Leo goes dock jumping!!
Well, we have done it. We finally screwed Leo up so much that he is confused enough to dock jump. He actually had his first competition jump back at the end of June. But he only did the 2 jumps he got in the splash (along with a couple warm-up jumps) and then he was done. He gave us the stink-eye for trying to make him be a retrieving water dog and was done. But we did get photographic proof of the event, partly because we were proud doggie parents and partly because we were not sure when it might ever happen again.
Leo's first competition (thank you Kayla for documenting this!)
*note - do you see the guy right behind Leo standing on the ground cheering with his arms up? Thanks Tim for being as excited about this jump as we were
Just this last weekend we got a chance to try Leo again and boy oh boy did he impress us. Saturday he did 2 splashes (4 jumps) plus a couple practice jumps and Sunday he had a practice jump and 1 splash before he gave up on us. We figure he jumped off the dock about 10 times over the weekend. Pretty impressive for a non-water, non-retrieving breed of dog. He even got a new personal best jump of 10'2" on Saturday. We got his last jump of the weekend on video (thank goodness). If you listen, you can hear the commentary from the announcer who is not sure whether to tease Leo for his lack of enthusiasm or be impressed that he was still jumping. Make sure to watch to the end to see how funny Leo looks all soaking wet getting out of the pool.
Leo goes dock jumping
Leo's first competition (thank you Kayla for documenting this!)
*note - do you see the guy right behind Leo standing on the ground cheering with his arms up? Thanks Tim for being as excited about this jump as we were
Just this last weekend we got a chance to try Leo again and boy oh boy did he impress us. Saturday he did 2 splashes (4 jumps) plus a couple practice jumps and Sunday he had a practice jump and 1 splash before he gave up on us. We figure he jumped off the dock about 10 times over the weekend. Pretty impressive for a non-water, non-retrieving breed of dog. He even got a new personal best jump of 10'2" on Saturday. We got his last jump of the weekend on video (thank goodness). If you listen, you can hear the commentary from the announcer who is not sure whether to tease Leo for his lack of enthusiasm or be impressed that he was still jumping. Make sure to watch to the end to see how funny Leo looks all soaking wet getting out of the pool.
Leo goes dock jumping
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