Bilbo the lifeguard dog - Sennen Cove

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Uploaded by on Sep 15, 2007

Bilbo is Britain's first fully trained canine lifeguard! He is a Newfoundland, and works at Sennen Cove in cornwall.

Video taken September 2007

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  • Heard he's been sacked - that's a f***g disgrace. It's not like they're paying him or anything, and Newfies are very reliable and tougher than any human lifeguard. So what if he can't do CPR - he doesn't patrol the beach by himself!

  • I know, it's such a shame :-(

  • OK very nice - but what does the dog actually do? Swam towards "drowning" man, got to within a few feet and then swam away. Sorry, don't get it!

  • He's trying to manoevre the float he drags behind him to the "drowning" man - it would be more clear if I had kept videoing a bit longer!

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  • These Bilbo dawgs are renowned for their huge terds!

  • I saw this dog in action on Sennen beach during me summer hols. He rescued a cuttlefish! Unfortunately, despite the lifeguards' efforts to revive the poor creature by placing it back in the sea - it died. Still, it shows Bilbo is a natural.

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  • I've met this dog!!!!!

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  • i just looked at all the comments and for all your info guys. i actually got saved by this very dog when i had a surfing accident in sennen and came off my board. this dog new exactly where to go and if it wasnt for this dog. i would of drowned.

  • he didnt even save him....

  • i met this dog at my school :D

  • @robasher haha!

  • Um, AntiNoisyBastards, Bilbo is a Newfoundland dog, a well recognised and documented breed. They come in Black, Black with white, White with black markings and BROWN!

    I keep noofs and do a lot of water rescue training with them and we have all of the above colours. You even see them in gray occasionally.

  • lmao

  • He's a fine dog, but for information, bilbos' are not a recognised breed, the dog in the video is probably a St Bernard/poodle cross. And thinking about it - the St Bernard would have to be the dad. The best dogs for water rescue are actually Newfoundlands because they have webbed feet and are very powerful swimmers.

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