1st place Amateur & HVDD Sweep

HOLY COW! Are you ready for this one? I won first place in the Amateur Big Air Finals yesterday at the National Dock Dog Event at the Hebron Fair, in Hebron CT!!!! Me! Little old me! Bella who has been jumping consistently in the 15 foot area. At the Dutchess County Fair, Mommy said she would give me a steak for dinner if I crossed over to the 16 foot mark (I had jumped 15'11" with her one day at the fair so she knew I was close.) Well, I jumped with Daddy this weekend so Mommy could walk Godiva and help raise money for Chase Away K-9 Cancer. All of the sudden on Saturday....I wanted that steak really really bad. it must of been the smell of the Gyros across from the pool. My first jump was 16'3"....a new personal best. I've never seen Mommy and Daddy so excited to have me jump a new personal best. Little did they know what I determination I had to beat that last jump. My second jump..Daddy lifted me up off all my fours so I could see my WUBBA. My feet were moving before he put me back on the ground. I bolted down the dock and leaped with all my might. Sean, the Dock Dog announcer, screamed out 17 feet even. I heard Mommy scream and everyone was cheering for me. I had just blown my new personal best out of the water! I deserve 2 steaks now! I also have to congratulate the rest of the Hudson Valley Dock Dog gang! HVDD swept the event. 1st place Amateurs....went to Daddy & I! I do have to give a high five to a new little guy that I just met. James & his dog, Twister. They came in second in Amateurs. Twister was right on my heels! Great job James! It really was great meeting you and your Dad! Oh & Quake too!! 1st place Semi-Pros...went to Lizzy & Ralphie. Lizzy deserves huge round of applause because she worked hard all weekend to get her throw down and to get my buddy Ralphie jumping as far as he good. 1st place Pros...went to Anna & Pico. 1st place Speed Retrieve...went to Kathleen & Bodie. 1st place Extreme Vertical...went to Anna & Pico. 2nd place Extreme Vertical was also captured by Brian & Atlas! EVERYONE who participated deserves a round of applause actually! There really were some great jumps and retrieves! Ms. Dolores, Mommy wants me to thank you for the yummy apple crisp, jello shots & great laughs! Cruiser really is a character! I want to play tag with him someday. The pictures that Mommy were able to get are coming. Not as many as Dutchess because of the size of the crowd (Mommy wasn't able to take pictures without standing in someone's way). See everyone at the pool on Saturday for HVDD's final FUN JUMP of the season!!!!!

Godiva & I have our 1st Follower!!!!

Hi Miss. Beth!

Thank you for taking interest in us and dock diving! :)

Stay tuned!

HVDD is having their Jumpin Jamboree on Saturday! Dogs from all over the east coast are coming to compete at the pool.

New pics of me!

Mommy feels bad that she's only been only worried about Godiva jumping lately.

Here are 2 pictures from a speed retrieve demo, the Hudson Valley Dock Dogs put on during the Festival of Dogs (July 11-12).

Brian Wilcox of Connecticut Photo (http://www.connectphoto.com/) snapped these beautiful shots.

We have proof!!!!!!!!

Godiva finally has crossed over to the other side. She has decided it's fun to jump! Confidence is still a little low but Mommy is work on that. Check out the video!!! It's really quick so pay attention. Thanks to Emma's Mom for capturing it!

Hopefully Godiva will keep it up so Gabby can play with her and Boo can play with me. :)

Godiva Jumped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mommy took Godiva and I up to the pool this morning and GODIVA JUMPED!!!!! She jumped on her own. Well.....Mommy had to get down off the dock and walk around the pool, but she jumped. I'm soooo proud. I don't think she's convinced that's its 100% fun yet. I think she was worried Mommy was going to leave her and that was the only way to get to her. I've never seen Mommy get soooooo excited. She didn't get that excited when I jumped for the first time. Ok, maybe she did. But I've been jumping for so long without hesitation that she knows I'll just go. We're preparing for the Harlem Valley Chamber's "Festival of the Dogs" on Saturday, July 11 and Sunday, July 12. It is a fundraiser to support local schools in the the Harlem Valley area with scholarships. Hudson Valley Dock Dogs will be putting on competition waves and newbie try it waves throughout the whole weekend. Check out http://www.harlemvalleychamber.com/ for more info. All for now. I need my beauty sleep because we did a ton of swimming today. Puppy kissses, Bella

I'm taking over this joint!

Ok....Godiva here. I finally decided that Bella needs to move over and let me speak. I barked, "Who's Here?" and she fell for it. She's been on guard by the front door making sure it's not Mommy, Daddy, Grandma or Ms. Amanda with Bruno & Lyric. :) I need to understand what all the excitement is with this swimming thing Mommy & Daddy keep taking me to. It kind of hinders Bella & my play time. Bella totally ignores me when we're up on this thing called a dock. I bark at her, I bite her ankles but she would much rather fly through the air to catch the WUBBA. (That reminds me, one of us needs to tell Daddy to get the PINK WUBBA....the yellow one just isn't doing the trick.) I go down the stairs and swim but that's not good enough. Guess, I have to give this jumping thing a try tomorrow!

More Good News!!!

We're going to Maine!!!!!!!! Daddy just told Mommy, Godiva & I that we're heading up to Maine for a weekend in June. Dock Dogs will be in Scarborough and we're going! I have to send Ms. Kate & the Davikas clan a little note seeing if they would be interested in meeting us there. I would love to see my littermate, Weatherbee. Daddy said he put me in 5 waves between Friday, Saturday & Sunday. If I feel like doing another, he said no problem. Of course you ask, "well what about Godiva?" Because I asked too. Daddy said he will sign Godiva up when she finally can jump off the dock. I nudged her ever so slightly during our family meeting that she has got to just do it this weekend at the Hudson Valley Dock Dogs Fun Jump. Mommy says I should post all the info for the eventful weekend in case anyone else wants to come join us.

The Kennel Shop Anniversary Event

June 12 - 14, 2009

The Kennel Shop

200 Expedition Dr.

Scarborough, ME 04074

Event Schedule:

Fri. Jun 12, 2009

Onsite Registration/ Open Dock Practice - 9:00 am

Speed Retrieve Heat # 1 - 10:30 am

Big Air WAVE Comp. # 1 - 12:30 pm

Big Air WAVE Comp. # 2 - 3:00 pm

Big Air WAVE Comp. # 3 - 5:30 pm

Sat. Jun 13, 2009

Onsite Registration/ Open Dock Practice - 9:00 am

Speed Retrieve Heat # 2 - 10:30 am

Big Air WAVE Comp. # 4 - 12:30 pm

Big Air WAVE Comp. # 5 - 3:00 pm

Extreme Vertical Comp. - 5:30 pm

Sun. Jun 14, 2009

Onsite Registration/ Open Dock Practice - 9:00 am

Big Air WAVE Comp. # 6 - 10:30 am

Speed Retrieve Heat #3 - 1:00 pm

Big Air Amateur Finals - 3:00 pm

Big Air Semi-Pro Finals - 3:30 pm

Big Air Pro Finals - 4:00 pm

Speed Retrieve Finals - 4:30 pm