Just seen a snatch of film, on the telly, from the 50s, I think.
The clip starts with a girl, standing in a front garden, whirling a hula-hoop (remember those?)around her waist. It then switches to the back garden where an Alsatian dog is depicted whirling the metal rim of a bicycle wheel around its neck! The plummy voice of the announcer states that the dog had taught itself this trick (presumably in an attempt to imitate the girl)!
I'm sorry that this story does not involve hamsters ...