Thanks so much everyone!

Quote Originally Posted by Maltese_Love
Great action shots!! Sarah, I love your gang! What exactly is dock dogs?
Dock dogs is a competition where dogs compete to see who can jump the furthest off of the dock. To make it more fair, there are seperate divisions: Novice, Junior, Senior, and Master. You do not have to enter a division, just show up and have your dogs jump and whatever division they jump in is what they "compete" in. So, Novice is for dogs who jump from 0'-9'11" and since both of my dogs were in that range, they competed against the other dogs who jumped in that range. If Buck had jumped just one more inch, he would have been at the bottom of the Junior division!

The dogs do not have to be a certain breed or even a purebred and all you need is $20 to pay the entry fee

Quote Originally Posted by finn's mom
I love them! That is so cool, darn it. hahaha, I don't know where anything like that is around here!
If you go to www.dockdogs.com you can go the Events page and then at the top click on "Events Calendar" and it will show you the upcoming events. They are supposed to post the events for 2007 soon. If there is any near you then you can just go to the event and sign up that day. They have open dock before and between all of the "waves" where you can practice.

Quote Originally Posted by wolfsoul
That looks like so much fun, I've always wanted to do it. No clubs around here though. You're so lucky! How does the titling work? How many more placements and what kind of placements do they need before they get a itle?
LOL, there are no clubs within 5-6 hours of here! I just showed up and went for it! The competition has really grown in size this year so there will be a lot more events all over the USA and I believe Canada as well (the tour bus that was down here was from Ontario, so I'm assuming they have competitions up there also )

They need 5 qualifying jumps in the same division for a title. For instance, if they jump between 0 and 9'11" 5 times then they will get a NJ (Novice Jumper) title. If they jump between those lengths 4 times and then jump further another time, then they don't title. But if in the next competition they jump between that length again, then they title.

Also, if you enter more than one wave in a day, then you can earn two legs towards your title that day. In each wave a dog is allowed two jumps and the longest jump is their qualifying score. So, if you entered the first wave and your dog jumped 8' and also entered the second wave and your dog only jumped 5', you will have earned 2 legs. And the competitions are usually two or three days, so it's very possible to earn your title in a 3 day weekend.