OK, here it is......THE LEGENDS OF DOCKDOGS!!!! A small piece of the history and my editorial comments..... ;-) In 2009, I attended the Dockdogs Rules Committee and presented a motion to add the LEGEND DIVISION for dogs 10+ to our rules. While, at the time, some were skeptical for the reason we would add another division for old dogs, I saw that this population of dogs was quickly growing and I wanted to give competitors an avenue to feature their old dogs, to give them a way to feel competitive instead of retiring there dogs when they werent able to perform as the once did. Many may have thought this recommendation was for personal reasons but it wasnt. I saw the sport growing and prayed that if we instituted a LEGEND DIVISION that someday we would have MANY old dogs continuing to remain involved and active in our sport, contributing to longer, healthier lives and even more fun and opportunity for our OLDER population of dogs. In 2010, at the National Championships in Dubuque. the FIRST LEGEND CHAMPIONSHIPS were held. I wish I could share the numbers of dogs that were ranked or participated but I will have to add that later, (once archived rankings and results are again available). What I can tell you is that we had an AMAZING group of LEGENDS and at that time our LEGENDS could compete with both Veterans and Legends and we had some that did just that! It was incredibly moving to see these OLD dogs jump their hearts out and even throw down some amazing jump scores! Jump ahead to today.....we are now on our 5th year of the LEGEND DIVISION Championships and we now have 36 World Ranked Legend Teams with MANY MORE that compete on the club level or that may not show in rankings!!!! This was my dream in 2009, the dream that some may have thought was crazy but I knew we would see dogs sticking around to enjoy there older years doing active things and LIVING LIFE, not just laying on a couch giving up what they enjoy and that keeps them young at heart! Congrats to all the Legends and their humans!!! PLEASE ENJOY THIS LEGEND DOG TRIBUTE VIDEO! FEEL FREE TO SHARE! (Unfortunately this is not all dogs but I have done all I can to include all those photos that were shared or that I could track down on FB)
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 23:31:52 +0000
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