Abbie the surfing dog, breaking waves and records

Well, we hope that our story inspires other people to get out and do more with their dog

They're amazing, amazing athletic animals. They just love to do more than take a ten minute walk every day

Never in a million years thought Abby would be a surfing dog, right

And you never know what your dog could be good at, unless you try

Try and find out what your dog's potential is. Hi, I'm Michael and this is Abby

And Abby holds the Guinness World Records title for longest wave surfed by a dog in

open water. And the record stands at 107 meters

The day I met Abby at the shelter I was actually not even sure I wanted to adopt a dog

But I've been dealing with a lot of things. I walk down to the shelter and all the dogs get really excited

One dog was not. She didn't jump up on the window and bark or anything

She just kind of was sitting back in the corner and she looked really depressed

But she kept staring at me. Every time I walked by she'd just look at me

And so I identified with her and I was like, oh, this dog doesn't think she belongs here

I know how that feels. So Abby and I have a really good relationship

We do a lot of sports together. But when I first adopted her she was pretty traumatized because they found her on the street

And so we started pretty gradually. We used to just go to the beach and hang out and take walks together

And then she started to walk closer and closer to me the more she trusted me and we started

bicycling together, going on hikes together, started rollerblading, and eventually swimming. One day she just climbed onto somebody's surfboard and we pushed her in a wave

And that was her first wave. She rode it all the way into the shore. We had been surfing for several years already

And when we started we just did it for fun. But it turns out there are contests in Southern California

So we had won a lot of contests and somebody said, gosh, what's the longest wave she's

ever ridden? And we had no idea. So I thought, yeah, maybe it's just a couple meters or so

But when we tried for our first title it was 60 meters

And then we tried for another one and it was 107 meters. So we thought it would be a good way to make it official

Being part of this crazy crowd of people in the Guinness World Records books and having

kind of this funny celebrity status, it's been great. It's been a lot of fun

She's been the best thing that ever happened to me. You never know what kind of animal you'll get when you rescue them

And some of them are just hidden surprises waiting to happen, just like Abby

Who knows, if you rescue a dog, your dog could have a Guinness World Record title someday