Dane pup vs 75 year old tort...

[Laura]

AS cute as this is now.. I worry for the tort later...

This was sent to me from a friend, who got it from a friend of a friend.. not sure where it is...
http://landofpuregold.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/great-dane-pup-vs-75-year-old-tortoise/

 

[Missy]

That was funny, thanks for the laugh

 

[hali]

goodness me what a pair!!!

 

[George]

Sorry party pooper is here - didn't like it - tortoise very unhappy as was the dog - sorry

 

[ChiKat]

Disaster waiting to happen...a large teething puppy + a tortoise?

 

[terryo]

Really stupid.....one quick nip and the tort has no head...or foot...

 

[elvis]

Oh my, that was hard to watch. I'll bet my bottom dollar that tort as already received several injuries. Such a shame. : (

 

[Traveller]

Have to agree didn't enjoy it, actually stopped watching it
early on.
Hopefully they won't allow the two to intermingle again.
Arg people

 

[Stephanie Logan]

No. It's all fun and games till someone loses an eye...or a limb.

Stupid pet owner needs brain implant, in my opinion.

 

[chadk]

I thought it was funny - dog and tort fighting over the plush bed. Reminded me of Dozer ramming my dog. You can see a decent ramming at about 2mins into it. Dozer is much better at ramming though.

Hopefully this isn't an everyday thing and they keep them seperated. I never encourage my dogs to interact with my torts - in fact, if they even look at them I let them know that they are not to mess with them.

 

[Yourlocalpoet]

Oh dear, I don't like that. I see why people might think it's comical but I was kinda waiting for the dog to flip and bite the tort's head off. A puppy aswell, what were they thinking?

 

[Yvonne G]

I watched it with the thought that it was pretty much staged and they were watching both animals, so I really did chuckle during the vid. In my opinion, the tortoise was trying to get close enough to the dog's head (or ears) to bite him. It does take quite a bit of time for a tortoise bite to occur. The ramming is more of an instantaneous action, but there's a lot of thought going into a bite and you can see it coming for a long time. Let's just hope they are responsible tortoise/dog keepers and they realize what they've got there.

 

[Floof]

I laughed because the puppy's actions (running/flopping around, pawing, barking) reminded me of exactly what my boston terrier mix does when he gets frustrated and wants to nip/play with/chew on something but knows he's not supposed to.

It's scary to consider that they might think nothing of the puppy's nipping and biting later on in the video, though. That could get really ugly really fast...