MEET THE 2025 BOARD
RACHAEL CLATWORTHY
President
"Team Springing Sharks"
Meet Rachael and the family
Life with Raleigh (and now Duke lol)
Raleigh is a 6-year-old English Springer Spaniel who enjoys a good snack and long walks by the river. The loathes pawdicures, getting up early and when his momma leaves for work. He enjoys chasing dragonflies and spending his summers by the pool, hence Dockdogs! Raleigh is a Certified Good Boy.
Personal Best
Big Air 16'3"
Extreme Vertical 5;2"
Speed Retrieve 10.015 Seconds
Iron Dog 2,219.84
Duke is a 1-year-old English Springer Spaniel who enjoys chasing shadows and flushing bugs out of the grass. He loathes when you’re not paying attention to him and giving him snacks. He too loves swimming, and we knew Dockdogs would be the fit for him! This is his first season and as of 5/12/23 in Big Air. If you see us out and about, stop and say hi!
Personal Best
Big Air 9'7"
President
"Team Springing Sharks"
Meet Rachael and the family
Life with Raleigh (and now Duke lol)
Raleigh is a 6-year-old English Springer Spaniel who enjoys a good snack and long walks by the river. The loathes pawdicures, getting up early and when his momma leaves for work. He enjoys chasing dragonflies and spending his summers by the pool, hence Dockdogs! Raleigh is a Certified Good Boy.
Personal Best
Big Air 16'3"
Extreme Vertical 5;2"
Speed Retrieve 10.015 Seconds
Iron Dog 2,219.84
Duke is a 1-year-old English Springer Spaniel who enjoys chasing shadows and flushing bugs out of the grass. He loathes when you’re not paying attention to him and giving him snacks. He too loves swimming, and we knew Dockdogs would be the fit for him! This is his first season and as of 5/12/23 in Big Air. If you see us out and about, stop and say hi!
Personal Best
Big Air 9'7"
Graysen Ratner
Vice President
"Team Cowboy Prince"
Vice President
"Team Cowboy Prince"
Meet Graysen and the family
Graysen Ratner (remove Levy)
“Team The Cow Boy Prince” (cow boy 2 words with Cap)
“Team Gray Girls”
In 2023, I signed up on-site at the World of Pets Expo with my then 6 year old, Cow Boy Staffordshire Terrier, who surprised the entire room when he actually jumped in at 7’7”, having never stepped foot on a dock before. We both instantly fell in love and began our journey. Our first season was unfortunately cut short due to finding a mass cell tumor in Prince’s leg, but that didn’t stop us from coming back swinging. We continued on to earn every single title for all disciplines, and increased our Big Air title from Senior to Master. He’s taken home so many finalist ribbons, I’m running out of room! Prince was awarded 2023 Rookie of the Year. In 2024, his first Veteran season, we’ve taken home so many finalist ribbons in all the disciplines, I’m running out of room. Prince is the ONLY American Staffordshire Terrier in the 2023 and 2024 rankings, finishing with 20.1ft and 20.2ft averages.
This past season, I debuted a new dog, my baby girl, silver lab, Asha. She took the competitions by storm as her confidence grew. Starting at 11’3” her first competition, after refusing her practice jump for 45 seconds, and then taking 1st place in Junior finals with 19'6". She ended her first season competing in all 3 disciplines, earning a Master title, and earning herself 1st place Titan in Iron Dog. It was an incredible honor for her to earn the 2024 Rookie of the Year, following her brother’s footsteps. She is JUST getting started. You’ll see us at Worlds one day! We can’t wait for what the 2025 season holds for us and we hope you join the fun.
Personal Bests
Prince Asha
BA: 21’4” BA: 23’0”
SR: 8.205sec SR: 6.980sec
EV: 5’0” EV: 5’6”
ID: 2634.58pts ID: 2863.83pts
Graysen Ratner (remove Levy)
“Team The Cow Boy Prince” (cow boy 2 words with Cap)
“Team Gray Girls”
In 2023, I signed up on-site at the World of Pets Expo with my then 6 year old, Cow Boy Staffordshire Terrier, who surprised the entire room when he actually jumped in at 7’7”, having never stepped foot on a dock before. We both instantly fell in love and began our journey. Our first season was unfortunately cut short due to finding a mass cell tumor in Prince’s leg, but that didn’t stop us from coming back swinging. We continued on to earn every single title for all disciplines, and increased our Big Air title from Senior to Master. He’s taken home so many finalist ribbons, I’m running out of room! Prince was awarded 2023 Rookie of the Year. In 2024, his first Veteran season, we’ve taken home so many finalist ribbons in all the disciplines, I’m running out of room. Prince is the ONLY American Staffordshire Terrier in the 2023 and 2024 rankings, finishing with 20.1ft and 20.2ft averages.
This past season, I debuted a new dog, my baby girl, silver lab, Asha. She took the competitions by storm as her confidence grew. Starting at 11’3” her first competition, after refusing her practice jump for 45 seconds, and then taking 1st place in Junior finals with 19'6". She ended her first season competing in all 3 disciplines, earning a Master title, and earning herself 1st place Titan in Iron Dog. It was an incredible honor for her to earn the 2024 Rookie of the Year, following her brother’s footsteps. She is JUST getting started. You’ll see us at Worlds one day! We can’t wait for what the 2025 season holds for us and we hope you join the fun.
Personal Bests
Prince Asha
BA: 21’4” BA: 23’0”
SR: 8.205sec SR: 6.980sec
EV: 5’0” EV: 5’6”
ID: 2634.58pts ID: 2863.83pts
Britney Muth
Treasurer
Treasurer
Meet Britney and the family
Britney found DockDogs in June of 2023 after inquiring about a sport for her Dalmatian, Jali, who loved the water. Jali took right to jumping off the dock at their first-ever practice. They competed in their first event of August 2023 and have been hooked ever since. Britney's daughter, Rachael, also competes with Jali, so she has acquired another potential DockDogs competitor - Roo, a Belgian Malinois who will hopefully make her debut in the 2026 season. While still somewhat new to the sport, they look forward to all of their accomplishments and Britney enjoys the bond DockDogs creates with the dogs you compete with.
Jali's stats
Big Air - Club Master Titled
Personal Best 21'05"
Extreme Vertical - Cadet Titled
Personal Best 5'10"
Speed Retrieve - Club Express Titled
Personal Best 9.690 seconds
Iron Dog - Club Warrior Titled
Personal Best 2606.31 points
The ONLY ranked Dalmatian in DockDogs Extreme Vertical and Club Big Air during the 2024 season!
ANGELINA BRANNIGAN
Secretary
"Team Blazin' Belgians"
Secretary
"Team Blazin' Belgians"
Meet Angelina Auntie of Zara, Kane, Syri and Nuri
Angelina fell in love with the DockDiving back in 2019 when she tagged along with her good friend Beth & Nuri to watch them compete. Along the way she met great people, gained awesome friends, fell in love with the community & the feeling of being around family (the members), that she decided to take her friend suggestion & try the sport. Needless to say, she is now an Auntie to not one, but many of the CDD's members dogs. She has progressed in the sport in less than a year and is now very honored to be a handler of Michelle Dudley's dogs. Zara & Kane & is absolutely loving it! Angelina is the only board member who does not have a dog! After losing her two dogs of over 17 years,
she accidentally turned in to a crazy cat lady!
However, she has never opted out on being a dog mom again, so look out!
Stats
Zara
Big Air Master 21.03
Kane
Big Air Junior 15.07
Nuri
Big Air Novice 8.01
Meet Michelle and the family
Sean Hammond
Board of Director
Meet Sean and the family
Kathryn Litherland
Board of Director
“Team Redneck Splorsh Park”
Board of Director
“Team Redneck Splorsh Park”
Meet Kathryn and the family
There once was a semiaquatic Shenandoah Lumber Spaniel named Harper (GSD/lab) who was very talented at catching frisbees and balls and was OBSESSED with water. In April 2022, her mom stumbled across a practice session for this thing called “Dock Diving” and thought Harper might enjoy it.
And boy did she ever, competing in her first CDD club even a month later!
Later that summer Kathryn decided to get her dog a dog, and she found herself drawn to a bright-eyed shepherd mix coming back from a rough start in life down in Kentucky. Kathryn tried again and again to get him to jump off the dock and very nearly gave up on dock diving with him. It took 9 months and several practice sessions to get “Number Two Emergency Backup Dog” Spork (GSD/pitbull/boxer) to make his first leap off the Big Boy Dock. Once he realized it was safe and actually kind of fun, he became a big fan and a fierce competitor. Spork only jumped in two waves of Big Air in his 2023 rookie season but came out guns-a-blazing for 2024, soon surpassing Harper's personal bests in everything but Speed Retrieve. (In Harper's defense, she has hip dysplasia, and we now believe she was competing on an undiagnosed torn cruciate ligament throughout the 2023 and 2024 seasons...)
Stats
Harper
Big Air 22’6”
Extreme Vertical 6’6”
Speed Retrieve 6.724
Iron Dog 2931.13
Dueling Dogs 7.308
Worlds invites: 2023--EV Top Gun, ID Titan; 2024--EV Cadet, SR Turbo, ID Titan, Dueling Dogs Class 3
Spork
BA 24’10”
EV 7’2”
SR 7.010
ID 2973.88
Dueling Dogs 6.124
Worlds invites: 2024--BA Master, EV Top Gun, SR Turbo, ID Gladiator, Dueling Dogs Class 1
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And boy did she ever, competing in her first CDD club even a month later!
Later that summer Kathryn decided to get her dog a dog, and she found herself drawn to a bright-eyed shepherd mix coming back from a rough start in life down in Kentucky. Kathryn tried again and again to get him to jump off the dock and very nearly gave up on dock diving with him. It took 9 months and several practice sessions to get “Number Two Emergency Backup Dog” Spork (GSD/pitbull/boxer) to make his first leap off the Big Boy Dock. Once he realized it was safe and actually kind of fun, he became a big fan and a fierce competitor. Spork only jumped in two waves of Big Air in his 2023 rookie season but came out guns-a-blazing for 2024, soon surpassing Harper's personal bests in everything but Speed Retrieve. (In Harper's defense, she has hip dysplasia, and we now believe she was competing on an undiagnosed torn cruciate ligament throughout the 2023 and 2024 seasons...)
Stats
Harper
Big Air 22’6”
Extreme Vertical 6’6”
Speed Retrieve 6.724
Iron Dog 2931.13
Dueling Dogs 7.308
Worlds invites: 2023--EV Top Gun, ID Titan; 2024--EV Cadet, SR Turbo, ID Titan, Dueling Dogs Class 3
Spork
BA 24’10”
EV 7’2”
SR 7.010
ID 2973.88
Dueling Dogs 6.124
Worlds invites: 2024--BA Master, EV Top Gun, SR Turbo, ID Gladiator, Dueling Dogs Class 1
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"DrLith, WordSmith," Freelance Translator and Editor
Spanish and Portuguese Translation
Specializing in Engineering and the Social Sciences
http://www.drlith.org