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Dog almost learns how to successfully hula hoop

It's spinning, right? Then it's hula hooping.
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Jonathan Keshishoglou
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Any hula hoop enthusiast knows that the key to a killer hoop session involves three things: spinning, keeping balance and not biting the hoop with your teeth.

And we now know that man's best friend is capable of two out of three, at the very least. America's Funniest Home Videos posted a video on their "Kyoot Animals" Facebook page documenting the closest a golden retriever has ever come to successfully spinning a plastic circle around them.

The caption was "How do you stop this thing?" which raises the question of whether or not the dog was truly hula hooping or just stuck inside. Either way, they make do.


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Jonathan Keshishoglou (he often shortens that last part to just "Kesh") was an editorial intern on the Mashable Watercooler team. Watch him ramble coherently on Twitter: @keshception

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