Photos: Super-sporty dogs

‘Hooch,’ believed to be the world’s only scuba and skydiving dog, parachutes from 12,000 feet with her owner Sean Herbert over Picton near Sydney. ‘Hooch,’ a cross between a cattle dog and a King Charles spaniel, made 14 scuba dives and 53 parachute jumps but was forced to retire after she broke her leg falling out of bed.  (JIM SMITH/AFP/Getty Images)

Border Collie ‘Brock’ dives into the water to catch his ball during the DockDogs event at the World Dog Games in Sydney on November 1, 2009.  (GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images)

Czech skier Anna Mohrova goes downhill with an unexpected friend during a slalom practice on February 17, 1967 in Chamrousse (French Alps).  (GEORGES BENDRIHEM/AFP/Getty Images)

A dog wearing a life vest looks from the side of a boat as its owner prepares to moor on the dock on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N. H., on August 9, 2007.  (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

African hunting dogs in the London Zoo run off to eat a tasty treat from inside a painted rugby ball left by a keeper on April 13, 2006.  (ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)

A stray dog runs for a ball on a pitch during a training prior to a friendly football match between Ukraine and Italy in Kiev on March 29, 2011.  (SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images)

A Labrador plunges into the sea with its instructor during a patrol at Riva dei Tarquini in the Tyrrhenian Sea about 100kms north of Rome on August 22, 2010. Italy discovered a special squad of rescue workers: Some 300 dogs ready to help save lives on dozens of Italian beaches.  (TIZIANA FABI/AFP/Getty Images)

Brandon Macedo of Greeley, Colo., sits with a Pug during ‘Paws at the Park’ Day between the New York Mets and the Colorado Rockies despite a rain delay on July 25, 2005, at Coors Field in Denver.  (Brian Bahr/Getty Images)

Miniature pinscher Wicky sits on the back of champion miniature pony Macey during the launch of Equitana Asia Pacific, the largest equine festival in the region, on June 19, 2008, in Melbourne, Australia.  (Serge Thomann/WireImage)

A musher and his dog-sled team compete during the 18th dog sledding in Benneckenstein, central Germany, on January 24, 2010.  (JENS SCHLUETER/AFP/Getty Images)

The tables turn: Lisa Curtin prepares for the 27th annual Aviemore Husky Sled Dog Rally beside Loch Morlich on January 21, 2010, in Aviemore, Scotland.  (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

A Siberian Husky rests on another dog after a ride on December 15, 2008, in a Husky farm in Rovaniemi, Finland.  (OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images)

This combo picture shows rescue workers trying to catch a lost dog with nets (L) while the dog dives to a green safety net (R) at Tokushima city in Japan’s southwestern island of Shikoku on November 22, 2006. The stray dog, trapped for six days on a mountain slope, became a national darling in Japan after its four-hour rescue operation. The almond-colored mongrel somehow found itself stuck 70 meters (230 feet) high on a concrete railing supporting a mountain slope.  (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets poses for a photo on May 16, 2005, at the Pepsi Center in Denver.  (Brian Bahr/Getty Images)

President George W. Bush plays golf on the South Lawn of the White House with his dogs Barney on April 15, 2003, in Washington, DC.  (Charles Ommanney/Getty Images)

Richie Barnett of the The Eastern Suburbs Roosters shares an intimate moment with a dog during training at ES Marks field Sydney in preparation for Sundays Grand Final NRL match vs Brisbane.  (Adam Pretty/ALLSPORT)

A sleeping dog lays down in straw and is wrapped in a blanket during the Iditarod Trail Race in Talkotina, Alaska.  (Ezra O. Shaw /Allsport)

Dogs competing in the ‘Grande Odysee’, an international dog sled race, rest in Morzine-Avoriaz in southeastern France.  (JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT/AFP/Getty Images)

A dog runs onto the pitch to chase the ball prior to the start of a Sunday League football match on the Hackney Marshes pitches on January 24, 2010 in London, England.  (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

A girl and a dog slide down a slope on a sledge in the eastern German city of Halle on January 9, 2010.  (JENS SCHLUETER/AFP/Getty Images)

Fiona Fairley and her pup Tehocahon prepare for the 27th annual Aviemore Husky Sled Dog Rally beside Loch Morlich on January 21, 2010 in Aviemore, Scotland.  (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

An official attempts to catch a dog that disrupted play in the opening game of the 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament between the Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings in Cape Town, April 18, 2009.  (REUTERS/Mike Hutchings)

A dog dives during a pet dog swimming contest at the Taoyuan Pet Center on July 31, 2005 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, southwest China. Over 30 dogs attended the match.  (China Photos/Getty Images)