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Athletic dog sets Guinness World Record for most skips on hind legs in 30 seconds. Watch
Guinness World Records shared a video of a dog completing 32 successful jumps in 30 seconds with its pet parent on Instagram.
It has been a little over a week since the start of 2023, and this particular video of a dog jumping rope with its pet parent is already making a case for being this year’s one of best animal videos. The video of the world record attempt was shared by Guinness World Records (GWR) on Instagram. It shows a dog named Balu and its pet parent Wolfgang Lauenburger setting a world record for most skips by a dog on its hind legs in 30 seconds. According to the record-keeping organization, the dog did 32 skips in 30 seconds on its hind legs to achieve the record on July 12 last year. They also mentioned that both the dog and its human, who are from Germany, ‘trained very hard’ to achieve this feat.
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“Most skips by a dog on the hind legs in 30 secs. 32 by Balu and Wolfgang Lauenburger,” wrote Guinness World Records in the video’s caption. They also added numerous hashtags, including #jumprope, #fitnesstraining and #guinnessworldrecords. In the video shared by GWR, one can see Balu on its hind legs completing 32 successful jumps in 30 seconds with its owner Lauenburger to achieve the feat.
Watch the video below:
Since being shared a few hours ago, the video has received more than 2.8 lakh views, and the numbers are still increasing. The share has also received more than 20,700 likes and various responses from netizens.
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Here’s how Instagram users reacted to the video:
Singer-songwriter and TV personality Alaine reacted to the world record video shared by Guinness World Records and wrote “Good boy” with heart emoticons. “Now this is a record,” posted an individual. “This is beautiful,” shared another. A third Instagram user wrote, “Awwwww how adorable.” Many also dropped love-struck and fire emoticons for the dog and its human.
