CoolWater Chesapeakes

Jessie, Trixie & Rip had a great time at the local dog park this afternoon. The puppies were having a blast jumping and swimming in the pond.

After watching Jessie, at one point, Trixie, started taking her lead and was leaping into the pond big dog style. I was very surprised at how big her jumps were. I tried to get a few photos but I wasn't overly successful. Maybe Trixie'll be  another Dock Diver in the future...

Today, Rip & Trixie were entered in a conformation puppy match. Rip took Best of Breed and a Puppy Sporting Group 2! Not too shabby for a pup that's barely 5 months old.

Although not a good photo, here's Rip a couple of weeks ago. 

I thought I'd share some videos. These videos are of a puppy named "Jessie" (now 5 months old) that lives in VA. She's cute as a button and will be making her 'show' debut this year. Unfortunately, the system isn't allowing the embed code to function properly so I can only include 'links' to the videos which are hosted on Flickr. I hope you enjoy them!

•  Jessie 1
• Jessie 2

Well, as you know by my post below, Jessie was entered in a Dock Diving competition a couple of weekends ago. She did very well. At the end of the day on Saturday, she had qualified for 4th place in the "Amateur" division. On Sunday, however, she jumped herself out of the "Amateur" division with two jumps over 18' (18'4" and 18'8").  Going into the finals she ended up as the 1st alternate for the "Semi-Pro" division. Even though she didn't end up jumping in the finals, a photographer that was there managed to get some great photos of her jumping. I thought I'd share them.