Fantastic Feisty Forrest
Feisty Forrest first caught our editor’s eye at the Frosty Fall Funday where she enjoyed his demonstration of outright JRT determination. It was then that she learned of his latest life challenge - a battle with Lymphoma - after being rescued from a lifetime of abuse.
Not one to shy away from challenges - this is one JRT
that is taking Xtreme to a whole new level. He just loves to compete at dock diving events. And he was not going to let a little thing like chemo stand in the way of playing his usual star role!
Not surprisingly he is one of the crowd favourites and steals the show all the time. Last summer he placed in the top 4 pro finals at two weekends at the Western Fair in London then did it again in Pickering.. To place in the top 4 he had to be jumping between 19-20 feet.. His owners predict he’s likely to break his old record of 20 feet 6 inches soon. That was just with Dock Dogs…
He finished his 2007 year in Michigan with Ultimate Air Dogs in which he went all the way to the Master’s finals at the two events he competed.
True to JRT form he is jumping with the big dogs ! And his handler is only 13 years old.
Who says Jacks can’t fly say his owners! And so say we
Aimee wrote:
Forrest Gumpy is going to be at the Cottage Life show with Ontario Dock Dogs this upcoming weekend.. Him and Sarah are so excited to be back diving near home again. Forrest is still doing amazing and so far he is still having no side effects from his Chemotherapy.
Posted 24 Mar 2008 at 11:04 am ¶
Aimee wrote:
You are not going to believe this but our little Forrest Gumpy is on his way to New York City on Monday!! Him and Sarah are going to be on the David Letterman Show along with two other teams from the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge!
Posted 29 Jul 2008 at 8:25 pm ¶