So proud of my babies ... 1st and 3rd place at our first dock dogs event! (*2 pics*)

Buck and Luka earned their 1st leg towards their Novice Jumper title today at their first dock dogs event! Buck jumped 8 feet on his first turn and 9 feet 11 inches on his second turn, earning him 1st place in his class! What's ironic is that 9'11" the highest that the novice jumper can go to. If he had jumped one more inch he would have been last place in the junior class! Luka jumped 7 feet 10 inches on her first turn and 7 feet 8 inches on her second, earning 3rd place in her class. I am so proud because they were up against lots of other dogs, and this was their first time ever jumping off of an elevated surface into the water.

Here we are together with them wearing their winning medals.
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Here is a close up of their medals.
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Today was so much fun for the humans and the dogs. Since it was our first time at a dock dogs event I only took Buck but then later my mom came up to watch and my dad asked her to bring Luka to compete. This was the last event of the season but the dock dogs crew will start traveling again in January. We will definetly be continuing in this sport, it is so much fun!

Kay, if you're reading this - I think you need to get Kiara into this! ;) She would have a blast!

Congrats to you, Buck, and Luka! :D It sounds like so much fun! :)

.sarah,

That in itself , is so superb!!! So remarkable!!! You must feel so proud for them indeed!!!

Congratulations to you and your Winning Dogs!!!

Congrats to Buck and Nova!!!! You guys look so cute together. Bucks got so big! :eek:

Good job Buck and Luka! Congrats! I'll bet it was a fun day. :)

Thanks, guys! :)

Congrats! I love watching that on tv. Those dogs sure seem to have a good time. I know you're proud. I like the medals.

Oh yay!!! Congratulations. :D That really does sound like a lot of fun. And I love the picture of you and the dogs. They both look so happy.

That's so awesome! I wish there was dock diving around here! Congrats!

Congratulations! Dock diving looks like a lot of fun. I wish we had something like that here.

Congrats! That sounds like it was a lot of fun...I love watching dock dogs when I get the chance to.

I LOVE watching the dock events on TV! Sarah, that's SO awesome! Bursting with pride right along with you!!! You GO Luka and Buck!
BTW.. I already know your dogs are beautiful.. and you're a beautiful (inside and out) owner!!!

Congratulations! I have seen this event on TV, but never in person.

Mark and I have watched that before and can't believe how far those dogs can jump, it's just amazing.
Now we KNOW someone who has dogs who do it...how :cool: is that?!

Did anyone happen to get any pictures of either one of them jump?

Wow, that sounds like so much fun! Congrats to the three of you. The labs look wonderful. :D