Rockysmom's ProfileIt was a great weekend all around, saw lots of old friends, met some new ones, and Rocky had a blast of course.
Dock Diving is tough work...
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New personal best in Dock Diving this weekend
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Puppy
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 Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 1:04 pm
We had our first event of the summer and Rocky hit a new personal best with 18'10".
It was a great weekend all around, saw lots of old friends, met some new ones, and Rocky had a blast of course.
Dock Diving is tough work...
Get my trainer, I need a massage!
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 Hunters
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Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 2:23 pm
Go Rocky! So much fun
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Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 5:29 pm
I love the first pic! that facial for the big jump is the cutest
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 Alpha Dog
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Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 5:44 pm
Awesome Pics!!!
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Guardians
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Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 6:01 pm
Love the pics!
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 Hunters
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Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 10:24 pm
Great pics!!
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Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 8:46 am
This looks awesome!!! Just curious...what is the method by which the accurate distance is determined. Since the dog lands in water, there are no paw prints to measure. I am sure it can't be easy to watch the rapid action and read that marker.
Peggy Doster
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Puppy
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Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 10:07 am
At every official event they have two line judges that have to complete a national club training class. They are eye level with the measuring line that goes out into the water and they judge where the dogs tail base hits the water. It is pretty accurate. |
 Beta Dog
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Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 12:06 pm
Wow 18ft that's amazing, what fun!!
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 Guardians
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 10:13 pm
18 feet 10", that's fantastic! !! Way to go!!
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 Scouts
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 10:48 pm
We've done lots of National Dock Dogs competitions here in the Houston area, and there are always judges watching the jumps and "eyeballing" it, but there's also computers that do the "official" judging. The Dock Dogs organization has some amazing technology working for them really! They use the same time break down software that is used in the Olympics, so the judge can go frame by frame to determine where the base of the dog's tail enters the water. There are other dock diving organizations that judge slightly different--where the front paws enter I believe. It's a great sport. I encourage everyone to look for a local dock diving club near you and get started. It's not just for retrievers--obviously! 18' 10" is a fantastic jump! My border collie mutt doesn't even jump that far! lol...he's decided he would rather compete in the speed retrieve competition anyway. Just a little bragging--he's been the only non-retriever in every speed retrieve finals he's qualified for
 His personal best is 7.03 seconds...the world record is like 4.9 seconds or something crazy. There's lots to do with dock diving, and the more Am Staffs out there, the better! We've seen VERY few in competition around here. I'm working on getting ours into it. Congratulations to Rocky!! Awesome pics, too. I do love the full motion face shot lol.
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Puppy
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Joined: Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:03 pm Location: Palm Bay, FL |
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:25 am
Beautiful pictures! I can not wait to start this sport!
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 Omega Dog
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 5:17 am
Great pictures!
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