Is holiday stress getting to you? My prescription is a nice long walk with your dog. Or maybe just a good laugh. Diana kindly shared these agility blooper videos with us:

Funniest Dog Agility Bloopers
Mickey’s Cone Madness

If you’ve never seen flyball, it is a lot of fun. Screaming, crazy fun, if Austin’s Dogzrule Flyball group is anything to go by. These well-edited videos will put a big grin on your face and have you moving to the music.

• Dogzrule Flyball Austin – Dogs in Action! (1 min 54 sec)
• Dogzrule Flyball Bloopers (1 min 59 sec)

You want one more, don’t you?

• Dogzrule Summer Survivor (2 min 44 sec)

A note about quality: The videos are sharper when played at the original size. On Google, playback size is selected by the little down arrow at the bottom right of the video. On YouTube, the second button from the right at the bottom toggles between the original size and the slightly larger full preview screen.

See the earlier post on how to find dog videos online.)

Caveat:

As always, be careful what you download to your computer. Use your antivirus software and only dowload from a site you trust.

There are hundreds of dog-related video clips you can watch online. Some are informational, while most are just for fun.Two of the more popular video search sites are Google Video and You Tube.

You can find everything from a 30 second clip of a puppy playing in the sprinkler, to a 58 minute video of the 1996 FCI World Dog Show in Budapest. Have fun browsing, but beware. An hour later you could still be glued to your chair! I found myself watching a Border Collie and his human doing a Gladiator canine freestyle routine, a Sheltie in an obedience trial in Poland, dogs doing Rally in the Netherlands, and Kimo, an elite Frisbee Dog. Try browsing the categories; dog obedience, dog frisbee, flyball, agility trial, and dog show.

How to Find Videos:

• On both Google Video and YouTube (which currently has a larger database of videos), if you’re searching for a phrase, like dog park, you’ll get more accurate results if you type “dog park” in parentheses.

Fine Points of Watching Videos:

• Video quality varies from excellent to why-did-they-bother? A smaller playback size (often called “original”) is sharper. On Google, playback size is selected by the little down arrow at the bottom right of the video. On YouTube, the second button from the right at the bottom toggles between the original size and the slightly larger full preview screen.

Caveat:

As always, be careful about what you download to your computer, and which links you open. I wouldn’t select any of the sensational “most downloaded” videos; they are more likely to contain malicious code than videos of dog agility trials. Use your antivirus software and only dowload from a site you trust!