Teaching Your Dog to Dock Dive: Part 2 (Form and Distance)

[ChocolateDawg]

Do you have a dog that is jumping off a dock okay. He's having some pretty good jumps, maybe 8-10 feet. Now it's time to take it to the next level…get some height and distance to his jumping.

This post explains some tips and exercises to help your dog add form and distance to his jumps. It has photos pointing out some mistakes that people make and also showing how it is done properly.

Teaching Your Dog to Dock Dive: Part 2 (Form and Distance)

I have three labs. Sally (chocolate) and Spud (yellow) have their Senior Titles with DockDogs and are avid dock divers. Our third lab, Hoppy (yellow), is just starting out and a little hesitant. We are working with him, however, and expect him to make his first jump by the end of the summer.