Dogs don't pant with their mouths closed. The video below shows the dog panting when in the company of other contestants. The dog is also panting on stage but it's mouth is markedly different during the act.
I agree with your assessment of the foot activation but it's not the dog being activated.
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Originally Posted by Noney
Are you sure?
You can clearly see him manipulating something on the bottom of the podium with his foot. I was thinking that the dog was trained to open its mouth whenever it feels the stimulus created by whatever his foot is doing. If it is a prosthetic, maybe that's what his foot is activating???
The quality of the video makes it tough to tell for sure....
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