Dog Life Jackets for Surfing Dogs!
Surfing dog Dozer wearing his Outward Hound Dog Life Jacket
Surfing became the latest craze for dogs last year since skate-boarding! Surfing dogs don dog life jackets to keep them safe before getting their paws aboard!
Annual surfathon competitions take place all over the world now to raise funds for animal shelters and charities – dogs of all sizes and breeds get together with their dog owners for fun events that attract high profile press coverage and therefore high profile sponsors for these great animal benefits.
One of the small surfer dogs wearing an Outward Hound dog life jacket
One of the most popular, biggest dog surfathon annual events is held during September at the Dog Beach in Del Mar, CA where thousands of dog owners get together to watch this pawesome competition. Scoring is based upon length of ride, size of wave and the dog’s ability to stay on the surfboard. Last year, the 4th annual surfathon raised over $50, 000 for the Helen Woodward Animal Center.
In 1999 Helen Woodward Animal Center organized 14 animal shelters in San Diego County, California for the first, “Home 4 the Holidays” pet adoption drive. Our goals were to encourage families to save lives by adopting their pets from animal shelters and rescue groups and to take business away from puppy mills and backyard breeders while shelter pets died. That holiday season the participating shelters found loving families for 2,563 orphaned pets.
Surfing Dude!Protected by Outward Hound dog life vest
With surf waves getting up to four feet high, dog surfing is a potentially dangerous sport, hence the dog life vests for vital protection. Dog surfing is a physically demanding sport and dogs have to be ultra fit to participate and train regularly. However fit a dog is, they still need a dog life vest for protection whenever in water, as it gets rough, they get tired and the dog lfe jacket gives natural bouyancy until the dog can be helped aboard a boat or to shore.
A dog life jacket for surfing dogs has to stand up to a great deal of rough and tumble, and has to be 100% reliable. The most popular choice of dog life vest for surfing dogs is the bestselling Outward Hound range of dog life jackets which are available in a variety of sizes to fit and small and big dogs alike and are suitable for all watersports.
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So, if you are thinking of taking fido surfing, get a dog life jacket and protect your best friend whilst having fun aboard the ocean waves!
Best of 2010 Helen Woodward Surf Dog Surfing Contest
“Best in Surf” went to a Jack Russell Terrier named, “Buddy” and his person, Bruce Hooker from Ventura. Second place honors went to, Ricochet, a Golden Retriever. Following at a close third place was, “Dozer,” an English Bulldog and member of the newly-formed San Diego Dog Surfing Association.
For 2011 and future events visit:
http://www.animalcenter.org/events/surfdog/
