What is Dock Diving?
Dock Diving is a sport where a dog and their handler/s compete against other teams. Dogs run down a dock (often for a toy) and jump into water, with the distance judged from the end of the dock to the base of the dog’s tail. Each competitor gets two jumps per round, with the longer distance of the two jumps counting as their score. For title purposes, the dog’s score is placed into a division according to the distance. The various divisions, according to different dock diving groups, are as follows:
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ULTIMATE AIR DOGS |
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DISTANCE |
DIVISION |
| 1" to 9' 11" | Novice |
| 10' to 14' 11" | Junior |
| 15' to 19' 11" | Senior |
| 20' to 22' 5" | Master |
| 22'6" and up | Ultimate |
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ULTIMATE AIR DOGS (short dock/pool) |
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DISTANCE |
DIVISION |
| 1" to 9' 11" | Novice |
| 10' to 14' | Junior |
| 14'1" to 17' | Senior |
| 17'1" to 19' 5" | Master |
| 19'6" and up | Ultimate |
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DOCK DOGS |
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| DISTANCE | DIVISION |
| 1" to 9' 11" | Novice |
| 10' to 14' 11" | Junior |
| 15' to 19' 11" | Senior |
| 20' to 22' 11" | Master |
| 23' to 24' 11" | Elite |
| 25' and up | Super Elite |
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SPLASH DOGS |
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| DISTANCE | DIVISION |
| 1" to 9' 11" | Splash |
| 10' to 14' 11" | Junior |
| 15' to 19' 11" | Senior |
| 20' to 22' 11" | Pro |
| 23' and up | Extreme |
What is Catch It!
Team Blabador also participates in a game called Catch It! This Ultimate Air Dog game is run similarly as above. However the dog must catch the thrown object for the jump to count. Instead of the longest jump winning, both jumps will count if and only if the object is caught by the dog for each jump. Then the distances for each jump are added together to get a total score.