Cooper LOVES dock diving. He loves to run and chase the toy into the water. Russ said that one of my throws was perfect — it kept the toy just inches in front of Cooper’s mouth. He flew through the air, mouth wide open, straining to catch the toy. Don’t think we got a picture [...]
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Sunny Saturday dock diving
Posted in dock diving, life with dog, Realta Rosario Cooper, Stanegate Second Thoughts, water dog, tagged Cascade Dock Dogs, dock diving, dock jumping, dog, dog swimming, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS on February 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tooey slides off the dock
Posted in dock diving, life with dog, Realta Rosario Cooper, Stanegate Second Thoughts, water dog, tagged Cascade Dock Dogs, dock diving, dock dogs, dock jumping, dockdogs, dog, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, puppy dock, Wubba toy on October 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Thank goodness for Cooper. He’s taught us so many things, including that a dock-diving natural doesn’t necessarily start off with a bang. Cooper started dock diving by falling off the dock. That scared him, and put him off the sport for a year. So mindful of that, we decided that whatever Tooey did her first [...]
Cooper as catalyst
Posted in dock diving, dog training, flyball, friendship, life with dog, Realta Rosario Cooper, tagged Cascade Dock Dogs, dock diving, dock dogs, dock jumping, dockdogs, dog, dog sports, dog training, dogs, flyball, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, IWSCOPS, X-Fidos flyball club on July 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In the many moments of frustration with Cooper, the thought that I got the wrong dog has crossed my mind several times. But, I have to say, that I’m glad we got Cooper. This weekend provides a prime example of why. Cooper and I competed in the Muddy Paw’s “Fun Fair All” flyball tournament this [...]
Cooper’s sports bios
Posted in dock diving, flyball, life with dog, Realta Rosario Cooper, tagged Cascade Dock Dogs, dock diving, dock dogs, dock jumping, dockdogs, dog, dog sports, dogs, flyball, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, X-Fidos flyball club on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
All sports stars have their own web pages, right? Well, Cooper’s got two. Here’s Cooper’s flyball page: You’ll find it at http://www.x-fidos.org/id87.htm. Once you get there, you can click “Back to the Team” or the other links along the left to see bios of the other team members. And here’s the Cascade Dockdogs page: You [...]
Personal best is even better
Posted in dock diving, dog behavior, dog training, life with dog, Realta Rosario Cooper, tagged Cascade Dock Dogs, dock diving, dock dogs, dock jumping, dockdogs, dog, dog sports, dog swimming, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, X-Fidos flyball club on June 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Cooper and I spent today dock diving with the Cascade Dock Dog club at the pond, where he got a new personal best! Cooper just loves, loves, loves this, possibly to the point of obsession. As soon as we got off the dock, he dragged me back to get onto the dock to do it [...]
Zombie dog
Posted in dock diving, life with dog, Realta Rosario Cooper, water dog, tagged dock diving, dock dogs, dockdogs, dog, dogs, funny dog picture, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS on May 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I can’t decide if Cooper looks more like a zombie or a land shark. What do you think?
Personal best: 14.6 feet
Posted in dock diving, friendship, life with dog, Realta Rosario Cooper, water dog, tagged Cascade Dock Dogs, dock diving, dock dogs, dock jumping, dockdogs, dog sports, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, Multnomah County Fair, Northwest Challenge Xtreme Air Dogs, Portland on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In Cooper’s first real dock diving event (Northwest Challenge Xtreme Air Dogs Competition during the Multnomah County Fair), he jumped his best recorded distance: 14.6 feet. As I had predicted, the real limitation is still my throws. I really need to give the chase toy a bit more loft, make it go straighter, and a [...]
How to get a dog to stop pulling on a leash
Posted in dock diving, dog behavior, dog training, life with dog, Realta Rosario Cooper, water dog, tagged Cascade Dock Dogs, dock diving, dock dogs, dock jumping, dockdogs, dog, dog sports, dog training, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, loose leash walking, pulling on a leash on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today, Cooper and I went out to the pond to practice dock diving with the Cascade Dock Dogs club. It was a very warm, sunny day — unseasonably so for the Portland area. I was sure that everyone would be out there, but happily, it wasn’t too crowded. Cooper got lots of jumps and a [...]
That big empty space actually has water in it — Oh boy!
Posted in dock diving, life with dog, Realta Rosario Cooper, water dog, tagged dock diving, dock dogs, dock jumping, dockdogs, dog, dog sports, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, NW Air Dogs, Pet & Companion Fair, Portland, Portland Expo Center on April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
At last year’s Northwest Pet & Companion Fair, Cooper refused to jump. NW Air Dogs had set up a pool and a dock for a charity event inside the Portland Expo Center. For quite awhile, Coop had been jumping into ponds and rivers from the bank, but he hadn’t jumped off a dock, and he [...]
Do IWS use their tails as rudders?
Posted in dock diving, Realta Rosario Cooper, water dog, tagged dock dogs, dockdogs, dog, dog tails, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, rudders on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The answer, based on this photo taken last Saturday, must be “yes”! Also, brake maybe?
Cooper can fly — dock diving, part 2
Posted in dock diving, Realta Rosario Cooper, water dog, tagged Cascade Dock Dogs, dock dogs, dock jumping, dockdogs, dog, dog sports, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today, we decided to give dock diving another try. A local club, Cascade Dock Dogs, practices in a pond about an hour southeast of Portland. If you took a look at an earlier post, this practice took place at the same pond. Last time, as you might remember, Cooper fell off the big dock. Jumping [...]
Balloo is gone
Posted in dock diving, dog family tree, friendship, water dog, tagged CGC, dock dogs, dockdogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, Junior Hunter, lymphoma, Master Dock Dog, rally obedience on July 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
CH Whistlestop’s Hula Balloo CDX RAE JH CGC MDD has passed away. Cooper’s sire had advanced lymphoma, and was too sick to go on. Balloo was a wonderful dog. As you can see from all his titles, he was amazingly talented and versatile. He was a champion in conformation (CH) by the time he was [...]
Cooper can fly!
Posted in dock diving, dog art and photos, dog training, hunting / hunt training, Realta Rosario Cooper, water dog, tagged dog, dog swimming, dogs, hunt training, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, St. Louis Ponds on July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
St. Louis Ponds are in Gervais (jer’-vus), Oregon, about an hour south of Portland, down Hwy. 99E. Two sets of ponds are maintained by Marion County: one set for fishing and the other for dog training. Cooper’s dad, Balloo, is a very talented dock-diver, so we thought Cooper would be a natural. But he hasn’t [...]
Introduction to dock diving
Posted in dock diving, Realta Rosario Cooper, water dog, tagged Cascade Dock Dogs, dock diving, dock dogs, dock jumping, dockdogs, dog, dog sports, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS on October 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Dock diving looks fun. In theory: I mean, what’s not to love? There’s water, toys, other dogs. And Daddy (Balloo) is a champion dock diver — he’s gotten 21′ jumps off the dock. Coop had a great time on the puppy dock, which is about 1’ high off the water. He has to be shown [...]
