Tuesday, January 22, 2013

  Longest Dog Catch: Rob McLeod and dog Davy Whippet breaks Guinness world record (VIDEO)

Thorhild, Canada -- Rob McLeod, aka Frisbee Rob, a disc sports competitor, threw a frisbee 134 yards (402 feet) to his canine teammate Davy Whippet, in Thorhild, Alberta, Canada, setting the new world record for the Longest Dog Catch, according to the World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/.

  Photo: Canada McLeod threw a frisbee 134 yards (402 feet) to his canine teammate Davy Whippet, to break the Guinness world record for Distance to Canine Catch. ( enlarge photo )

The Guinness world record for the Most flying discs (Frisbees) caught and held in the mouth by a dog was set by Edward Watson's (USA) dog Rose, who can catch seven flying discs, thrown one at a time, and hold them all in her mouth at once.

Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the Fastest 100 m on a skateboard by a dog, set by Tillman the English Bulldog, who covered a 100-m stretch of level car park in a time of 19.678 seconds during X Games XV in Los Angeles, California, USA .

  "This has been a dream of mine since I started competing with Davy just over a year ago," saus McLeod.

 "For me to be able to say that Davy has caught further than any other dog means a lot."  

  With this latest accomplishment, Davy Whippet becomes the first dog to officially catch a flying disc over 400 feet, which is impressive since Davy covered that distance in about 10 seconds before catching the disc.

  In the past 9 months, the Frisbee duo has set 4 World Records, won 2 World Championships and won the Quadruped National title.