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Freestyle
Canine freestyle is a brilliant dog sport as it allows the handler to build a routine
around Although we have dabbled with agility and rally-obedience it is Freestyle or Heelwork to Music that has really suited me (Brigitte) and my poodles. The Poodle is a natural show off and with their coats and movement they can really bring something different to the routine.
Brigitte writes: I started in Freestyle with my Cotons in Switzerland
about 10 years ago but it was not until I got my Standard Poodle Leeloo
that it really captured me. We moved to the US partly because of
Freestyle as I met a USA Freestyler Sara Nugent at a Freestyle seminar
she was teaching in Switzerland. Through the seminar and translating for
Sara we developed a friendship which finally convinced me to give in to
my husbands long dream of moving to the US. We moved to Houston
where there was a enthusiastic freestyle community,
centered around
world renown Freestyler Carolyn Scott. I would like to thank all those
people who helped me to develop my Various
friendships have developed through our association with this sport, one
of our good friends is UK freestyler Richard Curtis. He wrote " Brigitte
and her Poodles are just brilliant, I'm sure Brigitte doesn't
If you want to get started in this sport please feel free to contact Brigitte on Brigitte@freestylepoodles.com
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Star Poodles 
their dogs
strengths. There are no rules regarding which moves you have to put in
the routine so you can be as imaginative as you like. Normally routines
last for somewhere between one and three minutes so teaching the dog to
pay attention is essential. 
In the
training of our dogs we only use positive reinforcement training methods as we feel
this leads to a happy performance dog. Its amazing how quick dogs can
learn with the clicker and some rewards. We encourage our dogs to
retrieve toys from a very young age which also helps keep their interest
in training as they then view anything we do with them as one big game.
actually
know what a good trainer / instructor she is. Our training methods are
very similar and we both are always looking for the dog to have energy,
drive and enthusiasm in it's work. Over the years I have known her she has
started to teach classes more and I would highly recommend her classes
if you wanted to get started in the sport."
