This past weekend we went back down to the Sugar Beach area of Toronto harbour for the Redpath Waterfront Festival. And yeh, it had gone to the dogs
The dock diving dogs were back this year. Dock diving is actually a variety events featuring, you know, dogs diving off docks. Well sort of. They set up a giant pools and the dogs launch themselves off a stage into the water to retrieve a bait. They dive for distance and they dive in a time trial; the bail is dropped into the exact same position at the far end of the pool and the dogs are timed for how quickly they can get the bait and bring it back
What's great about this event is that it features all kinds of dogs, not just the labs and retrievers and duck tollers one would expect
In addition to the diving dogs there was a dog stunt show. It featured a couple of Boston terriors as well as lab mix. To be honest, it was not the smoothest dog show I've ever seen and not every trick went off without a hitch but the dogs were adorable and they certainly had their talents
Any time you can have a Lab hold a hot dog in his mouth without inhaling it, I'm impressed
The Bostons did their best to audition for Who's Got Talent or whatever the heck that horrible show is called. I much prefer the one we saw
And finally, the one cyclist with whom I will gladly share the streets of Toronto
More dog tricks and more submaining pooches in the video below
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