Dry Land Games
Wanting to work on your dog's dock jumping skills but the weather isn't agreeing with your plans? Or maybe you just want to work on specific skills needed for dock jumping. Either way, dry land games are the perfect solution! These are exercises which are designed to work on the skills needed for dock jumping outside of the pool. We even designed a [...]
Pool Tricks for Dogs
You can do more with your dog in the pool than just throwing a toy for them to jump after! There are tons of fun tricks that you can do with your pup to have more fun in the pool and work out their body and brain. That's why we created the class Pool Tricks for Dogs! This one-time 90-minute [...]
Is Your Dog Bored?
Is Your Dog Bored? Enrich Your Dog’s Life! By Kimberly Archer, Dog Behavior Technician Have you ever wondered what a day is like through your dog’s eyes? You may wake up, have breakfast, catch up on the news, do work, socialize with coworkers, relax with your partner, eat dinner, watch TV or read a book, and maybe even do some more socializing at a [...]
Dock Jumper Has Impressive Debut
By Brenna Fender Photo by Hillary Fuentes Three-year-old Australian Labradoodle, Zac, made a big splash at a recent Courteous Canine North American Diving Dogs competition. On Saturday, he began jumping at 4' and went to 5', and on Sunday he started at 4'8" and it went to 5' again! It was a very impressive performance by a young dog. Zac is owned by [...]
Million Dollar Dog Games
Million Dollar Dog Games is looking for dogs to compete in a cross discipline competition featuring Agility, Dock Diving and Flying Disc for CASH. Read more about it >
North America Diving Dogs Dock Jumping Competition
Saturday April 18 and Sunday April 19, 2015 Schedule Both Days Field Opens 8:00 a.m. Splash 1 9:00 a.m. Splash 2 11:00 a.m. Splash 3 1:00 p.m. EV 3:00 p.m. Pre-registration is $15 for each splash. Registration received after April 16 is $20 per splash. Spectators are free! Event rules and dog registration available online at www.northamericadivingdogs.com. Photographs available from professional photographer Chalynda Preval of [...]
New Dock Diving Opportunities in Florida
The American Kennel Club (AKC) is now recognizing dock diving titles and Courteous Canine, Inc. is giving Floridian dog s their first in-state opportunities to compete! Dogs attending North America Diving Dogs (NADD) sanctioned events can earn titles that s can then apply to have recorded on their dogs’ AKC records. That means that NADD titles can become part of a dog’s AKC pedigree and [...]
Tampa Dog Trainer: Dog Travel Safety
Dog Travel Safety is an important concern Tampa Dog Trainer: Dog Travel Safety By Brenna Fender Dog s often travel with their pets to competitions, on vacation, or just about town while on errands, but they may not realize that the way they travel can mean the difference between life and death. Do you drive with Fido loose in the back seat or [...]
Tampa Dog Trainer: Brenna Fender – Unexpected Effects of Recording and Sharing Your Training Sessions on Social Media
The Unexpected Effects of Recording and Sharing Your Training Sessions on Social Media By Brenna Fender, Tampa Dog Trainer Do you whip out your cell phone at training practice or set up your video camera when training in the yard? If you’re like me, you love to shoot a video of your agility weave pole progress, advances in nosework, or sharpened heeling to share with your doggie [...]
Tampa Dog Training: Courteous Canine Super Splash Dog Competition
Gayle and Sienna won with a jump of 22.1 feet. Tampa Dog Training: Courteous Canine Super Splash Dog Competition The results are in. Thank you again to Judge Michael Pastrana. Much fun was had and much splashing later here are the final standings: Splash Division for dogs jumping 0' to 9'11" Frank and Shadow with a jump of 10.04 first place Rebekah and [...]
Tampa Dog Training: 9 Fun Facts about Dog Dock Jumping
9 Fun Facts about Dock Jumping for Dogs By Brenna Fender and Angelica Steinker Does your dog enjoy jumping into your pool or launching off your dock into a lake? Does he just love to swim every chance he gets? If so, you and your dog might like the sport of dock jumping. Here are 9 fun facts you might not know about this sport: 1. Splash [...]
Tampa Dog Trainer: Brenna Fender – Is Humility at Odds with Success?
Is Humility at Odds with Success? By Brenna Fender, Tampa Dog Trainer When you walk off an agility course, out of an obedience or rally ring, or away from your dog training class, do you dwell on your shortcomings? Do you gloss over your successes and focus on your failures? Do you think only about what went wrong and rarely about what went right? I am [...]