Richard Curtis is one of the UKs leading Heelwork to music / Canine freestyle handlers. He has successfully competed in Canine freestyle / dog dancing and obedience, winning the Crufts freestyle final not once but twice with different dogs in 2006 and 2010. Richard has judged the Crufts finals in 2007 and has officiated at various competitions in the UK and around the world. Richard is a renowned instructor and regularly teaches Heelwork to music workshops in the UK and abroad. This has lead to the filming of a series of training DVDs and the publication of the first hard backed book in the UK on the subject. He has appeared on various radio and Televison programmes (Click here for details) and also writes for the leading canine journal, Dog World.

Whizzy goes advanced !

At the recent Cornwall show Whizzy won both intermediate freestyle classes which makes her advanced in freestyle. Pogo is already advanced and has qualified for both of the Crufts semi finals earlier in the year.

**NEW**Watch Whizzy's first attempt at herding sheep click here and for other news check out the blog

Wow what a Crufts

Pogo is the 2010 Crufts Freestyle final winner !!! Richard is now the first person to train two different dogs to win the Crufts freestyle final with Disco in 2006 and now Pogo in 2010 view videos of the routines by clicking here

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     NEW DUCK HERDING VIDEO -  Pogo's sheepdog training page

Pogo is doing well with her sheepdog training read how she is doing by going to her sheepdog blog

K9 Freestyle dancing dog display

Online video of the dog dancing display team now available, watch how Richard and his dogs entertain the audiences by providing arena entertainment at country shows

To find out more about canine freestyle, heelwork to music or dog dancing and how to get started click here