We get a lot of happy reports back on the first DVD. People love the way the dogs are trained, the way the exercises are
built up and just the general look of the DVD. Below you will find 2 reviews on the DVD Barking Mad about Dog Dance.

Loren Jensen Carter from Tucson, Arizona, USA, wrote the following about our DVD:
"I just had the pleasure of watching Hetty's Barking Mad about Dog Dance DVD today! What a treat! Her training segments are short, clear and do-able. She takes you through some of the beginner basics with training hand touch, follow and keep going training, as well as others. One thing I really like about her DVD is that you watch her train with her dog without any interruption. Then, she goes back and does the voice over for that section and includes it so you hear what she is doing as it happens. It makes it very clear to understand. And I appreciate that she was totally "there" for her dog. So often when we demo or try to train, we are challenged to articulate our points while trying to stay focused with our dog.


She then has a heel work section where she shares some nice training techniques to help with our heelwork. Another really excellent tool she employs is to show the exact time that the dog should be clicked. I won't give any more details about that, but one word of caution...:- )....If your dogs are in the room with you, they are likely to first come to you looking for a treat. And if they are not forthcoming, they might begin offering behaviours to the television! :-)))) Mahalo was pulling out everything from his freestyle bag of tricks to try to figure out how to get a treat. Too cute. Even my parrot, Gaia, who was on his play stand in the family room kept doing his leg kicks and wondering where the pistacio was; his favourite reward. ( He is slowly becoming a clicker trained parrot.)


Hetty then has a nice section on what she calls "Dance Dog Elements" and shows several of her now famous moves. And you get to meet all the Barking Mad Divas; (Border Collies) and Hetty too. One other discovery I made; or perhaps forgot along the way somewhere, is that Hetty is a Veterinary Surgeon.!!!! And I really enjoyed her lovely accent in the voice over of the DVD. Thanks to Hetty for making this contribution to the freestyle community! I will definitely recommend it to others. The only disappointment for me was that Hetty didn't include any of her routines on the DVD. I was so looking forward to sharing some of her creativity with my classes or at our Friday Freestyle Flick evenings. Wags, Loren

Check out her site at: www.barkingmaddivas .com"
 
Heike Westermann, Germany, wrote the following about our DVD:
"Etwa die Hälfte der DVD widmet sich der Fussarbeit und den verschiedenen Aufbauschritten dorthin. Von speziellen Dogdancing-Übungen werden, wie Du schon aus dem Inhaltsverzeichnis siehst, nur ein paar erarbeitet. Diese sind allerdings interessante und eher selten gesehene Tricks.

Auf der DVD siehst Du ausschliesslich Hetty mit ihren Border Collies trainieren. Dazu wird ein externer Kommentar gesprochen. Es wird mit dem Clicker gearbeitet. Der Zeitpunkt des Clickens wird jeweils durch einen eingeblendete Clicker-Hand verdeutlicht.

Für eine grundsätzliche Dogdancing-Trainings-DVD halte ich sie nicht, aber Du kannst hier Hettys Arbeitsweise sehr schön verfolgen und Dir Ansätze herausnehmen.

Inhalt:
- Grundlagen
  • Handberührung
  • Das Follow
  • Schade (Motivational non reward marker)
  • Falsch (Non reward marker)
  • Keep going marker


- Fußarbeit

  • Fusspositionen
  • Das Follow
  • Vom Follow zum Fuss
  • Wendungen beim Follow
  • Das Fuss-Target
  • Das Schulter-Target


- Dog Dance Tricks

  • Einen Gegenstand umkreisen
  • Body Roll
  • Rücken an Rücken
  • Der Stab
  • Stare


- Meet the Divas


Aufmachung:
Menuführung, gut verständlicher Kommentar


Autor/in:
professionelle Hundetrainerin, Referentin

"Barking Mad About Dogdance" von Hetty van Hassel (DVD) (deutsch!)
DVD, GPB 21,00 (inklusive Versand)

erhältlich auf der: Autorenwebsite