Guinness Record

Once the commitment to break the Guinness World Record was made, training sessions - approximately 30 minutes each - were increased to four times per week with the top jump bar gradually being raised at 2 inch increments.  Purina was informed of the desire to have Cindy challenge the world record during the weekend of the 2003 Purina Incredible Dog Challenge National Finals being held at Purina Farms in Gray Summit (St. Louis area) Missouri, on October 3rd and 4th. Purina subsequently applied to Guinness for the jump specifications and verification requirements.
 

When the information arrived, it was discovered that the Guinness -sanctioned Free Style High Jump consisted of a 2 foot wide spread jump. Up until this point, all of Cindy's training had been with the single bar jump used in the competition by Purina. As a result, in order to challenge the world record jump, Cindy would need to jump with the 2 foot wide spread jump.  This meant that Cindy needed to be re-trained with a completely new jump apparatus in less than 4 weeks time.

A new jump matching the Guinness requirements was built in one day and Cindy's re-training began. Once again, Cindy continued to amaze her trainers, changing her jumping style for the new double bar spread jump by instinctively adjusting her distance from the jump by backing up until she felt that she had enough space between her running start point and the actual jump apparatus.

Off to St. Louis

On September 30th, Cindy left for St. Louis.  Cindy was feeling great. The slight chill in the air was a welcome change from the warm weather in Florida. On Friday October 3rd, Cindy broke the world record high jump with one double bar spread jump at a height of 64 inches and another jump at a height of 66 inches.  On Saturday October 4th, Cindy participated in the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge's high jump competition and won first place with a record breaking 64 inches over the single bar jump.

Three years later, Cindy still had a passion for jumping. With this great enthusiasm, we decided to have her break her own record. In October 2006, she went back to St. Louis and at the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge, Cindy again broke her own record, with a jump of 68 inches!

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/natural_world/fantastic_pets/highest_jump_by_a_dog.aspx