F E AT U R E S TO R Y
MAKING A SPLASH
At WestRover Water Sports, soaring
dogs dive and splash their way to better health.
By Jeana Durst
the air at jaw-dropping heights in pursuit
fastest-growing sports competitions for
Diving Dogs, awards national titles for diving
dogs that achieve excellence in speed,
distance, and height; the organization works
in conjunction with the AKC to recognize
registered with the AKC to participate and
all breeds and mixed breeds are welcome
the Westover facility has already hosted
PHOTOS BY RON BURKETT
means dogs dressed as outlaws and saloon
time for pets and handlers alike, but the
competition is also serious sport, and the
Animal Medical Center, opened the water
sports facility with the purpose of keeping
and dock diving lessons, water safety lessons,
system in the pool is safe as well as good for
which also boasts a regulation-sized agility
or after work and hear barking, splashing,
warms our hearts and reminds us why we do
Jennifer got the idea for the pool after
seeing a mobile dock diving unit at an agility
event in Columbiana but she had already
been looking for an outlet for exercising her
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