By JOLENE OGLE
Betty Boo has been stand-up paddle boarding for almost 12 months and owner Maxine Stibbe couldn’t be happier with her progress.
Maxine and Betty Boo took to the sport after attending the Cricks Noosa Festival of Surfing and VetShop Australia surfing dog workshop last year.
Led by local surfer and dog whisperer Chris DeAboitz, the workshops bring together owners and their pooches to learn the art of obedience and surfing together.
Chris and his furry friends have been surfing the waves for more than a decade, with Chris’s oldest companion, Lani, 14, still keen to jump on board.
“At our workshops, we train people not the dogs,” he said.
“It’s all about the relationship with your dog and surfing together can really be a nice fun way to have exercise and structure. It’s a great way to bond.”
The surfing dogs at the Cricks Noosa Festival of Surfing is always a crowd pleaser but anyone who missed the pups in action on Saturday and Sunday needn’t worry, there is plenty more action to come.
Today (Thursday) visitors can catch the finals for the Women’s Open, Men’s 50s and Men’s 65s, plus Asher Chapman live on the Zinc stage and the Vans movie night from 7.15pm.
