humour. Me too, I'm afraid. My excuse is that I don't like dogs, especially a dog with a name like Fenton. What's wrong with plain old Towser? ~ There was a thing on the World Service about sheepdogs, comparing Border Collies with NZ Huntaways [sic]. The main difference is that BCs' modus operandi is silent running, whereas Hs bark a lot. Huntaway (Hillary) Border Collie (Black Bob) PS: I do quite like border collies. I know one called Meg.
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Post by housesparrow on Nov 25, 2011 18:03:11 GMT
Min e can't be a proper Border Collie then. He was a stray so we don't know his pedigree and had to be reigstered as a working sheepdog when we competed in flyball, even though he isn't allowed to sniff sheep (and the video should tell you why!).
But he barks and barks when we do agility together; so much that he can't hear what I'm saying and I have to resort to semaphore signals.
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Post by Weyland on Nov 25, 2011 20:45:04 GMT
Min e can't be a proper Border Collie then. He was a stray so we don't know his pedigree and had to be reigstered as a working sheepdog when we competed in flyball, even though he isn't allowed to sniff sheep (and the video should tell you why!). But he barks and barks when we do agility together; so much that he can't hear what I'm saying and I have to resort to semaphore signals. Silent when they're going about their professional duties, I meant. Watching a Border Collie herding sheep in total silence (apart from the shepherd) is one of the Wonders of the World, I'd say. But then, I am from Northumberland. I would say that.
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Post by housesparrow on Nov 25, 2011 22:08:35 GMT
I'm not sure that a dog sees agility as any less of a "professional duty" than herding. Border collies are working dogs which is why owners are encouraged to do some sort of activity with them. Most manage agility in silence: it is just mine that takes the prize for noise.
I'm still puzzled as to what is funny about the clip of a man worried sick because his dog is chasing deer. Can someone explain?
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Post by aubrey on Nov 26, 2011 13:43:39 GMT
I played it silently at first and didn't see anything funny in it. With the sound it was a bit funny. But having your dog go off chasing animals like that is scary: I think my dog chased sheep once, and I must have blotted out how it ended up (she didn't catch anything though).
I never understood why people would stand at the far end of the park calling for a dog who wasn't taking a blind bit of notice of them. If my dog ever got really involved with something I'd either hide or go and fetch her - hiding usually worked, but one time when she had found a load of bread for the birds and I hid, and she looked across to where I had been and saw that I had gone, she shrugged - absolutely shrugged her bally shoulders - and went back to the bread. I was quite proud of her really.
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Post by housesparrow on Nov 26, 2011 18:16:45 GMT
Oh, I like the sound of your dog Aubrey.
Standing and shouting at a dog does no good at all if it is so fixated on something that it can't hear you...but I expect this poor man felt he had to do something, and shouting was all he could do.
My dog would go after sheep if given the chance - it is my worst nightmare and the reason why I leave him behind on mhy long walks.
My relation lives in Ashdown Forest and we sometimes walk the dogs there, but I'm very conscious of the deer. One of her neighbours lost a highly trained sheepdog when it chased deer across a main road and got killed.
So forgive me if I don't laugh.
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Post by everso on Nov 26, 2011 18:23:42 GMT
I can understand that, Housey. I laughed because, at first, I couldn't see much to laugh at but when the chap started shouting 'Fenton' and then the camera panned right to the charging deer followed by a dog followed by an almost hysterical man (and I think the "Jeeeeesus Chriiiist" was what really got me) I just fell apart. The poor guy, what a dilemma. I'm cruel, I know. And what's worrying me is, apart from Chris, I seem to be the only one.
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Post by Weyland on Nov 26, 2011 20:00:03 GMT
I can understand that, Housey. I laughed because, at first, I couldn't see much to laugh at but when the chap started shouting 'Fenton' and then the camera panned right to the charging deer followed by a dog followed by an almost hysterical man (and I think the "Jeeeeesus Chriiiist" was what really got me) I just fell apart. The poor guy, what a dilemma. I'm cruel, I know. And what's worrying me is, apart from Chris, I seem to be the only one. Ahem.
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Post by housesparrow on Nov 27, 2011 7:08:06 GMT
A lot of people seem to find it hilarious, Everso.
I just wonder if they would find it so funny if it was (say) a small child instead of a dog hurtling out of control - maybe on a sled or something - with a parent screming at him to stop?
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Post by bonbonlarue on Nov 27, 2011 9:06:09 GMT
I should imagine the guy himself found it funny or he wouldn't have uploaded it?
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Post by aubrey on Nov 27, 2011 9:26:57 GMT
Wasn't it someone else who uploaded it?
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Post by bonbonlarue on Nov 27, 2011 9:55:23 GMT
Maybe...but if you object you tube will take it down
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Post by aubrey on Nov 27, 2011 10:46:47 GMT
Hadn't thought of that. I'd imagine that the bloke didn't even know about it until it got taken up by TV. I'd leave it if I were him anyway.
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Post by housesparrow on Nov 27, 2011 11:20:16 GMT
Wasn't it someone else who uploaded it? yes, it was put on you tube by some smart-arsed kid playing with his new camera in the park. It was put up on a thread in The Bull and a few people there thought it was funny; a few others got all santimonious about people not having their dogs under proper control, and the rest (including Yours Truly) thought "there but for the grace of God go I".
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Post by housesparrow on Nov 27, 2011 11:22:08 GMT
Anyway, I'm feeling quite happy about my dog today because we won our agility competition. OK, it was only a little club one and not even the Advanced group, but we beat the time of the trainer's dog, who runs "not for competition" just to show us how it should be done.
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Post by aubrey on Nov 27, 2011 11:32:23 GMT
Not for competition - ha! I bet that was something he only introduced when he saw how well your dog had done.
I love the way that dogs don't really understand this kind of thing, but they still love it (or maybe it's us who don't understand it).
I'm going back to London in a bit, not looking forward to it - the journey I mean. I should be home in about 6 hours. It seems an awfully long time.
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