Dog taught Ronaldinho skills
Posted: Friday April 25, 2008 07:56AM ET
Ronaldinho has revealed that a dog helped him to learn to play football and to develop the silky skills and tricks that made him into one of the best players ever. The Brazilian explained that a pooch in his neighbourhood in Porto Alegre, Brazil would keep him company after the other boys in the area had gone home and would chase the ball around with him.





Comments (51)
And here I thought he had learned his skills from a donkey.
HEE HAWWWWW HEEE HAWWWWW!!!
Arsenal69 | 04/25/08, 08:06 AM
Report Offensive CommentClearly the DUMBEST story i've ever read!
UtleyMVP08 | 04/25/08, 08:28 AM
Report Offensive CommentWHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA???!?!?!?!???!???!??!?!?!?
CHOKE SLAM!!!!!!!!!
Stauff Nation TB | 04/25/08, 08:48 AM
Report Offensive CommentMan's best friend... never lets you down.
Nooner | 04/25/08, 09:05 AM
Report Offensive CommentIn that case, I think I'll start bringing wild dogs to my practices to help my kids...
MSFC3221 | 04/25/08, 09:17 AM
Report Offensive CommentThank you Stauff Nation. They clearly deserve that as well as the crippler crossface or maybe the figure four - some kinda submission hold is in order here as well!!
MadridistAmericano | 04/25/08, 09:21 AM
Report Offensive CommentThey left out that after he finished training with the dog, they ate him.
Governor08 | 04/25/08, 09:26 AM
Report Offensive CommentYeah, this is actually true. It was turned into a movie "Airbud 8: Dog Tricks & Horse Teeth"
Ronaldinho's Dog | 04/25/08, 09:48 AM
Report Offensive Commentwow, and thought football players were stupid.
I EFFIN RULE | 04/25/08, 09:49 AM
Report Offensive CommentI didn't read the story but the headline caught my eye...I had no idea the bounty hunter was a soccer player
Weapon X | 04/25/08, 10:07 AM
Report Offensive CommentThe Brazilian version of "Air Bud" taught 'Dinho. How do you say "Air Bud" in Portugese, anyway?
J. HOVA: ALL FOR THE LOVE | 04/25/08, 10:34 AM
Report Offensive CommentLike Rocky chasing the chicken around.
Hova- Amigo do Ar, I guess. Or Bud do Ar.
Jazinho | 04/25/08, 10:40 AM
Report Offensive CommentAnd actually, it makes perfect sense. A dog aggressively trying to steal a ball is a pretty good opponent thus makes a good training method. I like this story.
Jazinho | 04/25/08, 11:02 AM
Report Offensive CommentFrom the article-
'For a dog, he was good. He could keep hold of the ball, but he didn???t know the rules because he was a dog. He was the best dog in the area, though ??? he had a very good right foot!'
Jazinho | 04/25/08, 11:04 AM
Report Offensive CommentI don't know why those question marks showed up. Fannation hates copy/paste.
Jazinho | 04/25/08, 11:05 AM
Report Offensive CommentThis is not as absurd as you think. I've seen a lot of kids in Costa Rica playing soccer with their dogs. Especially in the more rural places, where there aren't many other kids. Most Dogs love soccer.
Thugmeister | 04/25/08, 11:10 AM
Report Offensive Commentyou all mock this...but it is true...I play with my dog and if you can keep it away from him you can keep it from anyone. the dog is relentless and fast and more difficult to deal with than any defender I've ever faced.
did it make me star for the brasilian national team? no. but I can certainly see how he could have developed his skills this way.
Evertonius | 04/25/08, 11:10 AM
Report Offensive CommentI play with my dog and if you can keep it away from him you can keep it from anyone. the dog is relentless and fast and more difficult to deal with than any defender I've ever faced.
Evertonius | 04/25/08, 11:10 AM
Wow, you must suck.
Field Marshall Sunny Day | 04/25/08, 11:25 AM
Report Offensive CommentGood boy!
Treats is the secret...mopre treats.
AllStarz | 04/25/08, 11:25 AM
Report Offensive Commentdid I mention my dog is a chihuahua? he's really aggressive too.
Evertonius | 04/25/08, 11:34 AM
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