2008 The North American
Hunting & Sporting Expo
Wisconsin Dells, WI
March 14 – 16,
2008
Hunters from all over the country enjoyed
the North American Hunting & Sporting
Expo, which offered attendees hunting and
fishing seminars, trophy deer displays, ATV
and sport vehicle displays, an indoor Hunting
Simulation Organization 3-D bow shoot, a
60-table gun show, hundreds of exhibitors
and sheds that made the record books, and
yes a national tour stop of Dock Dogs™ dog
jumping competition.
Team STIHL's Tom Dropik and his high flying
speedster Rocky make their 2nd stop of the
tour to participate in all 3 disciplines
that include Big Air, Extreme Vertical and
the new sport Speed Retrieve. Tom and Rocky
are in pursuit to earn points that will rank
them amongst the best in the world in hopes
of earning a spot in the 2008 DockDogs World
Championships in the Iron Dog division, a
division that combines all 3 disciplines.
The event started on Friday Night with the
High Flying Extreme Vertical competition.
Team STIHL as always, put on quite a show
for the hundreds of spectators that came
to watch E.V. dogs from all over the country.
When all said and done, Tom and Rocky finished
a respectable 7th place with a HUGE 6’4” jump.
Saturday evening brought out the speedsters
from all over the country to race against
the clock to see who could get the bird the
fastest. A 20’ run, a 20’ leap,
and a 20’ swim tests all aspects of
these dogs athletic abilities. Coming off
a huge 2nd place finish in Chicago, Team
STIHL wasn’t about to back down again
this time. Rocky turned in a personal best
of 6.37 seconds which earned him another
2nd place finish.
Team STIHL's Tom Dropik and Rocky earned
huge points over the weekend which will definitely
help their chances for Worlds come July.
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