Who's a good dog? The tennis ball retrievers at Brazil Open

[Judi Lynn]

Who's a good dog? The tennis ball retrievers at Brazil Open
Updated 2:16 pm, Saturday, March 4, 2017














SAO PAULO (AP) — Six shelter dogs looking to be adopted are playing fetch at the Brazil Open in Sao Paulo, giving tennis fans a demonstration of their ball-retrieving skills.

Wearing blue bandanas around their necks, Cindy, Nanda, Blackie, Mia, Arlete and Ovelha are racing around the clay court of the Pinheiros Club on Saturday. They are chasing down the balls hit by Brazilian tennis players Marcelo Demoliner and Joao Zwetsch and bringing them back.

The four-legged ball retrievers showed off their talents shortly before Joao Sousa of Portugal met Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the day's first semifinal match.

The dogs come from two Sao Paulo shelters and are available for adoption.

http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Who-s-a-good-dog-The-tennis-ball-retrievers-at-10977259.php#photo-12490046

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[Stonepounder]

1. Nice to see something positive. Really sweet post.

Thanks.

[Swagman]

2. great tale ( geddit ?) and what a dream job for a doggie but

you just know one will go rogue one day and disappear with the ball

[shenmue]

3. Woof

[ginnyinWI]

4. great way to promote shelter dogs!

These dogs get to show off their personalities, and the whole concept shows people that shelter dogs are good dogs--not some kind of misfits. (It's usually the owners who are misfits, or at least unfortunate. Dogs and cats are quite often surrendered through no fault of their own)

[haele]

5. Hope they were picked for relatively dry mouthes...

I can't imagine slobber covered tennis balls are desired during a professional game...
It's a great idea though, and those dogs look ecstatic.

Haele