Meet, Porter, a stray dog that trained in specially modified carts to operate car’s controls to be the World’s First Driving Dog. Watch him drive around a New Zealand racetrack in a specially adapted Mini Clubman car.
Porter, the ten-month-old beardie cross put his paws to the pedals first, steering the Mini down the straight and then turning a corner.
Porter was able to drive the car and even turn corners around the track after eight weeks of training. They were strapped in with seatbelts and then followed commands from their trainers, who walked in front of the car.
The talented dog was rescued by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Auckland, New Zealand. The charity came up with the idea to train them to drive to prove how intelligent they were.
HOW HE DROVE
The dog drove a modified Mini in which they sat on their haunches in the driver’s seat with their paws on the steering wheel. His feet went on extension levers which had been attached to the accelerator and the brake while his paw rested on the gearstick.
