Breed:                          Labrador Retriever (chocolate)
Date of Birth:               October 13, 2006
Registered Name:        Sumo's Godiva Brown o' Stoney Creek
Call Name:                   Sally
Weight:                        58 pounds

Titles (Big Air):                             Senior (National), Master (Regional)

Title (Speed Retrieve):                 Turbo (National), Turbo (Regional)
Title (Extreme Vertical):                Cadet (National), Cadet (Regional)
Personal Best Big Air:                  21'
Personal Best Speed Retrieve:     6.75 seconds
Personal Best Extreme Vertical:   4'10"

 Sally Earns National Award

At the 2009 National Championship, Sally was awarded the

DockDogs 2009 Top Ranked National Extreme Vertical Dog for Zone 5.

Congratulations, Sally!

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At only 3 years old, Sally is the founding member of Dixie Dock Dogs. Back in the summer of 2007, she was the first Dixie Dock Dog to try her hand....er, uh, paw....at dock diving here in the Atlanta area. From the start, we could see she was a natural. Her very first jump off the dock was estimated at a whopping 12 feet! Here is one of those first jumps that day:


Within just a few months, Sally began going to dock diving events. Her 12 and 13 foot jumps soon turned into 18, 19, and 20 foot jumps. In August of 2008, Sally earned her Senior Title in Big Air. These photos show some of her jumps on her way to her Senior Title.

 
Waterfowl Festival, Easton, Maryland, November 2008


State Fair of West Virginia, August 2008


AFLAC Outdoor Games, Columbus, June 2008


Waterfowl Festival, Easton, Maryland, November 2008

Sally's Personal Best jump of 21' was at the Ole Mill Crank-Up in Sanford, N.C. in May, 2009.
     
                               The take-off                                                                    Getting Big Air                                                         The splashdown measured at 21'

In May, 2010, Sally earned her Regional Master Title in Big Air.
         

Sally also enjoys Speed Retrieve, another sporting discipline of DockDogs, and holds a Turbo Title in Speed Retrieve. Here is a series of photos from one of her Speed Retrieve runs. This is one focused, intense dog!

                                
                         Ready....Set.....                                                                GO!                                                                     Off down the dock

                                                                                                                                                               Big jump into the water                                                                    And the duck is down!

In addition to Big Air and Speed Retrieve, Sally also does the third sporting discipline of Extreme Vertical. She earned her EV Cadet Title at the BuckMasters Expo, Montgomery, Alabama, in August, 2009.

 

Sally doing Extreme Vertical at The Fishing Creek Outfitters Throwdown, Milledgeville, Georgia

 

Sally doing Extreme Vertical at The State Fair of West Virginia

Sally's Events

2011

Winyah Bay, Georgetown, SC                 Boat/RV Show, Biloxi, MS
Boat Show, Mobile, AL                           Rucker Jump, Cumming, GA
Bassmaster, LaGrange, GA                    Woofstock, Bristol, VA
Gr. Am. Dawg Jump, Watkinsville, GA    Pet Fest, Gainesville, GA


2010

Boat and RV Show, Louisville, KY             Doglympics, Orlando, FL
E. Car, Wildlife Fest., Washington, NC    Ole Mill, Sanford, NC
FCO Throwdown, Milledgeville, GA           Pet Fest, Gainesville, GA
Gr. Am. Dawg Jump, Watkinsville, GA

2009

Boat and RV Show, Louisville, KY           SEWE, Charleston, SC
Care-a-lot, Virginia Beach, VA               Ole Mill Crank Up, Sanford, NC
Lincoln Co. Fair, Troy, MO                    Buckmasters, Montgomery, AL
FCO Throwdown, Milledgeville, GA         Dogs in Park, Holly Springs, NC
DockDogs National Championships         Fall Paw Drive, Charlotte, NC

2008

AFLAC, Columbus, GA                           State Fair or W. Virginia
Waterfowl Festival, Easton, MD

Recently, Sally has begun doing some field work so she can get her Junior Hunt Title. She has worked at Pacesetter Kennel and doing a great job retrieving birds both in the field and water. Currently, she is doing single retrieves, delivering to hand. We plan to enter her in the AKC Junior Hunt Test in the Spring 2012.

                    

When Sally is not dock diving or doing field work, she enjoys training, playing with Spud and Hoppy, going for rides in the car, and getting belly rubs. She also likes to go to her doggie day care, Pawtropolis. There, Sally has lots of friends and gets lots of play time and even swim time in the pool.

                                                 
                         A friendly game of tug with a day care buddy.                                   Ah, the water feels good in the day care pool.

Sally also enjoys going to the lake for a fun ride in her mom and dad's pontoon boat. This boat is actually where Sally did her very first dive into water.

       
                     Retrieving in the lake.                                        Nice day for a swim...with a stick.                          First jump into water, from the boat.

Thank you for reading about Sally, her dock diving, and other interests. She definitely is the Captain of Team 4 Dawg Flite!


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