RMR: Rick at Pet Funfest

[Applause] [Music] [Applause] in the world of four-legged Athletics there's perhaps no match for the skill the stamina and concentration on display here in Toronto Ontario as dogs from all over North America gather to compete in the final trials for the world dock dogs competition who will take home the bone [Applause] and this is Rob Goddard and he is the co-organizer of pet FunFest hello Rob how are you I'm very well Rick so talk to me how did it all come about well this is our second year for pet FunFest and last year we had dog games and demos and seminars like we do this year but we decided we going to bring in a really exciting event the doc dogs right and the doc dogs are dogs that jump off docks and they go extreme distances and they go extremely high and they they also do retrieving too and they retrieve things this is a world qualifying event so these dogs here today if they do uh the qualifying jump lengths and Heights and things they can go on to the world rescuing pets is a big part of pet Fest it is because that's really why we do this event now is there foster care for pets absolutely so you can take care of the pet Absolut until it's adopted yes in fact all of our rescues have volunteer foster homes okay that's where all the pets are we have almost 600 pets Rick wow right now looking for home just in the in the greater Toronto area um most are in Southern Ontario but right across Canada this is Tyra Tyra is a lap dog and Tyra weighs how much 180 lb 180 lb lap dog because Tyra is what kind of dog English master exercise for them is walking to the food bowl correct see that's a great dog what kind of home does Katie need uh retired couple like us like me and you no no I'm not ready to retire now you have a very unique breed of dog here you have the bionic wiener dog I do look at this are they paralyzed yes both have suffered a back injury one and four daon will in their lifetime oh really do they have just bad backs uh physics length versus height we race them and we have you R them we have weener dog races you have wheelchair weener dog races how have I not known about this I have tra this country far and wide hey good job we got it so you are a dog photographer yes I am I see and this is just one of the many setups that you have so dog with teddy bears I'm guessing that's a popular concept yes it is there we go perfect beautiful thank you very much good work than you go go go [Music] now this is the speed retrieve event correct now tell me when the dogs jump in the water they're only judged on their speed between the time they leave the dock and they pull on the magic bone correct that's exactly it good dog good dog good dog good dog come on dog come on dog come on dog yes good work and this is Karen L Rock and she is the president of the Thousand Islands dock dogs hello how are you I'm very good h how you nice to see you now is this your dog yes and who is your dog Bond Bond yes and James Bond and is Bond a good uh doc dog he was his personal best his 17 ft do the dogs know that this is a competition I no one think so to be honest I I just that's what they want to do exactly they're just having fun and the what about the dog owners they certainly know it's a competition some of them take this very seriously don't they seriously [Applause] [Music] [Applause] absolutely it it good there we go okay the bait is in the water the olden days they would use C I guess now they use [Applause] balls do you think this dog is ready for competition any dog is ready for competition any dog could jump they just have to have that first leap of faith to get in the water would you start like at home in the tub or that's what I do with my dogs when I get a puppy I'll put them in the bathtub let them swim around a little get used to it have fun and then we'll bring them out here when they're 6 months old and they compete so this dog never did get in the water no not yet now will this owner keep this dog uh yeah of course she will like we love our dogs even if they're afraid of [Applause] [Music] [Applause] water the key to Big Air yeah three elements speed power off the end of the dock and what we call the pop where that you see the dog get up and let the momentum carry him out into the water okay speed power and pop sit you're a bit like a marine though when you talk to the dogs well they they they understand the alpha meal there's a stop sign he's ready I'm going to drop the Stop and yell at his name all at once Blazer come on Blaze get it Blaze get it get it get it get it nice it's always fun you're going to pay attention to me come on bla sit St okay see that alpha male get it BL get it get it get it get it a little far but still a good TOS your timing was perfect your timing was much better than mine I was afraid he was going to go for the hand good dog good dog good dog so what do you think you like dog dogs is this something you want to do I tell you another time another place this could have been my Sport come on ready here we go get a big get a big jump ready [Applause] [Music] set all right good job good job nice job [Applause]

Channel: MercerReport

Views: 114,386

Keywords: Rick Mercer, Pet Funfest, dockdogs, dogs

Id: DnuMr3p2qfI

Length: 6min 54sec (414 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 23 2011