[ExI] daredog

[spike]

There are examples of animals doing what appears to be play in the wild, but
I am interested in beasts ingaged in play that involves doing something that
is scarey.  Behavior of domestic dogs can be unpredictable since they have a
bunch of factors that mess up the behavior they would have if they were
wild: they have behaviors bred in, or they do things in order to please
their owners.
 
This YouTube is a case where a dog is doing something that he would surely
consider scarey, but with no apparent encouragement from an owner.  He
appears to be doing an adrenaline kick just for fun.  Dog owners, comments
welcome on this: 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLPW1Nr-0vo
 
spike
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