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When a boy's parents told him that he was responsible for training his new puppy, what they didn't expect was just how smart their iPad-toting son was.
Lincoln Ball, 4, was given a puppy after his doctor discovered he was severely allergic to outdoor allergens, his father Daniel Ball told ABC News.
"The allergy doctor said half-jokingly, 'Well there's good news and bad news. The bad news is you're allergic to everything outside. The good news is you're not allergic to pets. You could get a puppy,'" he said.
Ball, 35, said the only thing his son, the youngest of four children with wife Tasha, heard was that he could get a puppy and so the family got a Saint Bernard puppy.
Ball said that he and his wife, who live in Chickamauga, Georgia, have never had a dog throughout their 15-year marriage. He told his son that it was "his responsibility to learn how to train the dog," so he suggested looking up YouTube tutorials.
"He got the video all lined up," Ball recalled, "and then he called the dog over and started playing it directly to the dog."
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/boy-makes-puppy-watch-youtube-tutorials-instead-training-161103940--abc-news-pets.html
shenmue
(38,506 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)What could go wrong?
Cute images though.
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)never had a dog, and they pick a St Bernard!
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)or Cujo!
Hestia
(3,818 posts)grossproffit
(5,591 posts)They need a bit of exercise but they're mostly couch potatoes.
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)and i like big dogs (70-100 lbs). It's just that a St Bernard is a couch-sized couch potato
valerief
(53,235 posts)tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)fur.
I think the parents did not think this through.
Never mind the SIZE of the dog...
TexasBushwhacker
(20,257 posts)They should have gotten a smaller dog that could be paper trained inside or at least a dog with a short smooth coat. A St Bernard will be a giant dust mop. Get that kid on some allergy shots STAT!
But the picture is so funny. The puppy seems to be watching the video so intently.
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)on his coat after going outside
And even gentle giants need exercise.
Pictures are absolutely adorable, though. I wish them well.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)nt
elleng
(131,457 posts)Good luck to them all!
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)Dem_in_Nebr.
(301 posts)A Droolin' Night in Georgia??
With no disrespect intended to Ray Charles, (A Rainy Night in Georgia).
Sorry couldn't resist!!!
1monster
(11,012 posts)was the top of the walk and the one played all the time on the radio back in the day.
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Mary Mac
(323 posts)Nostalgia
dilby
(2,273 posts)My mom had her before I was born so she was with me throughout the first 10 years of my youth. Awesome dog, very protective and would let me climb all over her. My mom still has pictures of me with her when I was about 3, with her water dish on my head and me trying to ride her like a horse.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)When that dog grows up and starts shitting Buicks it ought to get interesting.
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)How's the kid ever going to build up a tolerance if they don't let him outside?