When it comes to dog toys, dogs are relatively easy to please. You can buy them the most expensive, luxurious dog toy out there and your pooch might get a few uses out of it, but nothing could ever replace a dog’s true love: the tennis ball.
So why do dogs love tennis balls so much? Well apparently, a dog’s instinct to chase a ball has evolved from the hunting activities that their ancestors used to take part in. So basically, a modern-day dog chases a ball in the same way that a dog from years back would chase its prey. Your pooch will then proudly drop the ball at your feet as a ‘prize’ to show off his hard work.
Many dogs love tennis balls to the point where an attachment forms, or in some cases, an obsession. So imagine a dog’s joy when they’re gifted with not one, not fifty, but 300 tennis balls? Well one man presented his dog with this amazing gift and caught the whole thing on camera for us to watch.
The video begins out on the porch with a sweet black Labrador. The pooch is over the moon with excitement as his dad throws him a brand new tennis ball. He barks excitedly and runs around with the ball, but before he can even comprehend what’s just happened, another ball bounces in, and then another.
Still with the first ball in his mouth, the dog chases after the next few balls that come bouncing in, trying to collect them all. But it’s a hard job, and more and more balls keep on coming!
Then, in a moment that most dogs could only dream about, the whole 300 tennis balls are poured on top of the pooch. His reaction is totally hilarious. He looks completely torn about which ball to run toward first due to the fact that they’re pretty much covering the whole of the porch. He dashes up and down, his tail waging a-mile-a-minute as he takes in the sight of all of his new tennis balls.
The video became an instant online sensation, with over 13 million views and 110k likes, making this excitable pooch an online celebrity! But where on earth did all the balls come from?
The dog’s owner explained in the caption that the 300 balls were actually ‘gifted by a local tennis instructor’ and had all been used in the past. What a sweet gesture – and a great idea for getting rid of old tennis balls! Every dog owner needs a tennis instructor for a friend.
‘He’s still looking for his favorite one….’
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