Meet the dog who is obsessed with horses, so much so, she taught herself how to watch YouTube videos of the animals on her owner’s iPad. Maddison Kelly, 25, first noticed Sugar’s fascination with horses when they watched an episode of Game of Thrones, which features Ned Stark riding a horse, earlier this year. The silken windhound started doing “little barks,” which she repeated whenever Ned Stark was accompanied on screen by a horse.
Motion designer Maddison started to put videos of horses – running, playing, or just neighing – on her iPad whenever Sugar needed entertained indoors. The pooch was glued to the screen – but turned her head away and wasn’t interested if it was videos of other animals, such as puppies. Soon, the clever doggo worked out the thumbnail she needed to hit with her nose on the screen to prompt a new horse video. When Sugar got to meet horses – and donkeys – in real life, she “tried to hug them”, chasing her tail in excitement.
