Zorro Facing a Decoy Before the Grip
At dusk a black dog named Zorro jumps on two different decoys, then stays in front of a decoy who is standing still for several seconds before it jumps in and is on his arm.
A cut-together montage in which the dog goes onto a decoy several times and, in between, spends long seconds in front of one who does nothing but stand there. Those seconds are the ones worth watching.
Two stretches here matter more than the grips. From 0:11 to 0:13 and again from 0:17 to 0:20 a decoy stands still with a stick held point-down at his side, and the dog stays in front of him, head up and, in the later stretch, mouth open, without going onto him. At 0:21 it jumps at him and by 0:22 it is on his arm. The film is cut from several moments with at least two decoys, and no handler appears, so nothing shows what ended the wait. Ask any seller what sends the dog in, and how it comes out.
More Films
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A Dutch Shepherd holds a down-stay at a live intersection in downtown Dallas while its handler takes a phone call, then heels out through traffic.
Mamba, a Dutch Shepherd, waits at the open front passenger window of an SUV as a decoy approaches in a staged car-jacking training scenario.
All 9 films, with a line on what each one is worth watching for.
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