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Q: My dog has never jumped and I am not sure if it will. What is the best way for me to get started or see if they will like it?

A: You can rent the pool as a non-member as long as there is a member available to oversee, just contact poolrental@hudsonvalleydockdogs.com. The prices to rent are on the pool rental page. You can also check our event calendar and see when our next practice or fun jump is and give us a visit then.

Q: Are there different types of dock diving?

A: Yes, there are three types of dock diving

Big Air: is the long jump equivalent for canine athletes.  At speeds over 20mph these dogs catapult themselves off the end of a 40 foot dock into a body of water to retrieve their favorite toy.  Jump distance is measured from the end of the dock to where the base of the dog's tail breaks the water.  The current world record is 28'10".

Extreme Vertical: is a high jump contest.  Man's best friend launches upward, nearly seven feet in the air, to quench his instinctual desire to play fetch in its extremist form.  Rather than clearing a cross bar like in track and field, the dogs knock down a bumper, which is suspended over the water, eight feet out from the end of the dock.  The current world record is 7'10".

Speed Retrieve: tests canine quickness.  Dogs are lined up at the twenty-foot mark on the dock.  Handlers release their dog on the start command.  Dogs then run, jump and swim to the end of the pool to retrieve a Dokken Dead Fowl Trainer.  The quickest dog to detach the DFT wins.