Schatzi'sMum

hey Sheena, I'm hoping to run some DWD training soon, so if you ever want to come up the hill and join me in dancing, let me know :) Hi Schatzi's Mum...where is "up the hill" ??.....yes I am interested as there is nothing around where I live...nearest to me is the Gold Coast which is about 4 - 5 hours away. Armidale :) you may not recognise the name on here, I'm Rachel with the white shepherds. Pretty new to the DWD deal but Schatzi is at intermediate level. I'm hoping to get more people in the region into the sport as there's not a lot of it for us around here as you know.

hey Sheena, I'm hoping to run some DWD training soon, so if you ever want to come up the hill and join me in dancing, let me know :)

I have a new routine for Styler Novice Freestyle routine on paper, just need to put more work into Styler so he is more accurate with his cues. I'm mostly there with a Starters Freestyle routine for baby Tora and I'm toying with the idea of doing some HTM with Kato.

We had a pretty good weekend. We were far from our best with the heat and a lot of travel so Schatzi was very flat. Despite that we still managed three quallies, we got out HTM.N title and our first pass in Intermediate Freestyle :) I do look forward to our Freestyle routine actually working as I intended it, had to do some improvising to make up for Schatzi refusing to do the main trick that brought the concept of the routine together.

"Did you see that move? From a spin, into leg weaves, then straight into a projectile puke!" We'll be fine on the night :) Can't wait to catch up with everyone again :)

And don't vomit from nerves! Seriously though, I am looking forward to it as well and we will have a ball :)

We are heading up to Qld this weekend, I am pretty well packing myself as it's our first go in Intermediate freestyle

Good luck at the Royal! :D Michele P was AMAZING! Just a fantastic weekend that left many heads spinning about new ways to look at behaviours we teach our dogs.

Me too! Just about to hit the road to start our trip north. Going most of the way today, then the rest tomorrow. See you there!

Cool, we are going to the Qld one :) I was going to get the DVD so I could watch it before we went, but I think I've run out of time on that now

Congratulations MrsD! Well done! Are any other DWD'ers going to Michele Pouliot while she is in Aus? I'm getting a bit excited now it's so close!

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Cool :D I'm thinking of heading up that way for the two-dayer in November as well, if you guys are going to that.

Hopefully one day I will get to see you guys dance in person :)

Congratulations! :D

I did "We will meet again" for our HTM itermediate level and gained a pass and first place in both the AM and PM trial. I didn't wear the same skirt as the last time, cause I had found a lovely green skirt, which was more to the period :) wore the same blouse, but had white gloves (the lace ones got stuck on the flowers) and a white hat this time round. Freestyle I withdrew in the am trial as Tux was being a silly billy and wasn't paying attention. With Meg, we gained her HTM.s title with a lovely score of 140pnts and we did our routine to Loch Lomond. Meg looked a treat with her little tarten ribbon:) So proud of both the two furkids as they are not spring chickens Fantastic results! Congratulations Kallistar! :)

There's the line "girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes". It refers to dresses, but you don't need to wear a dress - what if you wore something like a white shirt with a blue satin sash? Then some tailored pants maybe also in a blue to match the sash? Just the first thing to come to mind clothing wise for that song... :) thanks alot Schatzi, I even have found a boys blue spangle cumberband for Tux to wear.. but if he doesnt like it, I wont put it on Sounds fantastic! :) Enjoy your comp and best of luck!

Here it is: http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/better-homes-gardens/tv-and-video/video/watch/30107466/dr-harry-dancing-with-dogs/1416633/

There's the line "girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes". It refers to dresses, but you don't need to wear a dress - what if you wore something like a white shirt with a blue satin sash? Then some tailored pants maybe also in a blue to match the sash? Just the first thing to come to mind clothing wise for that song... :)

Congrats and well done!

Thanks :) It was great to see you again :) Thank you, I'm very chuffed :) I train pretty much in isolation, getting some advice via email and videos. So for Schatzi to hold her own and even win her class means a lot :D

We had a great weekend, just home now :) Schatzi got a 100% success rate with 4 quallies out of 4 entries. She got two Novice HTM passes, both with 1st places! Then she also got two Novice Freestyle passes with a 3rd and a 4th. That gave her, her Novice Freestyle title! Up to Intermediate with the big kids now Tora did well, no passes for her, but entering her was about building her confidence and she was definitely more confident on the second day and only missed out on a quallie by one mark - so I was happy :) All in all, a great weekend away dancing :D

I sure do! :) Good to see you again :)

Yep I do hope that one day DWD will become big enough that trials will be all around.

The first thing that comes to mind costume wise from Sound of Music is them making clothes out of the curtains... but you could wear lederhosen? Or be a brown paper package tied up with string (i.e. brown clothes with a string type bow)?

Thanks Kallistar :) Our comp is at Camp Tailwaggers, looking forward to it :) Schatzi and I have been dancing for about two years now, but have only managed to get to two comps in that time. At our first we got our F/S Starters title, then our second we got out HTM Starters title. She also has one pass in Novice F/S. I'm hoping we can do a few more comps this year, unfortunately we live about 500km in any direction away from dancing comps so it takes a lot of travel to get to one. I'm doing three routines at the upcoming comp. Schatzi is doing Novice F/S to "Don't Hold Back" by the Potbelleez, Novice HTM to "Don't Rain on My Parade" from Glee and then Tora is doing Starters F/S to "You've Got the Love" by Florence + the Machine. My music choices can be a little left of centre, but I like it that way :laugh:. The last time we did "Don't Hold Back" someone said "Why did you choose that song" and my reasoning was "I wanted something with a slight Spanish feel to it - without it being an obvious music choice".