Dogs in Slow-Motion Film

From the mailbox round-up of interesting dog-related links, one interesting tidbit is Pirate's review of a short film called 'BIRDS' — well, let Pirate explain what it's all about — A wonderful short film by the very talented French company called Pleix, featuring many different breeds of dogs performing tricks shot at high speed... The most amazing sight to us were the long haired breeds shaking themselves dry — their skins are only loosely attached to their bodies, so simply by twisting their heads they send a spiralling 'shock wave' down the length of their bodies, flinging beads of water off their fur. Why is the film called 'Birds'? Because several shot show the dogs 'flying' (actually they were thrown by the trained dog handler into a stretched blanket). All the dogs seemed to enjoy themselves — no animals were harmed in this production! It all sounds rather fascinating, and not unlike a typical dog-romp around here! Only, of course, captured on film so you can actually see what happens...