Dancing with Dogs

by Mary Ray, Andrea McHugh

Look out Fred and Ginger — a new breed of dancer is taking center stage for four-legged friends and their two-legged partners. By combining dog tricks with dance routines, this easy-to-follow book will teach you how to train your dog (and yourself!) to perform simple, entertaining dance routines.

• Learn how to boogie with your best friend — including 20 Travolta-worthy dance routines — in this fun, practical guide to dancing with dogs.

• Mary Ray, an international dog obedience expert and three-time winner of the legendary Crufts Obedience Championships, and Andrea McHugh, a noted pet care author, offer dog owners a delightful way to connect with their pooches.

• This enjoyable book features plenty of heelwork-to-music techniques and lots of fun routines such as Saturday Night Fever, Swashbuckling Pirates, and Top Hat Tap Dance.

• Everything is covered from basic to advanced moves, choreography, and how to use props and costumes.

• Simple step-by-step instructions and detailed color photographs provide a delightful repertoire of dance routines and entertaining sequences.

Genres: Dogs, Animals

128 pages, Hardcover

First published August 28, 2006

About the author

Mary Ray is one of the leading dog trainers in the United Kingdom and is the only handler to have achieved such success in many different disciplines of dog training with the same dogs. She has been winner of the Crufts Obedience Championships three times (including this year's), - has qualified or won every major British dog agility competition and is the leading authority on Freestyle and Heelwork to Music, having started the sport in the United Kingdom in 1990. Mary is featured on British television on a regular basis and has instructed and/or judged throughout the world.

Reviews

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Do you want to learn to dance with your dog? Well, this is the book to get! Mary Ray and Andrea McHugh do an excellent job on explaining how to move from basic obedience to creating dance routines with your dog. They explain how to encourage your dog's natural movements, label them with a command and combine them with music into a routine. The book includes excellent step by step photos to show you how it is done. Even if you have no serious ambitions, this is FUN, FUN, FUN!