Four rescue dogs from a shelter in Brazil have been employed to be “ball boys” at the Brazil Open Tennis Tournament. The event took place last week in Sao Paulo, and the dogs were used in an effort to spread awareness about adoption, and overcrowding at shelters.
“These are dogs that were mistreated,” trainer Andrea Beckert explained. “We have to make them adapt, feel the environment, the court, the noise of the balls and the noise of the people.”