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# Watch a French Bulldog Puppy Learn How to Skateboard Like a Pro

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## 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.

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