My human, Hsin-Yi, has been teaching a “Happy Paws“ Canine Freestyle class at Flip’s Top Dog (Ellerslie Racecourse Stables, Auckland 09-5221228) and they have just finished an 8-week course with a wonderful performance! Hsin-Yi is so proud of them because it is much harder to dance in a group – all the dogs have to be in time with each other – and also, because of Hsin-Yi’s own background in dancing, she has made it harder for the humans because she has put in more dancing choreography.
Here is the video of their 1st performance – Hsin-Yi says this is a fantastic achievement after just 8 weeks! 
Finn doing weaving...
The 3 dogs who performed were Bella the Collie/Pointer-cross; Finnigan the Shetland Sheepdog and my good friend, Kira the German Shepherd. They each had a little solo in the routine to show the tricks that they liked the most – Bella’s was the ‘marching paws’, Finnigan’s was the weave and Kira’s was the jump over her human’s leg!
Bella doing the bow...
Kira doing the jump!
Canine Freestyle is usually done as a solo routine but Hsin-Yi thought it was nice to do a group routine when starting out, so that people wouldn’t feel as intimidated dancing alone – but she didn’t realise that doing a group routine was actually much harder! Anyway, everyone had loads of fun which is what is important.
Me and the "Happy Paws" dancing class graduates!
Hsin-Yi is working on a new routine with me too – we’re going to dance to the Pussycat Doll’s version of “Sway” – and now that I’ve learnt to weave, we’re going to include that in my new routine – yay!
(Visit my Canine Freestyle page for more on my dancing adventures…)
Whoa! That was a fabulous performance! I enjoyed it very much! Hsin-Yi, you have to teach my mom and I to dance. She has two left feet and I just like to do my own stuff.