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This dog is actually doing a traditional Irish dance with his hooman... (Original Post) Nevilledog Mar 2021 OP
I wish my Irish grandmother and aunts were alive to see this! Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #1
What a wonderful person and dog that they could connect so well they can dance together. Fla Dem Mar 2021 #2
I want way more than 19 seconds of that! 3catwoman3 Mar 2021 #3
You and me both! That was fantastic! liberalla Mar 2021 #11
That is one of the most amazing video I have ever watched. Butterflylady Mar 2021 #4
I saw that on Imgur this morning ItsjustMe Mar 2021 #5
That is amazing! ShazzieB Mar 2021 #6
Turn around ItsjustMe Mar 2021 #7
This video is much too short. n/t sarge43 Mar 2021 #8
I think my dogs are broken NewEnglandAutumn Mar 2021 #9
Hah! North Shore Chicago Mar 2021 #14
Notice that the dog is watching his hooman's eyes - not her feet. TomSlick Mar 2021 #10
That was fantastic! BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #12
Those two are so emotionally close and in sync they move as one. Laffy Kat Mar 2021 #13
That's Mary and Secret ... Donkees Mar 2021 #15
Totally incredibly *joy*! UTUSN Mar 2021 #16

Irish_Dem

(46,926 posts)
1. I wish my Irish grandmother and aunts were alive to see this!
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 04:14 PM
Mar 2021

The aunts especially would get a kick out of it.

ShazzieB

(16,370 posts)
6. That is amazing!
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 06:37 PM
Mar 2021

The dog looks like a border collie, which makes sense. They are one of the smartest breeds (if not THE smartest). They are wonderful dogs.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)
12. That was fantastic!
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 11:14 PM
Mar 2021

I wish it was a lot longer - that dog is great!

Unsurprisingly, it's a border collie. I saw an animal behaviorist that designed a series of tests to find the intelligence of various breeds. He had to drop the border collie from the study because it was so much smarter than every other dog, it skewed the statistics. He said it was at least 25% smarter than whatever was in second place.

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