POWER PUMA invited to the 2010 Stihl Dogs & Logs World Championships

Alfredo Rivera and Power 'Puma' share what its like to be going to the 2010 Stihl Dogs & Logs World Championships...


How do you feel about being invited to the 2010 Stihl Dogs & Logs World Championships?
It’s an incredible honor – there are so many talented dogs across the country. To be included in an elite class of athletes is a tremendous feeling.

What disciplines are you invited to for this years Stihl Dogs & Logs World Championships?
'Puma' and I have invitations for; Iron Dog, Extreme Vertical and Big Air.

Which DockDogs World Championships invitations will you be accepting?
All of them.
'Puma' has a very good chance at winning Iron Dog. He can also do very well in Extreme Vertical and Big Air. You never know – anyone can win it.

How did you earn your invitations this year?
'Puma' is the 2009 DockDogs Iron Dog National Champion which earned him the Iron Dog invitation. He placed second in Extreme Vertical at the DockDogs National Championships – that gave him the Extreme Vertical invitation. His Big Air rankings earned him his Big Air invitation. Not to mention that he also earned his Iron Dog and Extreme Vertical invitations – a second time – by winning Iron Dog and Extreme Vertical at the Puyallup Washington, World Qualifier.

Do you have a sponsor for the World Championships?
Yes – Sit Means Sit Dog Training http://www.Sit Means Sit.com

Are you happy with the location for Stihl DockDogs World Championships this year?
Absolutely YES! Not as far as traveling back east. Also, the weather will probably be nicer.

Have you been to a World Championship event before?
Yes, last year – 2009. 'Puma' placed 3rd in Extreme Vertical, 4th in Iron Dog and 5th in Big Air – his rookie year!

What were you invited for in the past and what did you accept?
I was invited for Iron Dog, Extreme Vertical, Big Air and Speed Retrieve in 2009. I competed in Iron Dog, Extreme Vertical and Big Air.

How did you do in the past?
'Puma' placed 3rd in Extreme Vertical, 4th in Iron Dog and 5th in Big Air in 2009.

What are some of your favorite things about the Stihl DockDogsWorld Championships last year?
You get to be on National TV!!! It’s an amazing feeling when they interview you and your dog on TV when you do well in any event. The spectators/crowd is awesome!!!

What DockDogs titles does Puma have?
BA – Super Elite, EV – Top Gun, Speed Retrieve – Turbo. Iron Dog – National Champion 2009.

What are Puma's current rankings in each discipline?
Extreme Vertical – 1st, Iron Dog – 2nd, Speed Retrieve – 11th, Big Air – 16th.

What kind of music do you and Puma prefer on the dock?
Raegeton (Spanish – Salsa/Raegae)

What do you tell Puma when he’s on the dock?
Let’s win this. Go Puma!!!

Las Vegas DockDogs Trading Cards

Trading cards (or collectible cards) are traditionally associated with sports; baseball cards are especially well-known...so Las Vegas DockDogs (LVDD), being a sporting club for dogs has designed its own trading card for our competitors!

LVDD trading cards will usually feature one or more of a competitors dogs. The front of the card typically displays an image of the dog, their name as well as the official LVDD logo. The reverse of the LVDD trading cards display statistics and/or biographical information.

We are currently taking orders for this brand new item!

If you’d like an LVDD trading card created to utilize on your Blog, Facebook, other social media sites we can create a JPG file of a professionally designed card for you. The sale price is only $10 right now (regular $15) for a JPG file of YOUR DOGS trading card.

For those who would also like their trading cards printed so you can hand out to friends, kids and at events, we can get packs of 100 cards for you for only $30 plus the cost of shipping.

These will be very popular if you do any kind of therapy dog work or work with kids.

All we need is a high res photo of your dog, either a vertical or horizontal photo along with the text you’d prefer on the back (dogs breed, statistics etc).

We are very excited about this new addition to the club gear and look forward to collecting all of the dogs trading cards!

As each of our amazing LVDD dogs get their trading cards, we will be sharing them here on our blog, so please keep checking back to see the fun cards. This will also give you a heads up as to which members have trading cards so you can start collecting.

Show off your dog with his/her own trading card today!

PRICING:
JPG File/Set-up $10.00 (regular $15)
100 Printed Cards $30.00 plus the cost of shipping

VISIT our Las Vegas DockDogs Store to order your LVDD trading cards today!

DOG TOY REVIEW - Martha Stewart Rope Bone Toy

Two Labs and a Malinois! We are 3 very active fellows who review dog toys & gear in Las Vegas to help you choose fun and suitable toys for your pooch!

This month we got to play with the new Martha Stewart Rope Bone Toy which are exclusively sold at PetSmart.

The Martha Stewart Rope Bone Toys comes in two different sizes, a 6" and an 8" as well as four different colors, blue, brown, ivory, red. We chose red because we love anything that includes the colors of the Las Vegas DockDogs logo!

Pricing: $5.99 for the 6" rope and $6.99 for the 8" rope

We began with a quick photo shoot with 'Dooley' and the new Martha Stewart Rope Bone Toy. This went great and he enjoyed tugging and showing off in front of the camera with his new toy.

Things went south when Mom turned her back to put the camera lense on....'Rex' had only seconds with their new dog toy and that was all it took. He is known as 'Sir-Rex-A-Lot' because he enjoys tearing things apart and this is exactly what happened before Mom had a chance to grab the toy from him. He only had a chance to fray the edges, but we have no doubt, with the amount of fun he was having, that he would have easily shredded the entire thing if given more than a moment.

Needless to say, we keep this toy just for the two labradors, 'Dooley' and 'Tank'. 'Dooley' carries it around the house and it is not uncommon to find him sleeping with it.

A Quick Re-cap:

Malinois Proof - No
Labrador Proof - Yes
Water Toy - No
Best Way to Play - Tugging
Good for all sizes - Yes

August Team of the Month - TEAM MAVERICK

Dogs Name:
Maverick

Owner/Handlers Name:
Ray & Randie Crump

Dogs Date of Birth or Gotcha Date:
11/13/2007

City:
Las Vegas

Breed:
Chocolate Labrador Retriever

Nickname:
As a puppy he was "Shredder" because he tore every piece of paper he got his paws on into millions of little pieces.  His Dad calls him "Skippy" but I can't tell you why.  I call him "Sweet boy" and is shouldn't be very hard to figure that out.  He is the sweetest most loving dog in the world.
But I think that the name his Dad picked when we first saw him is the best...Maverick...it so fits him.

Accomplishments:
- Big Air Senior Title
- Big Air Personal Best: 19' 7"
- He has not learned EV yet but we are still working on it.
- Speed retrieve best is 8 seconds


Other Dog Sport Titles:
He is also a certified Therapy dog and visits the kids at Sunrise hospital every Friday and plays ball with the patients in rehab at Sunrise every Friday.


Quick Bio:
He is a purebred Chocolate Lab from Millers Labs in Pahrump.

Likes:
Favorite snack...cashews nuts, but he eats anything people eat.  If all else fails he eats his dog food.

Pet Peeves:
The fireplace tools...when he was a baby he knocked them down and they made a lot of noise behind him and sacred him.. He still won't go near them.  If a toy gets too close he will do anything he can to move it away before he picks it up.  If he can't move it far enough away he will leave it there until mom or dad get it.

Favorite Throw Toy:
We use a white bumper thing we call a floatie but he will jump in the water after anything at all, or sometimes nothing and will look for the toy later.

Favorite Food:
ANYTHING people eat...cashew nuts are the snack of choice but he waits every night for mom to finish dinner so he can have whatever is left over.

Favorite Walk:
Every morning we walk around the neighborhood and down to a local park to play ball.  He pees on the same bushes every day but he picks different places to "poop"

Favorite Song on the Dock:
I don't think he actually hears the music.  All he wants is to jump into the water and get the toy.


Best Tricks:
If you hold a cashew nut in front of him and say nothing he will sit, lay down and than sit up and give you his paw over and over until he gets the nut.  After the third time he will sit and look at you with the head tilt and a look that says..."that's all there is...please give me the nut now".  Also if you put the cashew nut on your leg he will sit and stare at it and drool but he won't take it until you say OK.

Arrival Story:
We went to Pahrump to pick him out two weeks before Christmas.  I didn't know that we would not be able to take him home that day.  There were four puppies out of a litter of 8 that had not been taken yet.  So we stood there and looked into the kitchen where they were all on the floor to pick on out.  He was sitting in the middle of the floor looking at his brothers and sisters scampering all over the place and just sort of saying..."no one will want me".  Ray said "We will take him"  When Mrs Miller put him in my hands I of course fell in love at first sight.  He just snuggled up to me and fell asleep.  Than she said we had to come back in two weeks to pick him up.  I almost cried.  I would have stayed there for two weeks if she had let me.  So we put a red collar on him and drove home.  Ray would call there every couple of days to check on him and told Mrs Miller his name was Maverick.

On Dec 23 Mrs Miller called to say we could pick him up the next day so we could have him home for Christmas.  We drove there at 7 in the morning hoping that they didn't sleep late with 8 puppies in the house.  We put our own red collar on him and took him outside.  I held him in my lap all the way home and he just curled up and slept.  It was a great ride!!.  When we got home and I put him down on the floor to explore his home the first thing he did was run under the couch and go to sleep.  That quickly became his favorite spot to sleep until about a month later when he was too big to fit.  That was a sad day when he found out he couldn't fit under the couch anymore.  Now he sleeps on top of the couch, or just about anywhere he wants.  His favorite spot now is to sleep on our bed.

July Team Of The Month - TEAM SAM

TEAM SAM

Dogs Name:
Blastoff Uncle Sam Wants You "Sam"

Owner/Handlers Name:
Dave & Jessica Schick

Dogs Date of Birth or Gotcha Date:
12/13/2006

City:
Las Vegas

Breed:
Border Collie

Nickname:
Sam I Am. Samson, Samuel, Saminator, $$#% head

Accomplishments:
Senior Big Air Title
Big Air Personal Best: 20' 6"

Other Dog Sport Titles:
Flyball!! Also loves to play around with Disc and Herding.

Quick Bio:
Pure Bred from Blastoff Border Collies

Likes:
Penny, Tennis Balls, Swimming, The hose, Frisbees, Our Cat Stu

Pet Peeves:
Scary strange people coming to our door

Favorite Throw Toy:
Bumper

Favorite Food:
Chicken!!

Favorite Walk:
Our Saturday morning walks with Shelley and our doggy friends. Also, dragging my mom into the flyball lanes.


Favorite Song on the Dock:
Don't have one yet.

Best Tricks:
No special tricks, just lots of training

Bio:
Sam is a super affectionate pup, but on the dock, it is all business. This little Border Collie started dock diving in the summer of 2009 and wouldn't jump in without a lot of encouragement. He ended the 2009 season with a personal best of 20'6" at the DockDogs National Championships. Don’t miss this white blur streaking down the dock in 2010.

Motto:
EVERYTHING is a race

VISIT the Team of the Month on the Las Vegas DockDogs website!

Las Vegas DockDogs is Blogging!

Welcome to the wonderful world of Las Vegas DockDogs! We are glad you found us and we hope you will follow us as we begin our blogging adventure. Look forward to many exciting updates about the AMAZING dogs in our club as well as some GRRRRREAT tips for competing in the sport from the dogs themselves.

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Big Brother shows the puppy how to play!