A Swedish sled dog was able to win a gold medal in the national championships despite taking time to relieve itself seconds before crossing the finish line.

Video posted to Instagram shows Norton the short-haired German pointer pulling owner Cajsa Grape to the side of the track just before completing the race. grape said he really, really needed to poo.

At first she tried to make him continue running but it was no use, he had to go. grape said when Norton does 'go', he goes very fast. The two where so far ahead in the race, the brief stop for a 'nature call' didn't matter. They two still won the race.

Grape said that the racers usually use matchsticks to encourage the dogs to defecate before the race, but stress prevented Norton from doing so before the race.

"He wanted to run so much that he didn't have time," she said.

 

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