The owner of dog who has gone viral on Twitter for his football skills has described his pet's newfound fame as 'hilarious.'
Carl Reigler from West Derby filmed his seven month old cavapoo Freddie out skilling his mum with a swift 'drag back' technique designed to send your opponent in the wrong direction.
He uploaded the short clip to Twitter and it has now been viewed over one million times, with Twitter users dubbing him "Kenny Dogleash."
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A self-described "long time tortured Everton fan", Carl said he'd previously noticed Freddie's talent.
Carl said: "It was Christmas morning, the puppies were opening all their gifts (they get more than me) and Freddie just started playing football with his new ball.
"I noticed he was quite talented and just took a little video!
"He’s always chasing a ball around and I think he’d probably do a job in the current Everton team."
As executive producer of the Have a Word Podcast (which recently won Pod Bible's Best UK Comedy award) Carl said it was "hilariously frustrating" that the video of Freddie was able to reach so many people.
He told the ECHO: "I create online content every day of the week, so having my dog do a million views for one second is hilariously frustrating, because I wish I could do that with all my content."
Twitter users were quick to nickname Freddie "Sniffy Butt", "Kenny Dogleash" "Johan Crufts" and "Pawtrick Vieira" among others.
"Sign him up" was the consensus in the comments.
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