Big
Air is the long jump equivalent for canine athletes. At speeds over 20mph these dogs catapult themselves off
the end of a 40 foot dock into a body of water to retrieve their favorite toy. Jump distance is measured from the end
of the dock to where the base of the dog’s tail breaks the water. The current world record is 28’10". |
Extreme Vertical is a high jump contest. Man’s
best friend launches upward, nearly seven feet in the air, to quench his instinctual desire to play fetch in its extremist
form. Rather than clearing a cross bar like in track and field, the dogs knock down a bumper, which is suspended over
the water, eight feet out from the end of the dock. The current world record is 7’10".
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Speed Retrieve tests canine quickness. Dogs
are lined up at the twenty-foot mark on the dock. Handlers release their dog on the start command. Dogs then run,
jump and swim to the end of the pool to retrieve a Dokken Dead Fowl Trainer. The quickest dog to detach the DFT
wins.
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