Dock Dogs with my Doodle, Chloe this weekend!!!

[Chloe, Finley & Mama Shelley]

I am so excited for this weekend as we will be attending the Las Vegas DockDogs Event at Nevada Wildfest!

If any of you arent familiar with this Canine water competition sport you have to check it out! My Chloe is as focused and obsessed with fetching balls in the pool as any dog Ive known, so I want to see how she does with this event.

Have any of you ever competed with you Doodles with DockDogs? I could use some advice and or tips!

Her "Wave" that she is competing in will be Saturday, Sept 21st @ 7:00pm, so wish us luck!

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DockDogs will be featured at this event and there will be a full National Competition, outdoors, to include Big Air, Speed Retrieve, Extreme Vertical and Iron Dog. This event is also a Wild Card event, so some lucky teams will earn their invitation to the World Championships.  There will also be lots of time to practice. In addition, there will be a separate competition running between the top 3 Iron Dogs. This portion will be a televised event."

Here is a picture of my 2 yr old Chloe girl jumping in the pool~ She is a natural competitor and very focused! Hoping we do well!

Check it out~

http://lasvegasdockdogs.com/Las_Vegas_DockDogs/Events.html

http://www.dockdogs.com/

http://www.nevadawildfest.com/event-info/attractions/dock-dogs

[Donna K & Quincy]

Good luck, sound like fun. Be sure and let us know how it went.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

This is very exciting. Good luck and let us know how it turns out. My dogs love the water, but neither wants to jump in :)

[Nancie & Gracie Doodle]

Ha ha...we tried it with Gracie Doodle.  The problem we have is that she won't jump off the dock for her tennis ball which she is totally obsessed with.  She is a beach girl and is used to running into the water.  No matter how hard we tried, she would put her brakes on right at the edge of the dock and then get on her tummy and paw at the water trying to make her ball move towards her.  We went through all the training the day we were there trying to get her to jump...no luck.  And...most important, you can't push or nudge them.  You can stand behind them and block them from backing up but you can't bend your knees and give them a gentle forward push!!  We don't have access to swimming pools so she has never mastered one.  I'm sure if we did it would have made all the difference in the world.  I know she would be jumping.  I did agility training with her and she has wings on those paws of hers...beautiful to watch.  Good Luck!

[Lonnie & Libby Lu]

Nancie that is so cute!  She isn't jumping for anyone!  She reminds me of a child getting into a pool for the first time!  

[Bonnie and Kona]

Adorable!

[Janie, Jackson and Jilly]

Wow, look at her go! Good luck and let us know how it goes!!

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

The pictures are great!  This sounds like so much fun.....I can't wait to hear how she does.

[Anne & Mr. Haley]

Good luck Chloe!

[Barbara B., Sasha & Oliver]

Wow...looks like tons of fun :)  I wish I could get my doodles to do that !!  Good luck Chloe I will be cheering for you !

[Sue]

that is SO cool!! Good luck.

I tried with Kramer last year, but I think he is just too old to get going with it.

[Bonnie and Kona]

It sounds like lots of fun for both of you. I hope you will update us on the event and how Chloe enjoy herself. 

[BG and Gavin]

Good luck!  Go Chloe!!