# Skateboard riding bulldogs

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 3, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skateboard-riding-bulldogs/945602 "2021-07-03T14:14:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skateboard-riding-bulldogs/945602/1 "2021-07-03T14:14:51Z")

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Why always (afaict) bulldogs? I’m thinking maybe their lower center of gravity helps. Do the dogs actually steer and consciously go where they want?

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skateboard-riding-bulldogs/945602/2 "2021-07-03T15:14:24Z")

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> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#):
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> Why always (afaict) bulldogs? I’m thinking maybe their lower center of gravity helps.

Because they look especially cute on skateboards?

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> Do the dogs actually steer and consciously go where they want?

Some (like Jumpy, who is not a bulldog) can.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/go6s6xSVMB0/maxresdefault.jpg "Fastest Skateboarding Dog - Guinness World Records") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go6s6xSVMB0)

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skateboard-riding-bulldogs/945602/3 "2021-07-03T15:24:21Z")

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I met in person the dog that I think was the first of them, and he was a bulldog. That might have prompted imitators, and bulldog-owners might have been more prone to train their dogs to imitate him.

For what it’s worth, when he found himself going in a different direction than he wanted, he would dismount, get back on the other way, and go in the opposite direction.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skateboard-riding-bulldogs/945602/4 "2021-07-04T08:14:42Z")

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Our neighbor’s dog can ride a skateboard and even had a short clip of it shown on _America’s Funniest Home Videos_ about three years ago. Half Jack Russel terrier, half beagle. She’s smart as a whip too. I often think of her as Snoopy’s granddaughter. (The dog, not the neighbor.) Doesn’t steer though.