Fastest Time for a Dog to Leap an Obstacle, Retrieve a Soccer Ball, and Dribble It Back

Australia

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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia / August 22, 2025

Raz, a border collie in Melbourne, Australia, leaps a timber rail to chase a red-and-white soccer ball, then turns and dribbles it back across the grass. He rolls the ball beneath the rail and jumps over after it, completing the out-and-back in 9 seconds, timed from the video from his outward takeoff to his return landing. The ball takes the low road; Raz takes the high one.

Tags: soccer ball, dog, soccer, animals, pets, agility

Rules

- The dog must start on one side of a post-and-rail obstacle or agility hurdle, leap completely over it, retrieve a soccer ball from the far side and dribble the ball back toward the starting side.
- The ball may be thrown to start the attempt, but the dog must retrieve and move it using its nose, head or paws without further physical assistance from a person; carrying the ball in its mouth is not permitted.
- The dog must leap completely back over the same obstacle, with the ball returned to the starting side. The ball may roll beneath the obstacle while the dog jumps over it.
- Timing starts when the dog takes off for the outward jump and ends when it lands on the starting side after the return jump, with the ball already across.
- Use a soccer ball and follow the obstacle and retrieval layout shown in the original video.
- Must provide continuous, unedited video showing both jumps, the retrieval and the ball returning across the obstacle line.
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