I sat my dog on my knee and was going "Watch the doggie". See how good the doggie is" and the reponse was - allowing for intellect... she was looking under the monitor for the "doggie". Oh well - one day. Speaking of which - how is it that my daughter's puppy can see himself in a freestanding mirror and try and find the dog behind it but my dog can't. Nothing. Zip.
ooo, I do *love* canine freestyle. There's oodles of it on youtube, it's great fun to watch live too. Yet another thing I want to do with the poodley madame!
Owned by a standard poodle, a couple of burmese cats, a miniature horse, & a budgie.
Also proud mum to Caleb and Piper
1 Border collie, 1 Huntaway, 2 Lhasa Apsos, Suffolk and arapawa ewe crosses, an Arapawa ram,an East Friesian ewe , 5 cats, 42 ducks , 1 rooster and 30 hens, 5 geese, 12 goats, 2 donkeys, 2 house cows, one heifer calf, one bull calf, 3 rabbits and lots and lots and lots of fruit trees...
Sharing the pad with Harry the Australian Terrorist, Penny the Bearded Collie, Bev the Schnauzer/beardie and her daughters Nellie and Charlotte. (Dad was a Hungarian Vizsla) + lots of chooks. [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Well it looked like Heelwork to Music rather than freestyle to me. Some good moves but quite repetertive. Whilst I am only in the Elementary grades of the NZ version, Paws 'n Music with my Labrador, Freestyle ishould have the dog working away from the handler at least 50% of the time.
If you really want to see some spine tingling action you should watch Mary Ray performing at Crufts-she does a guest appearance every year. Some of the years she works with 4 Border Collies at the same time-truly amazing. I'll see if I can find a link to a clip of hers.
Sue
Labrador lover for yonks, breeder of pedigree Murray Grey cattle for almost as long, and passionate poultry person for more years than I care to count.
