Friday 26 July 2013

Twiglet Goes Dock Diving - 7th July 2013

Off we went to All About Dogs Southend-On-Sea with all 3 dogs to compete at Dock Dogs.  As Twiglet's experience of being with Elvis and Harry has led him to believe that all dogs jump into the water, it came as no surprise that parking our caravan next to the Dock Dogs pool created huge excitement!  He has now watched Harry and Elvis train, compete, and win 2 competitions and quite rightly felt that it was time for him.  George took him up on the Dock with a tennis ball.  Twiglet barked and leapt about, got to the end of the dock, looked down and stopped.  Oops - I think it was higher than he thought!  We took him onto the ramp, dropped the ball in, and let him make his way down the ramp to retrieve it in his own time.  This, we repeated throughout the weekend until we decided to let him watch Elvis jump from on top of the dock.  This was it - Twiglet, leapt off the ramp with gusto and retrieved his ball.  George then took him onto the dock where he ran down the dock, put the breaks on at the end, and leapt from a standing start!!  Brilliant!!  Harry has always just jumped off the dock - his first jump was about 18 ft and he has won all competitions in the UK this year, but Elvis started the Twiglet way, with tentative 8 ft jumps from standing and now jumps 19 ft plus!!!  George entered Twiglet into a wave (competition) and he (Twiglet) jumped 9 ft 4".  What an achievement. We are now a 3 dock diving dog family!!!



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  1. Anonymous26 July 2013 at 14:17

    Well done Twiggy-dog! I love these little stories, they make me giggle and they make me cry a little. xx

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    1. Twiglet28 July 2013 at 03:56

      Us too - he is such a character and has brought us so much laughter, and I have to work at not thinking about his past as it makes me too sad. Occasionally I sit and think about what he would have been doing if he was still out on his own. He is also quite scared of the broom, and doesn't like it if you shout, so I do wonder what his life was life before he was lost. :( My dog trainer does remind me though that we shouldn't feel sorry for him and that he is lucky to have found us. He is a resourceful and clever dog who would certainly take liberties if we let him!!!

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  2. Anonymous6 August 2013 at 15:05

    I have a rescue dog that was found (age 6 months) straying. We took him on, it was very difficult at first as he had never been inside a house. He too was very thin and full of worms. He is nearly 14 years old now and his back legs are going. He is the best dog we have ever had and made us laugh so many times. A little treasure. I have some photos of him on my facebook. My name is Pauline Clare and I live in Cropredy so you should find me easily. Please give Twiglet a big X from me. P.S. My dog is called Timmy-Timid xx

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