Watch: Black Lab Is A Lobster-Catching Machine

Why fiddle with a complicated lobster trap when a black Labrador retriever can do the work for you?

That seems to have been the reasoning behind Alex Schulze’s decision to train his dog to dive in for the catch. The Florida man not only pulled off the feat, he’s sharing his secrets on how to do so via a newly released video on YouTube.

It seems Schulze, the co-founder of Devoted to the Ocean, had already trained his dog Lila to dive underwater to fetch toys. One day while he and Lila were out on the water, he decided to see if he could get her to ply those skills to lobster catching, he explained.

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“Sure enough she caught a lobster on her first try, and the rest was history,” he wrote.

Happy to share his secrets with other dog and lobster lovers, Schulze’s YouTube video explains the ins and outs of teaching a dog this unusual new trick. The video runs nearly 8 minutes long.

Devoted to the Ocean is a company that sells ocean-inspired jewelry and clothing. Twenty percent of the company’s net profits are given to sea turtle rescue and ocean conservation programs, according to its website.

Schulze is a former Florida Atlantic University student.

To find out more about Devoted to the Ocean, visit its website or Facebook page.

Devoted to the Ocean YouTube screenshot