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I voted for freestyle, but if I'll have the time I don't know. I just think it would be so cool to do :) |
I just remembered what got me wanting to do freestyle - this video: http://www.orionhundesenter.com/chaplin6.wmv Gave me so many fantasies about what I could do with my dogs :) |
Oh cool! Great link. For those new to freestyle, it is otherwise known as heeling to music but that doesn't do it justice since dogs perform tricks and must be able to heel in front of and on both sides of the handler as well as perfrom spins and leaps. It really is doggie dancing! I grew up dreaming of doing olympic Dressage (well, that's one that goes to the childhood wayside. I think I'lll live). But freestyle really hit a cord for me too. What I esp. like is that it seems less rigid that competitive obedience but requires the same level of training. Every year, at the Yorkshire Terrier Specialty, "Rainy" - OTCH Robthy's Wapped in Rainbows performs his freestyle routine. Beyond cute! I was thinking freestyle would be a nice alternative career for pretty Penny! : ) Here's one of my old time fav freestyle routines: http://www.webpagetutor.com/mightymi...opic.php?t=270 |
You know? I just realized ITS THE SAME TEAM! One routine is to Charlie Chaplin and the other is to Gladiator but it's the same guy with his amazing BC. What an incredible freestyle team! |
Thats amazing!! How would you even start something like that?? I guess, first, I would have to teach Bell not to run away, which at this time, I'm still having problems with.. |
I would be lying to impress on you that I am THAT accomplished a trainer. If I was even half as good, Bun would have learned not to ram himself into the front door every time the doorbell rings! lol. But basically, training is training. You make a picture in your mind of what you want a dog's end behavior to be and then break up that behavior into the smallest of units and train each indivdiaully. So, instead of looking at the routine as whole -pick one behavior - for example bowing. So how does the dog learn to bow? Perhaps, there was a piece of food placed in front of it? Or perhaps a taget stick? It's a pretty easy thing to teach and yet, there it is, a component of a major more intricate performance. What training takes mostly is time and patience. |
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