Thursday, 19 November 2009

Cinnamon's dancing lesson #1

Cinnamon started practising dancing at beginner Heelwork to Music class about a month ago. I wrote about her first class in a previous post. Today I would like to report how her training is going.

In the first lesson Cinnamon learned some basic skills, such as touching/following my hand and standing in front of me face to face, and in the three subsequent lessens she learned several other basic skills, such as turning/spinning, weaving through and around my legs, bowing, shaking hands/paws, and going through my legs forward and backward.

The following video filmed in the fourth lesson last week shows some of the moves she has learned so far.



We are still practising simple moves only, but I think consolidating basic skills is always important no matter what your are learning.

12 comments:

  1. Wow that's fantastic!! Cinnamon is soooo smart! I can't wait to see more. Keep up the great work!

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  2. That's really cool and she looks so smooth when she's doing it - like the learning is effortless! Glad you've found something new to do with her.

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  3. That is fun to watch. Cinnamon is so good!

    love & wags,
    River

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  4. It's true -- we find it helps with the (human) dancing to get a new step right before moving on to the next one. But it's not easy!

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  5. My mom could take some treat handling lessons from yours. She is quite slow in rewarding me for good dog behavior. Sheesh.

    That back up between the legs is very tricky. You are a most advanced dancer.

    Slobbers,
    Mango

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  6. Looks great! Such a happy working dog! Keep up the good work!

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  7. way to go Cinnamon! you are so good too. i'm happy for your girls. Sapphire loves music- i can tell by the way she sniffs the piano keys ;p

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  8. YAY Cinnamon!! I love watching you dance every week when I come on Thursday nights to Ardmore - you and your human make a great team!! :-)

    Slobbers,
    Honey the Great Dane

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  9. Awesome job! I love that through your legs move. What a smart girl! And you did pretty, good too! :-)

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  10. way to go, Cinnamon! You are on your way to rocking and rolling!
    xoxo,
    Brownie

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  11. Cinnamon, You sure are doing good with your danceing lessons!

    Happy thanksgiving
    From:Abbey and Maya

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  12. I'm very impressed :) You definately look like you are advancing well!

    Licks,
    Lexi

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