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Ripley earned her BCAT title and made her dock dive debut back at the Louisville, KY cluster!
The ground was soft, dry, loose dirt (think horse arena) and mulch so the speeds were much slower than grass, but Ripley was much faster in general and the hardest to hold than any other event. I had to swap out with Derek being the releaser and he said he had a hard time holding her too. I wonder if those that really care about their speeds don't ever run on soft ground to keep those speeds as fast as they can be to keep them in the top fastest dogs.
Anyways, she had a BLAST as usual. She worked herself up the first day and was foaming at the mouth lol. Second day I waited in line while my husband held her away to try and keep her from getting too worked up/burning unnecessary energy before running. It seemed to help a little.
I am speed.
Flying!
Probably one of my top 3 fav pics from the bunch. Reminds me of a reining horse doing a sliding stop.
The title ribbons were fun!!
Dock diving she did so good for her first time at an actual event and full sized dock and HUGE pool. It's like double the width and length of what she's used to. The lights were bright on the surface of the pool, the noise of all the crated dogs from the dog show and the freezing water temps. The first jump she ran to the end, paced back and forth on the edge, frustrated barking... She wanted to get in so bad. Derek knelt down to splash water up so she knew she could jump in and she shoved her front paws on his shoulder as if to say "YOU GET IN"
I wish there was a pic of it because he about did. After maybe 30 seconds she put a foot down on the dock and jumped!!!! The best part was she came back to jump two more times with little hesitation! She jumped a record distance of 8' 6" 
With the water being so cold I was proud of her and happy she jumped at all, but the icing on the cake was her doing it willingly 2 more times. Such a brave girl.
Cheering her on. Her very first jump in!
Her face!
She was frustrated barking while jumping but it looks like she's saying "holy $##!@ the water is cold!" 
Atta girl! You ain't having fun if there isn't a drool string across your face.
The ground was soft, dry, loose dirt (think horse arena) and mulch so the speeds were much slower than grass, but Ripley was much faster in general and the hardest to hold than any other event. I had to swap out with Derek being the releaser and he said he had a hard time holding her too. I wonder if those that really care about their speeds don't ever run on soft ground to keep those speeds as fast as they can be to keep them in the top fastest dogs.
Anyways, she had a BLAST as usual. She worked herself up the first day and was foaming at the mouth lol. Second day I waited in line while my husband held her away to try and keep her from getting too worked up/burning unnecessary energy before running. It seemed to help a little.
I am speed.
Flying!
Probably one of my top 3 fav pics from the bunch. Reminds me of a reining horse doing a sliding stop.
The title ribbons were fun!!
Dock diving she did so good for her first time at an actual event and full sized dock and HUGE pool. It's like double the width and length of what she's used to. The lights were bright on the surface of the pool, the noise of all the crated dogs from the dog show and the freezing water temps. The first jump she ran to the end, paced back and forth on the edge, frustrated barking... She wanted to get in so bad. Derek knelt down to splash water up so she knew she could jump in and she shoved her front paws on his shoulder as if to say "YOU GET IN"
I wish there was a pic of it because he about did. After maybe 30 seconds she put a foot down on the dock and jumped!!!! The best part was she came back to jump two more times with little hesitation! She jumped a record distance of 8' 6" With the water being so cold I was proud of her and happy she jumped at all, but the icing on the cake was her doing it willingly 2 more times. Such a brave girl.Cheering her on. Her very first jump in!
Her face!
She was frustrated barking while jumping but it looks like she's saying "holy $##!@ the water is cold!" Atta girl! You ain't having fun if there isn't a drool string across your face.
Fantastic!! Congratulations!!
I believe it!
awesome
