Have you been watching Crufts?
Have you seen the dogs doing ‘doggy dancing’? Or to give its a more official title, ‘heel work to music’.
Obviously, your dog must have mastered basic obedience classes before the advanced stages of doggy dancing could be contemplated!
Also, to be a good dog for doggy dancing, your dog should have some basic agility skills too - like jumps and ability to walk backwards - not all dog breeds are able to walk backwards.
The combination of music and dog allows handlers to demonstrate their training skills and strong partnership. Training for heelwork and freestyle develops the dog both mentally and physically, and watching the dogs they seem to really enjoy it.
The handlers and the dogs both seem to have great fun with doggy dancing!
khealey on March 13th 2007 in In the News, Dog News
khealey on March 10th 2007 in In the News
Manchester City Council are taking the initiative in a new drive to enforce dog owners to keep their dogs on a lead whilst in the park.
They propose to stop dogs running loose completely in 15 parks, and in selected areas in 97 others and dogs will be banned completely from play areas.
Dogs will be excluded from play areas, sports grounds and cemeteries and there will be a limit on the number of dogs people can take on public land.
The parks highlighted include parts of Heaton Park - one of the largest municipal parks in Europe, Ardwick Green Park, Beech Road park in Chorlton and Sackville Street.
There would be an on the spot fine of £80 for those dog owners found with dogs off the lead.
Manchester City Council says the ban will help tackle dog fouling and the problem of stray dogs.
The council currently spend £33,000 on cleaning up dog fouling, £100,000 on dog services like dog wardens who round up 1,000 stray dogs per year.
Councillor Paul Murphy, executive member for Direct Services, said:
“We know that we need to take further steps to control dogs as all the feedback that we get from talking to residents has identified dog fouling and stray dogs as a real problem.
“Most dog owners in the city are considerate and responsible but as always a minority do not care and it is this minority that we want to tackle with these new proposals.”
Keeping dogs on leads in parks would also increase safety for children, the elderly joggers and cyclists.
khealey on February 16th 2007 in In the News
I will post any publicuty I get concerning my ‘Lead or Muzzle’ campaign
khealey on February 10th 2007 in In the News
