Bloubergstrand has discovered its own \u201cMessi\u201d, a 7-and-a-half-year-old female Jack Russell with unique soccer skills, a game she invented herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kolletjie, as she is named, trained herself from the age of 3 to hold and balance a massive ball in the air without touching the ground. Her current record is 42 seconds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe started doing tricks by herself when she was 3 years old,\u201d said owner and fur-friend Emil Beetge, who came into his life when she was a tiny 3-week-old pup. I bought her a soccer ball, but she destroyed it, and the same with the rugby ball,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beetge then opted for a tennis ball, bigger than the usual size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n