Enthusiastic dog breaks the balloon-popping world record

Some dogs get trained to jump over hurdles, others train to become race dogs, but this little pup has been trained to pop balloons.

Twinkie the energetic Jack Russell just broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to pop 100 balloons.

The adorable dog from California, USA, popped 100 red balloons in just 39.08 seconds!

It seems balloon popping runs in this canine's blood, with Twinkie's mum Anastasia previously breaking this record twice, first in 2005 and again in 2008 - and she held it for seven years.

Twinkie and Anastasia can thank their dog trainer Doree Sitterly for their record-breaking successes.

Twinkie smashed the previous world record of 41.67 seconds for the "fastest time to pop 100 balloons by a dog," which was set by Cally The Wonder Dog UK who appeared on Britain's Got Talent TV show.

Why we never thought about teaching our dogs to pop balloons as a party trick, we have no idea.

Watch the video above to see the world record in action!