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My mom has been saying for a year that she wants me to get an AKC Junior Hunt Title. That’s fine with me. It means I get to go run out in the fields retrieving ducks, and it just doesn’t get any better than that. We’ve been working for a year on these special skills. As far as I’m concerned, you shoot a bird, and I retrieve the bird. Simple as that. But for this Hunt Test thingy, you have to go through all this special protocol. You can’t talk to your dog here, but you can here. You can’t... Read Full Story

Often, people ask me about certain problems their dogs have developed on the dock. There are a few simple strategies you can use to get your dog back to their usual jumping status. Some are general strategies, such as: 1. Just give them time. All athletes, in all sports, have their slumps. Dock diving is no exception. The 20 ft. jumpers might jump flat for a while, then go back to 20 ft jumps or better. 2. Give the dog a break from the dock. Hold off on practice for a while. I know, I know... Read Full Story

As you know, I like to listen to my mom and dad talk. Boy, can you ever learn some cool stuff doing that! Well, they occasionally mention a dog named Annie. My mom especially talks to me about Annie and says things like, “Sally, you and Annie would have been best friends,” or “Sally, I want you to jump at this event for Annie. She would have loved dock diving.” As it turns out, Annie was the lab they had before me. Here is a picture of her. She was a big lab and very light yellow, almost... Read Full Story

Well, this weekend is the DockDogs National Championships in Cincinnati, Ohio. Team 4 Dawg Flite is almost ready to go. Our dad will be home around 2:00, and we leave then! I am so excited. Spud is excited. My mom and dad are excited. Even Hoppy is excited. He has no idea why, but he’s still excited. Badger, on the other hand, has no idea what’s going on. He really doesn’t get excited about anything very much anyway, but I can’t wait to see his face when he sees a dock diving event for the... Read Full Story

Yep. You’re reading it correctly. I would have posted earlier, but it’s been raining night and day here (My dad said to call him Noah, ‘cause he’s going to build an ark…whatever that means.), and my mom couldn’t get any good photos outside. Now, this addition isn’t just any dog. You’ll never believe in a million years who has joined our pack and our Team. I’m still in shock. It’s Badger. My dad!! And Hoppy’s dad! There he is…dear old dad. And when I say old, I mean old. He’s nine years old... Read Full Story

I'm in such shock, I can't even write about it. All I can say right now is....remember my blog post a while back about my bio dad. The title was "Pedigrees and parents. My emotional trauma." For those of you who missed it, you need to read it to understand what has just happened in the home of Team 3 Dawg Flite. Here is the link to that post. I'll put up another post and tell y'all what happened as soon as I recover. Pedigrees and parents. My emotional trauma. Now, where are those nerve pills... Read Full Story

I can’t remember if I’ve posted these photos before or not. I was looking back through some old practice photos and came across this sequence from a practice back in January. I remember after this particular practice my mom and dad were looking at these photos on my dad’s computer. Man, were they ever laughing! “Look at her face,” my mom laughed. “Oh my god, that’s hilarious.” “Look at that Stinky,” my dad squeezed out between chuckles. (His pet name for me is Stinky. Why? I have no idea. I... Read Full Story

I’m going to be an Iron Dog! I’m going to be an Iron Dog! No, not this kind of iron dog. Nor this kind of iron dog. And I certainly don’t mean this kind of iron dog! I have qualified myself to enter the Iron Dog competition at our DockDogs Nationals in October. What does that mean? Good question. In order to qualify to even compete at the Nationals, you must be titled. Well, Spud and I are both titled, so we are going. (We were going last year, but my granddaddy got very, very sick, and we... Read Full Story

Our dock diving club’s first event is over. Dixie Dock Dogs did a great job presenting The Fishing Creek Outfitters Throwdown. I was very proud of all the dogs…well, and humans too…who work so hard to make it so successful. We had 186 registrations and probably over 200 people who attended to watch. But you want to know the very, very best part of the weekend? We raised over $1400.00 for our charity, Chase Away Canine Cancer!! It was awesome!! The first day, Friday, it rained. Okay, let’s not... Read Full Story

After thinking long and hard what I should make this post about, I came to a decision to tell you about dock diving practice this past weekend. Oh, I know. I could be telling you all about our club’s big event coming up this weekend. Or about Spud’s bout with a near heat stroke. Or about the way Hoppy has started waking us all up at 3:00 every single morning. But when you hear about our last practice, you’ll understand why I chose this topic. There are no photos, just a good story. So sit... Read Full Story