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Ricochet (born January 25, 2008), is a female golden retriever dog from San Diego who helps people with disabilities through surfing and community outreach.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Surfing Dog Helps Disabled Surf )〕 Ricochet's popularity on social media originated from a video of her surfing with a boy who is quadriplegic that was posted on YouTube. As of April 21, 2015, the video has more than 4.4 million views.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Why This Surfing Dog Maybe Better Than You've Seen )〕 She also has over 246K fans on Facebook,〔("Surf Dog Ricochet the SURFice dog". ) Facebook. Retrieved April 25, 2015〕 over 11k on Twitter〔("Surf Dog Ricochet". ) Twitter. Retrieved April 25, 2015〕 and 1500 on Instagram.〔("Surf Dog Ricochet". ) Instagram. Retrieved April 25, 2015〕 When Ricochet was 8 weeks old, she climbed on a boogie board in a kiddie pool and was able to balance on her own.〔("Surfing Dog Helps Disabled Surf". ) ABC Evening News with Diane Sawyer. August 22, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2015〕〔("Surf Doggie". ) Guideposts Magazine. August 25, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2015〕〔("Rip Curl Ricki, the SURFice Dog" ) Animal Planet. December 8, 2009. Retrieved April 25, 2015〕〔("Imperial Beach Crowns the Best Canine Surfers". ) Surfer Today. July 22, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2015.〕 She has been surfing ever since. She started entering surf dog contests in 2010. On June 10, 2011, she surfed with surf pro, Taylor Knox.〔("Surfing with Taylor Knox" ) Video – YouTube. June 10, 2011. YouTube.com. Retrieved May 21, 2015〕 On June 16, 2012 she surfed with actor, Cameron Mathison in the Loews Coronado Bay Resort surf dog contest and won 2nd place.〔("Ricochet wins 1st and 2nd at Surf Dog Contest". ) Surfline. June 19, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2015〕 In August 2012 Ricochet surfed with a goat named Pismo.〔("Surf Dog Ricochet". ) SD Surfboards. July 28, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2015〕 On July 20, 2014 she surfed with surf pro Rob Machado.〔("Rob Machado Sessions With Surf Therapy Dog". ) Surfers Village. July 21, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2015.〕 Ricochet is also referred to as a SURFice dog®, because she surfs with kids with special needs, people with disabilities, wounded warriors & veterans with PTSD as an assistive aid.〔 ==Early life== Ricochet was raised and trained by Judy Fridono as part of Fridono’s non-profit 501(c)3 organization, Puppy Prodigies Neo-Natal & Early Learning Program. The organization trains dogs to be service dogs for people with disabilities. She started training to be service dog but as she grew, her instinct for chasing birds and other wildlife increased and she was dropped from the program.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Service Dog Reject Ricochet Necomes Surfer Dude )〕 On August 20, 2009, she jumped on a surfboard with a 14-year-old boy named Patrick Ivison who is quadriplegic.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Surf Doggie )〕 Ricochet was 15 months old when she started her competitive dog surfing career at the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge Surf Dog competition, where she won third place.〔 Ricochet went on to win additional Purina Surf Dog contests as well as contests held by the Helen Woodward Animal Center’s Surf Dog Surf-a-thon,〔("Surf Dogs Make Waves at the Surf Dog Surf-A-Thon". ) Pause For Tails. September 19, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2015〕 Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Contests (now known as Unleashed By Petco’s Surf Dog Contests)〔("Unleashed By Petco". ) Contest results. July 17, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2015〕 and Surf City Surf Dog surf contests.〔("Golden Surfing Dogs". ) Land of Pure Gold. Retrieved May 21, 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Surf Dog Ricochet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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