John Strassburger is an award-winning journalist from Santa Rosa, Calif. He writes with the help of his Doberman Pinschers Boreas and Rhaegal, and a Livestock Guardian Dog named Isis.
Years ago, I had high hopes for participating in dock diving sport with my now-9-year-old dog, Woody. But it turned out that my high-jumping, strong-swimming dog absolutely hates getting water in his ears!