I mentioned a sport I had not heard of before,
rabbit show jumping, on the 8th. of this month as it happens, and here today I have found another one I have not heard of before, dock
diving, photograph, Spitfire the
Whippet/Facebook so what is dock diving? essentially canines running on a wooden dock and jumping as
far or as high as possible before diving into a pool of water. And no dog does
this better than Spitfire, between 2016 and 2019, he broke an amazing 21 world
records, jumping farther and higher than any other competitor and securing his
status as the GOAT of dock diving,
Spitfire came into the Mackey family in 2013. Back then, he
was just an adorable pooch with big puppy eyes that Sydney
instantly fell in love with, but his athletic qualities were undeniable, the
whippet was bred by a heritage breeder, inheriting great genes from both
parents, but even so, his first experience with dock diving surprised everyone, Sydney and her mother learned about dock diving in 2016, from
a family friend who encouraged them to try it with Spitfire. In May of that
year, they decided to give the sport a try and their pet proved to be a
natural, “He wasn’t shy, or scared or reserved about it, he just
humped into the water,” Sydney’s coach recalls about Spittfire’s first ever
dock dive. “Right away I went ‘just hold on, because this is gonna be fun, like
that dog is going to take you places that you would have never imagined.'”
even though the pandemic really took its toll on dock diving
as a sport, Spitfire has been keeping himself busy by winning new titles and
setting new records. Even though he’s not as young as he used to be, he
continues to dominate the sport and has already cemented his legacy as one of
the best ever, if not the greatest, dock diving another sport I have never heard of, until now!
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