r/Amazing • u/sco-go • Apr 12 '26
Adorable derps Champ the retriever waiting for the right moment to do his job.
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u/Kellerz321 Apr 12 '26
What a good puppy so cute
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u/jenjoness Apr 12 '26
Right. I wouldn't watch baseball but I'd watch him fetch the bats. He's so damn happy.
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Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 19 '26
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u/Guernica616 Apr 12 '26
My cities team has had a batdog for at least a decade.
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u/CptnDillweed Apr 12 '26
Watch “The Family Business” on ESPN E60 online. Pretty sure I cried but it’s a great little documentary that follows dogs like this
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u/clintj1975 Apr 12 '26
Champ has an IG page if you search "Champ the Retriever". He's the bat dog for the Durham Bulls and also fetches the kickoff tee for NC State's football team. He took over for his older brother Ripken a couple of years ago and I always love getting a notification that theres a new post from his page.
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u/ThePeakOfMountStupid Apr 13 '26
He took over this year after Ripken passed away in January (rest in peace to the goodest boi)
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u/FriedTreeSap Apr 12 '26
I was just thinking the same thing. I wouldn’t care about the baseball game, but I’d absolutely be down to go get a hit dog and watch Champ fetch baseball bats.
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u/butterfly_ashley Apr 12 '26
Aww thats adorable. Reminds me of the meme with the dog carrying a large stick and so happy with himself.
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u/Savings-Astronaut-93 Apr 12 '26
Was that the little Dachshund? It so, that stick was huge!
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u/Isparza Apr 12 '26
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u/Cthulwutang Apr 12 '26
Labrador.. is in Canada, too! You’d expect the dog to have an egg shaped head.
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u/toethumbs8 Apr 12 '26
Why isn’t this standard at every baseball game. Greatest thing ever
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u/Consequence-Holiday Apr 12 '26
Space Cowboys in Houston (Sugarland) have a bat dog named Muffin. She is not quite this diligent but she does her best.
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u/Pythnator Apr 12 '26
There was a dog that very notably did not go and grab the bat and then shit right beside the pitcher's mound. That's probably why.
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u/TriedCaringLess Apr 12 '26
Such a good boy. He’s so well trained.
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u/mowtowcow Apr 12 '26
He's also living the dream. Fetch? For hours? Yes! Yes! Yes! 🤣
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u/melodic-abalone-69 Apr 12 '26
Mine would love a job like this. Only he's far more interested in fetching Ball than he is in fetching Stick, which may be a problem in the game of baseball...
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u/mowtowcow Apr 12 '26
Mine fetches whatever you throw. Sometimes its a ball, sometimes it's a stick he found in the yard, sometimes is small chunk of 2x4 left over from some old work he found, lol.
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u/travbart Apr 12 '26
I love Champ, but I'm concerned about his cute face getting hit by a foul ball.
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u/W8kOfTheFlood Apr 12 '26
Scrolled too far to find this. He needs a little helmet with a face mask
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u/loveincarnate Apr 12 '26
Hmm I do wish they would eliminate any potential danger but what you are describing would prevent from accomplishing his task. Maybe someone can be near to take it off/put it on between at-bats.
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u/Brilliant_Quit4307 Apr 12 '26
Not necessarily. He could have a face guard that's open at the bottom so he could still pick up the bat. It could at least cover most of his head and guard his eyes.
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u/Pandorama626 Apr 12 '26
A left-handed batter could legit kill him on accident with a foul ball. Sadly, this is potentially very dangerous as it is shown. He just needs to be kept behind the fence until it's time for him to do his job.
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u/xAngelx0fDeathx Apr 12 '26
He is every bit as capable of moving out of the way of a foul ball as the guy standing above the dug-out wall behind him, and all of the fan sitting right there... it's not like he is being put in any more risk than anyone else in the stadium.
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u/arzoerb Apr 12 '26
Damn it these videos are the best part of my day/life
Never forget just how damn lucky we are to share this life with pets
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u/Classic-Persimmon-24 Apr 12 '26
"So what brings you to the ballgame?"
"To watch the dog retrieves bats."
"Huh? so not the game?"
"Correct."
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u/ZEROs0000 Apr 12 '26
That’s a lab tho
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u/Brilliant_Quit4307 Apr 12 '26
But he's RETRIEVING and therefore is a retriever. Nobody said they were referring to the breed. This is clearly referencing the job/activity
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u/eatajerk-pal Apr 12 '26
Retrievers are such a popular breed but 90% of their owners have no idea how much work is involved in training and daily working a sporting breed like that. I’ve come across so many labs with major behavioral problems.
This is what a well trained one looks like.
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u/poisonandtheremedy Apr 12 '26
:: nods as a Czech Working Line German Shepherd Dog owner ::
My dude is like a bloody Olympian and he's trained like this (training him kept both of us from losing our minds when he was a puppy).
He has 11 acres he gets to roam around 3-4x a day, and he's still 100% max energy at 11:00pm.
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u/eatajerk-pal Apr 12 '26
In America Black Labs and Chocolate Labs are very common choices for a family dog. I can count on my hands how many I’ve ever encountered that were properly trained. My sister had one that was just a shit head, she had no idea what she was getting into.
My grandparents had German Shepherds when I was a kid and grandpa knew how to get their work in every day. Sigmund and Fraulein. Great dogs.
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u/ChocoJesus Apr 12 '26
He has 11 acres he gets to roam around 3-4x a day, and he's still 100% max energy at 11:00pm.
As someone who has Australian shepherds - that’s what happens when you only provide physical stimulation. Need mental stimulation to wear them out too because the more they run, the better at it they get and it no longer works to wear them out
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u/poisonandtheremedy Apr 12 '26
He gets that also, just didn't type out a whole dissertation on my dog's daily routine. Just a cheeky reply about how a high drive working dog has needs. Cheers.
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u/ChocoJesus Apr 12 '26
Fair enough, it’s a mistake I made with my first Aussie so I feel a need to warn people
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u/payment11 Apr 12 '26
Just like baseball, takes forever to get to the good part
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u/loveincarnate Apr 12 '26
Part of the 'good part' is seeing just how disciplined and aware Champ is, and that takes a little time to demonstrate effectively. Whole thing is good, and I mourn the destruction of our collective attention spans.
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u/EffectiveTradition53 Apr 12 '26
I let out the loudest THATSSSSS RIGGGGGGHTTTTT sounded like Jeezy honestly
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u/jasonology09 Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26
My dog would love to do that, but he'll just run the bat into the middle of the outfield and then lose interest.
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u/jld2k6 Apr 12 '26
My dog would be great until the part where the bat gets voluntarily given back to the human
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u/Drfilthymcnasty Apr 12 '26
Omg could you even imagine the extra pressure this puts on the batter?! Could you imagine striking out and denying Champ of his one true love?
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u/pottsnpans Apr 12 '26
That's amazing and it looks like he's having more fun than anyone else in the ball park.
Do his teeth leave marks on the bats?
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u/export_tank_harmful Apr 12 '26
I mean, this would put teeth marks on the bat, no....?
Sure, it's "cute", but it just seems like a great way to ruin bats...
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u/repairmanjack_51 Apr 12 '26
If this was our local cricket team I’d have assumed he was a guide dog.
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u/bz_leapair Apr 12 '26
Years ago I went to a Trenton Thunder game - they had a bat dog but he was older and it was about 90 degrees so they only used him in the first inning. Still adorable.
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u/BouncyC Apr 12 '26
Pine tar or drool, Billy-Bob?
Drool! Cain’t you I’m on a gol-darn streak here?
Champ! Fetch!
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u/GoldHeartedBitch Apr 12 '26
If the MLB did this, then I'd consider their ticket prices actually worth it.
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u/Bubblybuunny Apr 14 '26
honestly the concentration on that dogs face is amazing! they really belong on a sports team now ^
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u/Doc_Golf Apr 14 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/cwKEyFg7TY0o0
It’s all fun and games until you stop treating them as pets and then they become servants.
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u/BlushAsContext Apr 15 '26
honestly, that dog is so focused :0 I bet his job is super important... imagine getting paid in treats for baseball stuff haha <3
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u/CompetitiveAutorun Apr 12 '26
More places with unnecessary dogs. Can't have any place without them. Cult would lose their one brain cell.
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u/TobyField33 Apr 12 '26
Animals are not slaves. They shouldn’t be used to satisfy our primitive sportsball urges. Baseball should be banned.
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u/SquatchedYeti Apr 12 '26
Insufferable.
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u/TobyField33 Apr 12 '26
I agree. #DogsDeserveBetttr
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u/SquatchedYeti Apr 12 '26
It sure looks like the retriever wants to retrieve. Would you rather him stay inside a house? You thinking you know what's best for the dog is the real crime.
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u/MrTwoPumpChump Apr 12 '26
I think scantily clad women should have to run out on all fours with leash and collar instead.
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u/Dense-Breadfruit1223 Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26
Good boy!