Dog Goes Insane Over Hedgehog

I feel bad for the dog (repetitive motions like that indicate mental problems) and I'm pissed at the owners for allowing it to stress the hedgehog like that and for putting it on youtube as a "cute" video. Just sad all around.

Oh whatever! Repetitive motions CAN mean stress. Not always. They can also mean play, and this looks a lot more like extremely excited play.

The type of repetitive motion stress indicator you're talking about, the sort of thing you see on animals that have been confined in small boring cages for a long time, takes a long duration to develop. It doesn't instantly set in. Lighten up, and make this post again after the owners have posted several hundred videos like this.

definitely not a "cute" video.
all that's missing is michael vick and a noose.

The owner clearly was pushing the dog to do what it was doing. NOT FUNNY.

When people respond with this much hyperbole, they do damage to the cause they espouse.

I laughed. I guess I must be the child of satan then.

All I kept thinking about was how large that hedgehog is.

Glad to see Neatorama continuing their tradition of posting videos of/pictures of/articles about animals in distress.

I love animals (except for mosquitoes and flies), but I don't think the hedgehog is going to be permanently traumitized. Nor is the dog. It IS funny.It's how the hedgehog is otherwise treated that would determine abuse or not.

I would advise against getting hardwood floors.

Can't Touch This

Glad to see Neatorama readers continuing their tradition of totally overreacting to every video ever posted about animals. Hopefully when you're not reading Neatorama you're all out and about being vegans and saving animals from everything.

I should post my "Dog vs Cattle Prod" video.

Would have been better without the constant yelping. Where's the wacky music when you need to cover up the sounds of distress?

As usual, I wouldn't call it cruel: just mean.

good grief there are some whiny ass people lurking around n-ma. the dog is fine. the hedgehog is fine. grow a freaking sack. if these 2 were in the wild without human monitoring, i can promise you that this would be a lot less pleasant to watch.