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Best circus dog tricks and stunts

3,659 views · Published 1 January 2017 · 4:00 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: Sharon Page · 2017 · Pets & Animals

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My dog and I love performing on stage, and I am a huge fan of dog trick videos from the past and present. Recently, I came across the most remarkable dog/handler team I have ever seen. This pair from the 1940's could do tricks I have never seen any other dog do. And their friendship and love was clear. (Especially in the original video—I edited out a lot of patting here to make it shorter).

I came across the original, unedited and silent version of this video in Dec. 2016. It was the sole video on Ray Jr’s YouTube channel. It had been posted by Ray Jr. and his brother Richard 6 years previously and had only 1,039 views. In an era when a dog sitting on a sofa gets millions of views, I found it tragic that this remarkable video was “gathering dust” with almost nobody to appreciate it. 

I tracked down Ray Jr., who is now retirement age. He was happy to share his memories of his father and Jackie via a phone call. With his permission, I have edited & shortened the original video, added music, and put it (ad-free) on my channel in hopes that my 5,000+ subscribers will share it far and wide.

For the complete story of Ray Sr. and Jackie, please see my blog: https://circusdogblog.wordpress.com/2017/01/01/the-greatest-dog-trick-trainer-you-have-never-heard-of-ray-nicholus-his-dog-jackie/.

After Jackie passed away, Ray Sr. lived another 40 years, but never owned another dog...  Ray Sr. left no book or training videos behind. None of his sons went on to train dogs. Nothing remains of Ray & Jackie’s trick legacy but this video. Let's keep the memory of this wonderful team alive. Please share this video far and wide…

Thank you! 

And if you’d like to see the original, unedited version of this video, it is at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1OW_QTTUM8. You can see lots more boxing footage, an a lot of snuggling and ear-ruffling that I had to remove to shorten the video.

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