Surf Gidget the Pug Surfs for Charity and Makes a Splash with a Rare Disease
By Rachel Baerchen Sept 1, 2018
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Surf Gidget the Pug in the Finals, heading to shore and winning the 1st Place ‘Top Dog’ award at the 2018 Imperial Beach Surf Dog Competition at Imperial Beach, San Diego, CA
Photo Credit Dale Hernandez
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Surf Gidget the Pug® is the little 15-lb. pure white Pug-in-Pink that many are now referring to as ‘Small but Mighty’ since she swept back-to-back championship titles two weekends in a row this summer. Gidget surfed to Gold, sweeping the 2018 Top Dog Category, out surfing dogs of all sizes for both the Imperial Beach Surf Dog Competition (Jul 28, 2018), AND the World Dog Surfing Championships (Aug 4, 2018). And apparently, in surfing, the smaller a dog is, the more difficult it is to stay put on a surfboard. Larger dogs can simply lie down if the surf is rough, where smaller dogs tend to get tossed off unless they are agile and know how to balance their weight on the board. So for a 15lb. LITTLE dog becoming the World Dog Surfing Champion, or any Surfing Champion, it’s a BIG deal!
