Ultimate Air Dogs

We had a 2 day rescue adoption event this weekend, to coincide with the Purina Ultimate Air Dogs show. It's a "dock jumping" exhibition and competition, and it's a lot of fun! You can try your own dogs out at it too, for a donation. Some of the entry fees were donated to Planned Pethood and they also asked for extra donations from the spectators today, which were generously matched by Andersons General Store where the 2 day event was held. The weather was a bit hot yesterday but perfect today. Lots of great dogs were out and about, and the rescue dogs got a lot of interest as well.

Most of the "rookies" weren't too happy to leap off the "dock" like that. There's a lot of stopping dead in their tracks going on, like this chocolate lab, who tried to lean over as far as he could, and when that didn't work, said "Hey we can just hang out here, ok, Dad?"

I loved this husky. It took her forever to jump in and then when she did, she swam to the wrong side of the tank. Her owner pointing which way to go didn't help any. "Come on! Just get me out of here!"


Today I took my aussie, Winter. I figured she had better than average odds of pulling it off. She loves water and is obsessed with tennis balls. She jumped in twice the first round but stopped at the edge and refused to budge the second time, even though she really really wanted that tennis ball! In fact as soon as I gave up, she ran back down the platform and back up the "exit" ramp to go after it that way. Not nearly as funny as the dog who jumped from the platform over to the ramp and went down it to the water, smart dog!

Here's how it's supposed to be done!