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Canine Musical Freestyle is one of the newer dog sports. It shows the bond between handler and dog through a combination of obedience, different learned behaviors and music.
Freestyle is enjoyed by people with differing levels of dance skills, a variety of breeds and a variety of goals. Some people love the thrill of competiton and work with their dogs to compete, others enjoy bringing the joy of their routine to those in nursing homes or schools.
New The Link List
- World Canine Freestyle Organization
- This the freestyle organization I am most familiar with and the one my freestyle club belongs to. This site maintains a list of WCFO freestyle clubs.
- DogHouse Dancers
- This is the freestyle club I belong to. We are located in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Freestyle Videos
Books on Canine Musical Freestyle
Agility Tricks (For Improved Attention, Flexibility and Confidence)
While not a canine freestyle book, this book explains how to train many moves that are basic to freestyle.
Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)
Dancing With Dogs: Easy-to-learn Techniques and Fun Routines for You and Your Dog
One of the newest books available, this book goes through everything from training moves to your dog to putting together a routine.
Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)
Dancing with your dog: The book
A freestyle standard, this book also explains how to train different moves and put together a routine. Sandra Davis also has 3 videos available that go along wonderfully with the book.
Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)
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Posted September 20, 2007
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Posted September 20, 2007
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KarenC
I love it. While building my lens The Special World of Dogs, I came across Dog Dancing on YouTube. It inspired me so much I put a video on my site. Glad to see someone built a lens on dog dancing. Posted June 11, 2007 |
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BookMama
Wow, I had no idea that this sport/activity existed. "Dancing with Dogs" sounded like a take-off of Dancing with the Stars to me. I saw a YouTube video where a woman and Golden Retriever are dancing to song from Grease. Now I realize she must have been competing in freestyle. Will add to lensroll! Posted March 01, 2007 |
New Wikipedia
Musical canine freestyle—also known as musical freestyle, freestyle dance, and canine freestyle—is a modern dog sport that is a mixture of obedience, tricks, and dance that allows for creative interaction between dogs and their owners.
Category: Image - :Rock11.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Musical freestyleA dog and handler perform in a musical freestyle competition.
There are two types, musical freestyle and freestyle heeling (also known as heelwork to music), the main difference being that freestyle heeling focuses on a dog's ability to stay in variations of the heel position while the handler moves to music, whereas musical freestyle demands that the dog perform a variety of tricks and other obedience talents, and places a greater foc...
