I must admit that I’m completely smitten by this adorable video of a 2-1/2-week-old golden retriever pup being trained to whistle. This is the oldest version of the video I could find, uploaded by Maurarox about a year ago, but for some reason a lot of people seem to be rediscovering (and reposting) this clip. (Anyone know why that’s happening now?) At any rate — enjoy!
Every dog needs an outside walk daily. You can supplement that by training your dog to walk on a treadmill. There are doggie treadmills available on the internet (links included), or you can teach your dog to walk on a human treadmill.
Nestle Purina trainer Jennifer McDonald uses patience and postive reinforcement to teach dogs to walk on a treadmill. She starts by coaxing the dog onto the treadmill, and she holds the dog’s collar when she starts the treadmill.
Eventually, dogs learn to walk on their own.
Learn to do Twists, cha-cha steps and other boogie dancing moves with your furry friends. No seriously, for $275 you can get a room, meals, and lesson on “everything from costumes to music and training tactics.”
Ricky the Dalmatian “spun across the floor with his 68-year-old handler, the high stepping Mary Ann Coutley” who were one of 23 pairs of handlers and pets that participated in the three-day dog dancing class at the Army Lake Camp and Retreat Center.
“You have to pick out music that goes with your dog,” Blanchard says. “The dogs can do figure eights around your legs. They spin, and we spin. Sometimes they’re on their hind legs. They can wave, do marching things, jump over things.”
Coutley used to dance with a 12-year-old Dalmatian named Wynona, who died in April. She is grooming Ricky to be her new partner with daily workouts that include six miles on a treadmill.
“He’s a chow hound,” Coutley said, feeding 1-year-old Ricky some turkey hot dogs. “He’ll work for anything.”
Is this the first time we’ve had doggy dancing? Nope.
While “Dancers with Woofs K9 Freestyle Dance Camp” purported to be the first in the region, enthusiasts have been dancing with dogs since the 1980s. They formed the World Canine Freestyle Organization in 1999.
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Darren October 10th, 2007
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Learn to do Twists, cha-cha steps and other boogie dancing moves with your furry friends. No seriously, for $275 you can get a room, meals, and lesson on “everything from costumes to music and training tactics.”