Carrie, the dancing doggie
Navigating the Internet is plain fun, sometimes one can be looking for a specific thing and the most inexpected thing can be the result from their queries. That is the magic of Web 2.0.
I stomped into this gem. A Chilean photographer, José Fuentes, who affirms not to be a professional dog trainer, has been enchanting the public since circa 2007 with his loyal companion, Carrie,a female Golden Retriever.
Master and dog have appeared in the popular entertaiment TV program, Sábado Gigante hosted by Miami based, born-Chilean , Don Francisco, in Chilean talk show Gigantes con Vivi, among others, turning the cute four-legged dancing queen into a star and a YouTube sensation.
It is amazing how Carrie dances with Fuentes on two legs, turns, walks backwards, pulls the master from his shirt, spins, applauds, various other tricks and even high-fives the photographer…it seems too good to be true, but it actually is! (just as Paul, the Octopus Wizard with its incredible accuracy predicting football matches during the last World Cup; or the acrobatic dolphin Flipper or actor dog, Lassie).
In additon, the dancing canine can do merengue, cumbia and even the Chilean traditional folkloric dance, la cueca.
Below, Cassie’s rendition of Wilfrido Vargas’ merengue “El baile del perrito” (“Little Dog’s Dance”) Sábado Gigante. This song was a hit in the late ’90 through Latin America. No doubt that with Carrie, El baile del perrito has taken back its literal meaning.
Carrie’s tricks:
