Canine Musical Freestyle -
Whether you think of it as "Dancing with your dog" or as "Obedience to Music" it
is a great way to "play" with your dog and earn titles in this new and growing
sport.
Good Showing for Oklahoma Teams at Motown Bow Wow Boogie
The Freestyle Fanatics hosted a wonderful show March 27-28, 2006 in Davisburg,
MI. Three Oklahoma Freestyle teams were able to participate this year and they
did quite well. Below is a report to our clicker training group on the
accomplishments of the Oklahoma teams from Kris Hurley one of the participants
and a Freestyle Coach/trainer in the Oklahoma City area (for more information
about Kris visit her website at
www.freestyledogs.com ) Please note that all of the Oklahoma Freestyle
teams mentioned on this page are 100% clicker trained dogs.
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by Kris Hurley
Qualifying Scores in each level are as follows (must achieve at least the
listed score in both Technical Merit AND Artistic Impression):
Sassy Senior Beginner - 6.75
Beginner - 7.25
Novice - 8.00
Intermediate - 8.50
Advanced - 9.20
As you can tell by these standards, the many legs that Oklahoma earned were
quite an accomplishment. And just so you know how hard it is to qualify in
Advanced - none of the Advanced MF teams qualified on Saturday, and only two
qualified on Sunday (Sue & Lizzie being the top team). And the fact that Pam &
Nike earned High Scoring dog from the Novice class is quite an accomplishment.
As you can tell, the score expectation is higher as you progress - so it is
common to see the higher scores to come out of the more advanced levels.
To summarize our placements by each team...
 Pam
& Nike
3rd Place & Q Novice HTM (Saturday)
1st Place & Q Novice HTM (Sunday)
1st Place & Q Novice MF (Saturday)
1st Place & Q Novice MF (Sunday)
High Technical Score (From Novice MF) - Saturday
High Aristic Score (From Novice MF) - Saturday
High Combined (Technical & Artistic From Novice MF) - Saturday
(Photo by Kris Hurley - click on thumbnail to see full size picture)
 Sue
& Lizzie
2nd Place in Advanced MF (Saturday)
1st Place & Q In Advanced MF (Sunday)!
High Technical Score (From Adv MF) - Sunday
High Aristic Score (From Adv MF) - Saturday
High Combined (Technical & Artistic From Adv MF) - Saturday
Several High Scoring Dog With 'Other' Titles (Tracking, Agility)
Best Costume (Combined Both Days)
(Photo by Pat McGowan - click on thumbnail to see full size picture)
 Kris
& Roxie
Bronze Bar MF Proficiency Test
2nd Place & Q In Intermediate MF (Saturday)
1st Place & Q In Intermediate MF (Sunday)
2nd Place & Q In Novice HTM (Saturday)
High Scoring Mixed Breed (Combined Both Days)
(Photo by Pat McGowan - click on thumbnail to see full size picture)
 Kris
& Shelby
1st Place & Q In Beginner B MF (Saturday)
1st Place & Q In Beginner B MF (Sunday)
W-FD/MF Title!
(Photo by Pat McGowan - click on thumbnail to see full size picture)
 Kris
& Nellie
3rd Place & Q In Sassy Senior Beginner (Saturday)
1st Place & Q In Sassy Senior Beginner (Sunday)
W-SSFD Title!
(Photo by Pat McGowan - click on thumbnail to see full size picture)
 Kris
& Bonnie
2nd Place & Q In Sassy Senior Beginner (Saturday)
Best Collar Award (Saturday)
(Photo by Pat McGowan - click on thumbnail to see full size picture)
Obviously, the Oklahoma teams really made an impression. We all received
several comments about how well our dogs worked and how happy they looked...
Hopefully we can continue the trend and get some more Oklahoma teams competing
whether via live events or video - so we can continue to show what clicker
training can really do!
Kris
Meet the first 3 dogs and handlers to earn a freestyle title
in the state of Oklahoma.
Canine Musical Freestyle Pioneers!
- Jane Wittstock and her Sheltie, Belle (Jane & Bell performed to a Beach
Boys medley) placed 4th & 5th
- Kris Hurley and her All-American, Roxie (Kris and Roxie performed to Jail House
Rock) Kris & Roxie received two 2nd place ribbons.
- and me, Pam Sheehan and Nike, the Border Collie (we performed to Disney's
Lion King) Nike and I received two 3rd place ribbons.
 All three competed at the WCFO (World Canine Freestyle Organization) freestyle titling event in Kansas, April
2002.
Interested in learning more???
Are you interested in training for freestyle? Contact me at info@nikesmom.com
or call 918 - 250 - 1173.
For classes in the Oklahoma City area visit Kris's site at
www.freestyledogs.com
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