We are thinking about teaching our dog the trick we see on T.V. you
throw something off a running dock and the dog jumps into the water
for the item. Then they are judge on far the jump was. Our dog is
german shepherd , collie and he loves to swim and he runs very fast.
We have the pond but dont know how to start this. We dont even know
the name of the item they fetch. Guess I can go to the pet store for
that one. But is anyone into this that can give us some pointers? Our
dog, Tankers, would do very well with that. Thanks, dogheaven

"dogheaven" wrote in message
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We are thinking about teaching our dog the trick we see on T.V. you
throw something off a running dock and the dog jumps into the water
for the item. Then they are judge on far the jump was. Our dog is
german shepherd , collie and he loves to swim and he runs very fast.
We have the pond but dont know how to start this. We dont even know
the name of the item they fetch. Guess I can go to the pet store for
that one. But is anyone into this that can give us some pointers? Our
dog, Tankers, would do very well with that. Thanks, dogheaven

It's called dock diving. They can retrieve anything that floats - what you
choose is up to you. As long as you can throw it and it floats, it will
work. As for starting, I'm not much help - my lab didn't need taught. She
jumped the first time after something we hadn't even thrown. If you have
plans to compete, there can be only 1 handler with the dog on the dock, so
work on making sure they stay until you release them. That was our biggest
mistake.

You might get more hints in the behavior group rather than the health group.

http://www.dockdogs.com/

Sue and Atty

"Sue and Atty" said in
rec.pets.dogs.health:

You might get more hints in the behavior group rather than
the health group.

Or, even more appropriately, the activities group -
rec.pets.dogs.activities

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--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

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"Sue and Atty" said in
rec.pets.dogs.health:

You might get more hints in the behavior group rather than
the health group.

Or, even more appropriately, the activities group -
rec.pets.dogs.activities

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Good point - I didn't know that one existed.
Sue and Atty