Kratu (dog)

Baron Kratu von Bearbum,[1] or Kratu, is a Carpathian-Mioritic mix rescue dog from Romania, who appeared at the Crufts dogshow 2017-2020.[2][3]

For the son of Brahma, see Kratu.
Kratu in 2020

Early life

In 2014, when Kratu was a few weeks old, he was rescued from harsh conditions in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, at the request of his British owner to-be, Tessa Eagle Swan.[1][4][5] Swan says that she started to train him through WhatsApp before he arrived in the UK.[3][6]

Crufts

Kratu and Swan did a course of agility at the Crufts dogshow in 2017, representing the Wood Green charity. They were invited back the next year, and this time videoclips of Kratu went viral. He appeared again the 2 following years, and various media have commented that though he is not doing what he is supposed to, he is stealing the show, enjoying himself and being loved by the audience. Commentator Peter Purves said "He can do all sorts of things, except, er, follow instructions." Swan calls him "a natural clown",[7][2][8][9] and stated in 2020 that because of a pinched sciatic nerve, he will not be participating again.[3]

People commented in 2020 that "Kratu did not win the rescue dog agility course competition at Crufts this year, or in 2019 and 2018, but he did win the hearts of countless onlookers."[10]

Activities

Swan, who is autistic, has trained Kratu as her assistance dog. He has acted as support dog to dementia patients, visited a screening for a film about Romanian stray dogs at the European parliament[11][12][13][14] and is "dog ambassador" for a British charity.[15]

Swan and Kratu went to Romania in 2018 and met with students of animal psychology at the Babeș-Bolyai University.[16][17] He has worked as a model.[18]

Reference section
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