--- title: French Bulldog Puppy Learns How to Skateboard: Video description: A new video shows the secret to teaching your dog to shred and it doesn't seem to involve repeat viewings of Lords of Dogtown. canonical: https://time.com/4246251/french-bulldog-puppy-skateboard/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-03T16:32:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:42.253Z og:title: Watch a French Bulldog Puppy Learn How to Skateboard Like a Pro og:description: A new video shows the secret to teaching your dog to shred and it doesn't seem to involve repeat viewings of Lords of Dogtown. og:url: https://time.com/4246251/french-bulldog-puppy-skateboard/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a French Bulldog Puppy Learn How to Skateboard Like a Pro twitter:description: A new video shows the secret to teaching your dog to shred and it doesn't seem to involve repeat viewings of Lords of Dogtown. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch a French Bulldog Puppy Learn How to Skateboard Like a Pro by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 3, 2016 4:32 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 3, 2016 4:32 PM UTC If you want to foster a lifelong love of [skateboarding](http://time.com/3877898/skateboarding-photos-from-the-early-days-of-the-sport-and-the-pastime/)—and the skills that go with it—you have to start ’em young. As soon as that little one can walk, get those two— or in this case, four—legs on a board to start practicing those goofyfoot nollies and 50-50 grinds. In a new video posted by [Brian Bowie](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3XJgq6g0SneV2UjlNhTQdA), he shows the secret to teaching your dog to shred and it doesn’t seem to involve repeat viewings of _Lords of Dogtown_ (although it can’t hurt). Instead, he puts his adorable French bulldog puppy on a skateboard and plies it with treats to get it used to the rolling motion_._ Even if you have no plans on teaching your pup to railside or kickflip, it’s an adorable way to spend three minutes of your life and much shorter than recreating [_Gleaming the Cube_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yviIgIDxlwc) in your cubicle. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4246251/french-bulldog-puppy-skateboard/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4246251/french-bulldog-puppy-skateboard/"},"headline":"Watch a French Bulldog Puppy Learn How to Skateboard Like a Pro","datePublished":"2016-03-03T16:32:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:42.253Z","description":"Welcome to Dogtown","url":"https://time.com/4246251/french-bulldog-puppy-skateboard/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Dogs","Viral Videos"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4246251/french-bulldog-puppy-skateboard/","name":"Watch a French Bulldog Puppy Learn How to Skateboard Like a Pro"}}]}] ```