Saturday tried Berntsen for the first time to get familiehunden Kiara to play “friendly” with his sister and a friend. It was almost shockingly good – something you can see in the clip above.
– It is quite special. I’m surprised even that she manages it, and does not run away from the web. We managed to get her to stay on her side and wait until it was her turn to turn, ” says Berntsen.
Went viral
To normal, he is one of the best volleyballspillere. He should really try to qualify for the summer OLYMPICS, but when the qualifying games didn’t happen because of koronavirus-the pandemic, he got suddenly a lot of time to spare.
He may also find himself a new training partner, since his regular stud dog Hendrik Mol sitting in quarantine.
a few weeks ago began Berntsen gradually to spar a little with Kiara, who is three years old and is a mix of a flat coat retriever and black labrador. Berntsen has shared the process on Instagram-his account, and there has been huge interest for the clips, who have been picked up and shared by a number of large accounts.
so it out in the first part of the “training process”. (VIDEO: PRIVATE) You need javascript to see the video.
so it out in the first part of the “training process”. (VIDEO: PRIVATE)
I think one clip is seen by almost 12 million total. On the one hand it is shared, the 11 million “views”. It seems that people like it. I have not received so many comments on my own account, but on the big accounts I think there are several hundred thousand comments to together, ” he says.
Hundeeksperten: – Amazing
Hans Petter Dalby, The hundeekspert and long-time expert during the Finnmarksløpet, the say the least impressed when he get to see what the dog has learned.
– Absolutely amazing. This is quite obviously a very special dog, ” he says, and adds:
– It is incredibly impressive that they get it right, and even more impressive that the last one only took a day to learn. What one sees is that dogs can be very willing to learn, and they can learn incredibly much different. But it requires a confidence and trust in the pedal to the metal. He has apparently very good contact with his dog, which probably also is special. You can’t get all dogs to learn to play volleyball, ” says Dalby.
Berntsen says he gets many questions about how he has learned the dog these tricks.
I have not completely the explanation. She just loves to play ball. To play the way she learned in the day, and we spent many attempts either. She manages to keep the ball in motion for quite a long time. It was not just on the clip we let out, there were many. We held well at a time, ” says Berntsen.
Berntsen (in blue to the left) has that many other athletes had to train alternatively the last time.
Photo: Terje Pedersen / Terje Pedersen
He still waiting on that makkeren to come out of quarantine, and hope they may eventually work out in the sandhaller again.
But he confirms lattermildt that he really does not suffer any distress.
– It is fun now, for if one is three pieces and missing a to play, then it is actually possible to play the volleyball over the net by taking Kiara with. The ball doesn’t always come where you will, but it is good training in there also.
as long as I manage myself by training with the family and Kiara, ” he says, and adds that the two-legged on the path, naturally, pass on to keep a good distance to each other during the training, with the thought of care.
