Recap Demonstration - Edwards Air Force Base 04/29/06 - Bark in the Park
Bailey and I had the pleasure of working with the D2isc Demo team at the end of April which LANDED us at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) for doggie fun in the sun! The Community center at Edwards AFB decided to put on event for the dog loving families living on the base. It was quite a little doggie production with multiple canine talent acts for entertainment (of which D2isc was one), free food, free give-aways, and a complete Dock Dog Diving setup and Fun Jump competition courtesy of Splash Dogs.
Sung, as usual coordinated another great show for the dog loving spectators to get a taste of what Disc Dogs has to offer. Bruce and Haley, as always entertain with a wonderful routine, followed by me and Bailey. Bailey was locked in and turned in a great performance despite some questionable tosses by yours truly. Benny and Sung then wowed the watchers with the amazing athleticism of their pooches KD and Tag.
Everyone seemed to love the show, and we were repeatedly asked if we were going to come back next year. I hope so, it was fun.
As for the Dock Diving, as some of you may know, Bailey's love for retrieving things out of the air pales in comparison only to retrieving things in a big body of water. Bailey goes crazy for the H2O! So I let him jump off the dock a few times to practice, and WOW, he was just flying off the end of the dock no hesitation. Best I have ever seen him do off the dock. So the Splash Dogs staff told me they were going to run a little Fun competition later in the day and asked if I have Bailey give it a go. I said Sure why not.
Well, before I go on, let me put this into perspective, there were only 4 dogs in this little contest, so we are not talking about any major achievement here, but I am VERY happy and proud to report that Bailey turned in a personal best jump (measured where the TAIL meets the body makes contact with the water, essentially where the dogs bum touches the surface of the pool) 13 feet 2 inches. This jump was enough to give bailey first place of the dogs jumping that afternoon. Yahoo! Ok, like I said, Fun Jump, 4 dogs. But I'm still proud of him. To put it in proper perspective, a standard winning jump usually is AT LEAST 20 feet. So yes, Bailey still has some work to do.
I think some pictures were taken, so as soon as I get a hold of them, I'll put em up for y'all to see.
See ya in Cypress!
Sung, as usual coordinated another great show for the dog loving spectators to get a taste of what Disc Dogs has to offer. Bruce and Haley, as always entertain with a wonderful routine, followed by me and Bailey. Bailey was locked in and turned in a great performance despite some questionable tosses by yours truly. Benny and Sung then wowed the watchers with the amazing athleticism of their pooches KD and Tag.
Everyone seemed to love the show, and we were repeatedly asked if we were going to come back next year. I hope so, it was fun.
As for the Dock Diving, as some of you may know, Bailey's love for retrieving things out of the air pales in comparison only to retrieving things in a big body of water. Bailey goes crazy for the H2O! So I let him jump off the dock a few times to practice, and WOW, he was just flying off the end of the dock no hesitation. Best I have ever seen him do off the dock. So the Splash Dogs staff told me they were going to run a little Fun competition later in the day and asked if I have Bailey give it a go. I said Sure why not.
Well, before I go on, let me put this into perspective, there were only 4 dogs in this little contest, so we are not talking about any major achievement here, but I am VERY happy and proud to report that Bailey turned in a personal best jump (measured where the TAIL meets the body makes contact with the water, essentially where the dogs bum touches the surface of the pool) 13 feet 2 inches. This jump was enough to give bailey first place of the dogs jumping that afternoon. Yahoo! Ok, like I said, Fun Jump, 4 dogs. But I'm still proud of him. To put it in proper perspective, a standard winning jump usually is AT LEAST 20 feet. So yes, Bailey still has some work to do.
I think some pictures were taken, so as soon as I get a hold of them, I'll put em up for y'all to see.
See ya in Cypress!
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