Canine Freestyle Moves Database

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This database is a "work in progress". At present it attempts to define the basic elements comprising Canine Freestyle and include various training techniques that can be used to teach a dog to assume positions and perform 'moves' on command.

It is assumed the dog knows basic obedience and the handler knows how to train using positives; luring, clicker and/or bridge and target. No attempt is made to describe the training techniques in any exact detail because each exercise needs to be broken up into small increments according to what the dog can handle. The descriptions on this web site are only to give an idea of what has worked for the people contributing these ideas.

The data is categorized as follows:

Fundamental Orientations

Describes which way the dog is facing relative to the handler

Basic Positions

Common positions of a dog in relation to the handler

Direction of Movement

At any time the handler and dog can be moving in the same direction or in different directions

Dog's Stances

What the dog can do. These are independent of direction and orientation.

Weaving

Describes various handler-dog orientations and handler movements in relation to the dog moving in a weaving pattern..

Transition Moves

Describing common methods of moving a dog from one point to another

Other

Choreography, Music, Dance Info, Classes, etc

Acknowledgements and thanks go to:

                        Kathleen Corum from Dewey, Arizona

                        Gaby Grohovaz from South Africa,

                        Cindy Hicks from Glendale Arizona,

                        Laura Ormsby from Southern Oregon,

                        Bobby Abern from Montana,

and special thanks to

                        Loren Jensen from Tucson, Arizona

                        whose inspiration and enthusiasm is the basis of this project.

 

and of course last but not least,

without whom none of this would have transpired,

is my mate     MAX  

 

(Tuscamada Hey Look At Me)