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Adorable 'bat dog' retrieves baseball bats for North Carolina team

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Adorable 'bat dog' retrieves baseball bats for North Carolina team

This is the incredible moment a black lab double retrieved baseball bats for a North Carolina team. In the video, Ripken, who is the official Bat Dog for the Durham Bulls, picked up the bats in its mouth as the crowd goes wild. The black lab is also the official bat dog for Holly Springs Salamanders and the spokesdog for Sit Means Sit dog training in Apex, North Carolina. The dog trains with Michael O’Donnell, the owner of Sit Means Sit, who teaches him to stay focused on him while retrieving bats for the teams.

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