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8 | August 31, 2017 | The lake forest leader NEWS<br />
LakeForestLeader.com<br />
Dickinson Hall welcomes dog show to end summer<br />
Alyssa Groh, Editor<br />
Sailor, a 3-year-old<br />
black Standard Poodle,<br />
has been working hard<br />
to break records for his<br />
whole life, with the help of<br />
his owner and dog trainer,<br />
Alex Rothacker. Sailor<br />
and Rothacker put on a<br />
show during Dickinson<br />
Halls Dog Days of Summer<br />
event on Thursday,<br />
Aug. 24.<br />
Since Rothacker was in<br />
high school he has been<br />
working on training dogs<br />
and has now owned three<br />
dogs who hold records in<br />
the “Guinness World Records”<br />
book. Among his<br />
dogs who hold records is<br />
his current dog, sailor, who<br />
holds the record for walking<br />
forwards and backwards<br />
between poles on<br />
his hind legs and walking<br />
backwards and forwards<br />
Sailor demonstrates how he can walk forwards and<br />
backwards on a large ball, which he also hold a record<br />
in the “Guinness World Records” book for.<br />
while standing on top of a<br />
large ball.<br />
Residents who were at<br />
the Dog Days of Summer<br />
event witnessed some of<br />
Sailors tricks, including<br />
his world record tricks.<br />
Sailor and Rothacker<br />
have been working together<br />
for years, and Rothacker<br />
says it can take<br />
years to learn a single<br />
trick. They work together<br />
every day on new tricks,<br />
maintaining his health and<br />
gaining muscle. Each day<br />
Sailor walks and runs on<br />
a treadmill and works on<br />
Sailor impresses his audience by walking forwards and backwards between poles<br />
during the Dog Days of Summer event at Dickinson Hall on Thursday, Aug. 24. PHOTOS<br />
BY ALYSSA GROH/22ND CENTURY MEDIA<br />
perfecting a new trick. Rothacker<br />
says he never asks<br />
Sailor to perform a trick in<br />
a show until he is 110 percent<br />
at it.<br />
To begin the show Rothacker<br />
showed guests<br />
basic obedience tricks<br />
such as sitting, healing and<br />
playing dead. But it wasn’t<br />
before long the duo raised<br />
the bar and performed<br />
much harder tasks.<br />
Sailor jump roped,<br />
walked on his hind legs<br />
backwards and forwards<br />
around poles, walked<br />
backwards and forwards<br />
on top of a large ball and<br />
jumped over hurdles and<br />
through hula hoops.<br />
Rothacker explained to<br />
the audience Sailor enjoys<br />
performing and practicing<br />
his tricks every day, but it<br />
comes with a lot of praise<br />
and training.<br />
“We put on the show to<br />
gives people something fun<br />
to watch,” Rothacker said.<br />
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Sailor and his trainer Alex Rothacker show the audience how obedient Sailor his.
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