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Scottsdale, AZ---This past Sunday, November 4th. local Big Air Dog, Prince Andy Flores, owned and trained by Tasha & Octavio Flores, won the Splash Dogs Dock Diving Junior Division World Championship of the USAA (United States Agility Association) in cooperation with the Cynosports World Games. The Cynosports World Games characterizes canine sports in the Olympic spirit, featuring leading dog sports from around the world in a single venue. Olympic Gold Medalist Bruce Jenner was the host of this years event. The events, covering over 100 acres, brought competitors from fourteen countries, including Japan, China, Spain, Germany, Canada, Mexico, Russia and of course the United States, in dog sports together to name a World Champion in the following sports: Dog Agility, Flyball, Dock Diving, Flying Disc, Extreme Vertical, Herding and many more. These animals are real athlete's, doing real sports, and the World Game competitors have risen to the top of their game.
Local Labador, 9 month old Prince Andy Flores, qualified for these world games last July and came through Sunday's World Championships with flying colors, winning the Junior Division World Title with a jump of 18' 9". Andy also set a new Cynosports World Record for the Junior Division by jumping 19' 3" in the Simi-finals. Dock Jumping Dogs do not reach their potential until between the ages of 3 and 5 years of age, so Andy has just began his quest for the top. Andy will now take some time off before starting training for next years events. The canine sports at the Cynosports World Games are open to all breeds of dogs--purebred and mixed breed alike. All owners and their dogs are encouraged to attend one of the Splash Dog events around the county. You may be surprised at what your dog can do? There are Splash Dog divisions for every dog to compete in. & nbsp; Lap Dog Division--Dogs under 16" in height & nbsp; Splash Dog Division---0' 0" to 9' 11" & nbsp; Junior Division---- 10' 0" to 14' 11" & nbsp; Senior Division---- 15' 0" to 19' 11" & nbsp; Professional Division---- 20' 0" to 22' 11" & nbsp; Extreme Division---- 23' 0" and above A new World Record was also set at these games, by a 5 year old dog named Henry, out of Northern California, with a jump of 26' 11". All measurements were official "Dock Dog" measurements from the end of the dock to the base of the dogs tail as it enters the water. Come out and give it a try. I know both you and your dog will have the time of your lives. Did anyone attend the Bark in the Park in Lancaster this past weekend? Andy did a Little of everything. Dock Diving, Agility and lots of other fun things. Reports are that he hit the 18"-19" mark (Purina's measurement would have been 23"-24", not bad for 9 months old). But they were not offically meauring the jumps as it was a "fun" jump. Here are some pictures of him from the event along with a couple other pictures. I see that Purina is putting another of it's Dog Challenge on NSPN today. I am curious to see how 8 month old Andy stacks up against those dog's. Remember that Purina measures from end of dock to dogs nose, not the base of his tail. In Andy's case that would be an extra 36". His PR at Purina would be 20'2" instead of 17'2". Next competition is a fun jump in Lancaster on October 6th. Also, I see that 2 more people from Bakersfield have started jumping their dogs last weekend in Pitsburg, Ca.. I think thats great, if we get enough people involved maybe we can get a dock that all can use? If you think your dog would like to jump, take it to this Lancaster "Bark in the Park". It will be a fun event.
Seven month old Prince Andy traveled to Diamond Lake, Oregon this past weekend. He took part in the "Northwest Challenge" and came away with a 2nd place in his junior division before moving up to try on the senior division. In the senior division Andy finished 8th over all. He is being jumped in these meets to get him ready for the Splash Dogs World Championships at Cynosports in Scottsdale, AZ in November.
Andy set another personal best jump, as a matter of fact he had 4 jumps longer tham his old PR. His jumps were 17'2", 16'2", 16'1" & 15'9" Next up for Andy is the "Bark in the Park" in Lancaster, CA. http://www.princeandyflores...
Looking for a place to train Andy. Ot could be a swimming pool. It needs a ledge for him to see as he jumps, not a sloping bank. If you know of a place please let me know about it. Need a place to get him ready for the upcoming World Championships in AZ.
Reno- The Super Retriever Series, Splash Dogs Super Fly, competition took place at the Sports Warehouse in Reno, NV. this past weekend. There were two divisions of competition, the Amateur division for dogs jumping 18 feet and under and the Professional division for dogs jumping over 18 feet. Andy was entered in the amateur division. Ducks Unlimited was one of the major sponsors of the event. In addition to the Super Retriever & Super Fly events there were the duck calling events going on at the same time as the jumping competition. Making it very noisey for the dogs jumping.
The event finals were being filmed by the Outdoors TV Channel to be shown later as part of their upcoming TV Show about sporting dogs. Only those dogs that finished in the top 12 were allowed to jump in the finals. Andy showed his stuff on Saturday, setting a personal best with a jump of 15'6" and followed that up with a jump of 15'3" to qualify 3rd in his division moving on to the finals on Sunday and getting the chance to be on National TV? On the Sunday Finals it was Andy's 7 month birthday and with the newly formed "Prince Andy Fan Club" singing "Happy Birthday" to him as he sprinted down the dock and with the cameras running Andy was distracted by all the interest and his first jump was "only" 13'1", but he calmed down enough to make his final jump of 15'1" to finish 5th over-all in the Amateur Division. Andy was also clocked by the radar gun at 30mph running down the dock, second fastest of all the dogs in his division. Andy's next event will be at the "End of Summer Bone-a-Fit: in Auburn, Ca on September 14-16th, then it's on to Oregon where Andy has been asked to show his stuff for the people in the great northwest. When watching a SplashDog's Super Fly or DockDog’s Big Air event, people always ask how they measure the distance of the dog’s jump? This is by far the most asked question by everyone watching for the first time and I will try to answer the question:
The measurement standards among various dog-jumping events were set when DockDogs, and ESPN hosted the first Big Air Dogs event during the Great Outdoor Games a few years ago. Most other jumping events, Purina for one, still measure a dog’s jump distance from the edge of the dock to where the dog’s front feet enter the water. All SplashDogs and DockDogs sanctioned events including Super Fly and Big Air events like all the Super Retriever Series measure the official jump distance as being where the hind-end of the dog breaks the plane of the water’s surface, minus the tail. Because of a dog’s physical length this can mean a difference of 4 or 5 feet between a front measured jump (Purina's) and a rear measured jump (SplashDogs/DockDogs). A front measured jump of 20 feet, one can do the math and find the jump is actually a 15-16 foot jump using the SplashDog/DockDog standard.
The objective of the sport and of SplashDog's/DockDog's is to make this a performance competition like track and field’s Long Jump. By measuring from the edge of the dock they create a single standard from which to measure, and by measuring to the rear of the dog, minus the tail, can they measure the true distance the dog jumped without non-jump factors like how big the dog is. To make the point, think of a Irish wolfhound jumping against a 45 lb lab! Say that from the rear of the dogs both jumped the same distance, but if we used a front measured standard the wolfhound would always win simply because of its size! SplashDogs and DockDogs objective is to make this a performance sport that demands that they measure from the edge of the dock to the rear most part of the dog (not including the tail) to take away all unfair advantages not associated to the jump distance itself.
My Grandaughter introduced me to a new sport. It's called Dock Jumping. Dogs run along a 40' "dock" that is 24" above the waterand jump into the body of water as far as they can. Her 6 moth old Lab puppy has been to 2 events where each time he jumped behond his class and was moved into the "senior" class with the adult dogs. His best jump is 15' 4" measured from end of dock to the base of his tail as he enters the water. So far no other puppy has been close to him. This is a fun sport to watch, this puppy loves to compete and show off for the people watching. Check out his pictures here.
I have been a little remiss on doing my blog here. The All-Star game has come and gone, it was a bug sucess. Next year it will be bigger. The High School Summer League is off and running. The leagues are soon to be putting togather the fall softball leagues. Send e-mail if you need any information on fall softball.
The East team will practice tonight (12th) at 6:00pmn @ Liberty HS and the West team will practice tomorrow (13th) at 6:30pm @ Centennial HS
Have called all the players, Waiting for 6 to get back to me this weekend. Those I don't hear from will be dropped and the alternates will be contacted. The game is only 2 weeks away. Look for listing on Monday.
Spent the last couple days watching the College World Series on TV. Some very good softball being played this weekend. Championship is on Sunday. |
