Prince Andy, the Flying Puppy (Update)
Prince Andy, the Flying Puppy (Update)
By: Joe Cox
Topics: Bakersfield, Family, event, Sports
Posted by Softballjoe Tue Sep 4, 2007 13:11:32 PDT
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Seven month old Prince Andy traveled to Diamond Lake, OR. 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. Andy set another personal best record (PR), as a matter of fact he had 4 jumps longer than his old PR. His jumps were 17'2", 16'2", 16'1" & 15'9".
Most Dock Jumping people are impressed at his age and how far he is jumping. 6 month old puppies (he was born on January 12, 2007) usually start in the Splash division (under 10"), but Andy started out jumping in the 14' range in his first competition! Hopefully he will stay interested in jumping so we can see just how far he can go! Like I have said, he is crazy about jumping.
Away from the dock he is mild mannered and obedient, and well behaved like most Lab's. But let him see the Dock and then let him on it and he will do anything he can to get to jump. He loves the attention he gets, the applause when he is up there. He hears the crowd and wants to do good, He will even jump without throwing his Wubba. All they have to do is let him go! They did that on one jump and he still jumped over 13'.
Away from the dock he is mild mannered and obedient, and well behaved like most Lab's. But let him see the Dock and then let him on it and he will do anything he can to get to jump. He loves the attention he gets, the applause when he is up there. He hears the crowd and wants to do good, He will even jump without throwing his Wubba. All they have to do is let him go! They did that on one jump and he still jumped over 13'.
One hears people say their pet's know when they are competing. Well, it is true, Andy knows what he is doing and that his humans want him to do good and he responds in kind. He is rewarded for his efforts with lot's of love and affection and lots of "goodies."
His workout consists of once a week jumping (playing) at the Lake. The rest of his work outs are throwing a ball in the back yard and letting him chase it. Kind of boring training routine for his humans? Most of the regular dock jumpers have a 2 hour per day work out of an athlete. With Andy's age they do not let him work very hard. When he gets to be 18 months old he will then start a regular work out routine. By then he may have a training partner?
He is being jumped in these meets to get him ready for the Splash Dogs World Championships at Cynosports in Scottsdale, AZ onNovember 1 - 4, 2007. Andy has his in the "Junior Title" and will compete in that dicision at the Worlds.
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