They don’t call him Blodgett the Great for nothing!
This 7-year-old Australian cattle dog went viral last month after Colorado State University posted a video on their Instagram page that showed Blodgett demonstratingsome of his best “barkour” moveson campus.
In the clip, the pooch impressively leaps across almost 20 pillars — without taking any rests — before casually jumping down and crossing the street to take on his next challenge.
Blodgett’s owner tells PEOPLE that his dog has always had a passion for jumping.
“I realized what an amazing mountain-climbing dog he would be, so I always encouraged and rewarded him when he got onto or over the top of things!” he added. “It slowly progressed from there.”
Blodgett’s “barkour” skills have also enabled the canine to join Krammer on considerably more challenging excursions.
“While his barkour has made him really good at urban obstacles, it was a means to make him comfortable with balance, his own abilities, and following commands,” the owner said. “I amclimbing as many peaks in Colorado over 13,000 feetas possible with him, so he needed the skillset to tackle the things we were encountering at elevation!”
Krammer adopted Blodgett, who was the runt of his litter, back in 2012, after the young puppy vomited on him, he toldThe Coloradoan.
“I’ve been claimed,” he remembered saying at the time, going on to share that he named the dog after Blodgett Peak, a mountain summit near the Air Force Academy in Colorado and where he grew up.
“I think the coolest thing is his endurance,” Krammer told theRocky Mountain Collegian. “I love all the show tricks, but honestly we can still tag these 20 mile days and multiple summits. The biggest day he did was eight 13ers over a 17-mile day. And he just crushed it; he had no problem with it at all. He came down, and he was still ready to rage, and that was just last summer.”
source: people.com
