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These adorable stray dogs were trained to fetch balls at tennis matches
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LAST WEEK, AN exhibition match at the Brazilian Open tennis tournament produced a seriously adorable moment for fans watching on.
Local dogs from Sao Paulo had been rescued and trained to be ball dogs – fetching the tennis ball between points for the players.
The purpose was to show that stray dogs could be trained to do so many things under the right circumstances – and the world has fallen in love with them
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Look at that doggie go.
Andrea Beckert, a trainer from the Association of Animal Wellbeing told CNN what it was all about:
There were four heroic dogs taking part in total
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And their adorable exploits have hit the headlines around the world.
Look at them here getting taken out on court
With enough love and affection, they planned to give these dogs a new lease of life says Andrea:
Lovely <3
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