Pupper popper

June 30, 2016 1:40 PM

Why not watch a terrier pop 100 balloons in under 40 seconds.
posted by The Whelk (33 comments total)

Wasn't this a physical challenge on Double Dare?
posted by escape from the potato planet at 1:44 PM on June 30, 2016 [3 favorites]

With terriers? No, surely I'd remember that.

Hey, question. Why don't we have a show that's Double Dare for dogs? It could be called I Double Dog Dare You. Like sure, they have agility competitions and stuff on the animal channel, but if I recall, there's very little slime involved in those.
posted by phunniemee at 1:52 PM on June 30, 2016 [16 favorites]

Terriers: When you absolutely, positively got to kill every motherfucker in the room.
posted by Space Coyote at 1:56 PM on June 30, 2016 [25 favorites]

They tack the balloons down? Poor fuckers never had a chance. Guiness should require them to hunt them down and pin them in a corner first.
posted by jacquilynne at 2:03 PM on June 30, 2016 [2 favorites]

I would love to know what goes on in that little brain to determine the path he follows.
posted by praemunire at 2:04 PM on June 30, 2016 [1 favorite]

I would love to know what goes on in that little brain to determine the path he follows.

My guess is it goes something like:

"balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon"
posted by Hamusutaa at 2:06 PM on June 30, 2016 [68 favorites]

I would love to know what goes on in that little brain to determine the path he follows.

OMG A BALLOON
I'M GONNA KILL IT
YEAH YEAH I'M GONNA KILL IT
IT'S DEAD IT'S DEAD I KILLED THE BALLOON
...wha...what the...
OMG IT'S ANOTHER FUCKING BALLOON
I'M GONNA KILL IT
YEAH WOO YEAH GONNA KILL THAT BALLOON
posted by phunniemee at 2:06 PM on June 30, 2016 [11 favorites]

On failure to preview, Hamusutaa is probably correct.
posted by phunniemee at 2:07 PM on June 30, 2016 [2 favorites]

Modern breeds likely have Victorian competitive rat-baiting in their pedigree.
posted by CBrachyrhynchos at 2:09 PM on June 30, 2016 [6 favorites]

It is interesting to me how some modern terrier sports simulate rat-baiting and badger-baiting without the blood.
posted by CBrachyrhynchos at 2:14 PM on June 30, 2016 [3 favorites]

oh jeez. I've seen more than a few dogs put up for adoption because they played this game but with chickens. Zero surprise it's a JRT.
posted by Fantods at 2:20 PM on June 30, 2016 [3 favorites]

Metafilter: Victorian competitive rat-baiting in their pedigree
Metafilter: badger-baiting without the blood.

Metafilter: balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon
posted by lalochezia at 2:21 PM on June 30, 2016 [17 favorites]

There are lots of youtubeses of terriers actually ratting, too. Obviously they can be a little distressing, since you're going to see dogs killing lots and lots of rats, and probably at least one of the handlers bashing a rat that's within bashing distance. But it can be really impressive, in an a-little-oogy way, to see how really efficient the dogs are at it when they get into a big population. Grab, shake, move, repeat.

We don't know specifically who did the various deeds, but the score in our yard is vallhunds 5, rats and bunnies 0.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 2:27 PM on June 30, 2016 [1 favorite]

Direct link to the embedded youtube if the AV club JS doesn't work for you.
posted by Mitheral at 2:36 PM on June 30, 2016 [1 favorite]

The dog hates balloons as much as I do. That's a damn good dog.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 2:48 PM on June 30, 2016 [1 favorite]

I'd hate to see what happens to the next person with a pot belly who walks into a room where that dog is off leash.
posted by jamjam at 3:06 PM on June 30, 2016

That dog kills those balloons using the same path my Roomba uses to clean the floor.
posted by NotMyselfRightNow at 3:10 PM on June 30, 2016 [4 favorites]

Deflategate II: The Terriering.
posted by srboisvert at 3:48 PM on June 30, 2016 [3 favorites]

I like Jack Russell terriers because they come with their own names.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 4:21 PM on June 30, 2016 [8 favorites]

Metafilter: badger-baiting without the blood.

Metafilter: balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon snake snake balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon balloon
posted by ennui.bz at 4:34 PM on June 30, 2016 [1 favorite]

this is a very good doggo and she should be very proud imo. i just want to know how i can become one of the audience members that gets to sit there and cheer the pup on
posted by burgerrr at 4:39 PM on June 30, 2016 [2 favorites]

Best video ever!
posted by Napoleonic Terrier at 7:18 PM on June 30, 2016

what a good
posted by poffin boffin at 7:38 PM on June 30, 2016 [1 favorite]

Such a large amount of hysteria in such a little dog.
posted by BlueHorse at 7:55 PM on June 30, 2016 [1 favorite]

If I was in a room where that music was playing, I would pop things until it stopped, too, even at the cost of my own life.
posted by GenjiandProust at 8:57 PM on June 30, 2016

After sniffing all that helium, does the dog bark with a comically high voice?
posted by bryon at 10:37 PM on June 30, 2016 [1 favorite]

I would love to know what goes on in that little brain to determine the path he follows.

Yeahaarararrrseararrrgrarrgh!!! ...huh.. YAY!"
posted by krinklyfig at 2:41 AM on July 1, 2016

Such a large amount of hysteria in such a little dog.

This is the warning label that should come affixed to all terriers.
posted by phunniemee at 5:39 AM on July 1, 2016 [5 favorites]

After sniffing all that helium, does the dog bark with a comically high voice?

Our Jack Russell did someone similar with bubble wrap. I don't know what gas this one piece had in its bubbles, but yeah, that's what it sounded like.

It was hilarious.
posted by supercres at 6:31 AM on July 1, 2016

Shocking reveal: Guinness doesn't have a world record for this category. It's all just a long con by a German balloon-popping fetishist who is now at long last able to see his greatest fantasy made real.
posted by Strange Interlude at 6:39 AM on July 1, 2016 [5 favorites]

This seems as good a place as any to share my favorite new dog joke.


I went to the zoo, but all they had was one single dog.

It was a shih tzu.
posted by gottabefunky at 10:37 AM on July 1, 2016 [2 favorites]

This terrier is the best terrier.
posted by palmcorder_yajna at 11:32 AM on July 1, 2016

Came for the terrier poop. Left deflated.
posted by aspersioncast at 12:48 AM on July 4, 2016