FCI World HTM Championships 2010

Info

2011-02-07T20:56:00.002+01:00

Information for the handlers competing at the World Championships 2011 - click here!

The World Championship in France 2011

2011-01-24T08:14:00.002+01:00

The website is now online! To visit it - click here!

How and When is Your Country's Team Selected?

2010-12-27T10:56:00.004+01:00

The UK KC has already started to search for dog and handler teams to dance for Great Britain at the World Championship 2011 - click here!

How will your country select a team? Leave a comment and share different ways of chooseing the best team for the World Championship in Paris.

The World Championships 2011

2010-12-16T09:31:00.003+01:00

We are so pleased that the French Kennel Klub have decided to hold the 2nd World Championship in connection with the World Dog Show 2011 in Paris.

Click here to read more about the WDS2011!

The Danish Kennel Club Magazine

2010-08-13T17:30:00.006+02:00

The Danish Kennel Club magazine 'HUNDEN' is out and there are lots of HTM and Freestyle to be found in it!

(Click on the pictures to enlarge them)

First there is half a page with photos of Martina Branderhorst with White German Shepherd Dog Kito van de Duinhoeve from Team Holland (HTM reserve) and Danish Sofie Eggert Hjorth with Border Collie Fæhunden's Quinzy Lad (Freestyle reserve) performing in The Main Arena.

Then there is a 4½ page article about the World Championship.

And finally an article about Emmy M. Simonsen's (Team Denmark) young Border Collie Beat, who did not dance in the Main Arena, but he is a dancing dog and he did performed with the World Dog Show hostess in the Arena and he got a full page in the KC Magazine.

You can read about his surprising appearance in The Main Arena here!

Updates on Team GB's blog

2010-08-04T20:04:00.003+02:00

You can now read about Team GB's World Championship Adventures on their blog:

The Journey Began
More on the Ferry from Harwich to Esbjerg
The Accomodation in Denmark
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

World Championship Shelties

2010-07-24T15:29:00.002+02:00

Read Emmy's article about the World Championship Shelties here! It is written for the Danish Sheltie Club Magazine.

Helle from Team Denmark

2010-07-24T13:15:00.002+02:00

Helle's article from the World Championship - click here! (In Danish only)

A Judge's View

2010-07-17T13:42:00.002+02:00

Read Head Judge Karen Sykes' view on the World Championships here!

Team GB and Kath in Dog World

2010-07-14T18:09:00.001+02:00

Read Dog World's article about Kath Hardman and Team GB's success here!

Thierry Thomas and Speed - Individual World Freestyle Champions

2010-07-11T14:45:00.001+02:00

Thierry Thomas and Speed performing their World Championship winning routine in the final.

Linda De Smet, Belgium

2010-07-11T14:01:00.000+02:00

Linda De Smet and Border Collie Eby placed 5th in the Individual Freestyle World Championship.

Another site online

2010-07-09T08:05:00.004+02:00

Kath Hardman from Team GB has uploaded a site about her World Championship experience. I have heard that it will be extended when she has time... So check it out now and then go back regularly to see if there are new photos or more text.

Click here!

Flowers for Hanne

2010-07-09T07:55:00.002+02:00

The Danish Team sent Hanne Madsen from the Danish Kennel Club a big bunch of flowers after the World Championships as a thank you for all her hard work in Herning and in the weeks prior to the World Dog Show.

More World Championship Routines on YouTube

2010-07-07T07:49:00.002+02:00

Kath Hardman with Amber (GB) - Team Silver and Individual World Champions!

Emmy M. Simonsen with Biscuit (DK) - Team Silver and Individual 4th.

Emmy M. Simonsen with Whisper (DK) - Team World Champions and individual 4th.

Helle Larssen with Doggie (DK) - Team World Champions and individual 9th.

Photos and Articles about the World Championships

2010-07-05T06:12:00.006+02:00

Participants' articles, blog-posts etc. about the World Championships:

Photo sites with participants' photos from the World Championships:

Herning Folkeblad - Saturday

2010-07-03T14:58:00.004+02:00

Click on the pictures to enlarge them enough to read the articles (if you read Danish).

Special World Dog Show Edition of Herning Folkeblad

2010-07-03T14:54:00.003+02:00

Herning Folkeblad published a special World Dog Show edition of their paper with an article about the FCI HTM & Freestyle Championships.

Martina Branderhorst with White German Shepherd Dog Kito van de Duinhoeve

2010-07-02T17:27:00.001+02:00

The Dutch HTM reserves Matina with Kito performing in the Main Arena at the World Dog Show.

DVDs - ready to be posted!

2010-07-02T09:08:00.000+02:00

Stig, who is producing the DVDs from the World Championships, has worked night and day to get the DVDs ready and they will be posted from Denmark today.

If anyone else wants to buy them, please send an email to sa@abertil.dk

Prices:

DVDs from 1 day: 150 Danish Kroner or 20 Euros (Stig needs to know which day you want).

DVDs from all 3 days: 350 Danish Kroner or 50 Euros.

Lina and Zing from Sweden

2010-07-02T08:21:00.001+02:00

Swedish Karolina Petterson with Hungarian Pumi Zin performing in the Freestyle Final. They placed 9th.

Marina Delsink with Gwydion performing in the Main Arena

2010-07-02T08:12:00.002+02:00

The Dutch Freestyle reserve Marina Delsink with Gwydion performing in the Arena at the World Dog Show 2010. We invited all reserves to perform in the Arena as a thank you for travelling this far to support the event and the team.

Marina Delsink with Cheb de Bruine Buck

2010-07-01T12:16:00.000+02:00

Marina Delsink with Cheb de Bruine Buck were representng Holland in HTM and placed 14th individually.

Daniela Šišková with Aurora Piranha Rainy Love, CZ

2010-07-01T08:08:00.002+02:00

Daniela and Rori placed 10th in the individual final and were on the CZ team that won bronze.

More Dutch Routines

2010-06-30T18:11:00.002+02:00

Another 2 Dutch World Championship routines have found their way to YouTube.

First Esther with Jamie, who placed 11th in HTM...

And Grietje with Floris, who were 10th in Freestyle:

Buy Pictures from Herning

2010-06-29T19:12:00.003+02:00

Wiegaarden's Photo Studio have taken lots of photos of the HTM in Herning.

You can see/buy them by going to www.hunden.dk and choose See/Buy Photos World Dog Show 2010.

Then search for Heelwork To Music and there will be lots of very nice pictures to choose from - both from the routines performed in the World Championship ring and in the Arena and from the presentation in the Arena.

Brigitte van Gestel and Ruby in Herning Folkeblad

2010-06-29T18:28:00.001+02:00

Herning Folkeblad - the local Herning newspaper - wrote a big article about the World Championship and used lots of photos of Brigitte and Ruby from Holland. They even made it to the front page!

Well done Brigitte and Ruby - you look great!

Emmy and Whisper's Main Arena Demo

2010-06-29T18:18:00.001+02:00

Emmy and Whisper's (Team Denmark) demonstration in the Main Arena on Friday morning.

Brigitte van Gestel (Holland) with Twizzle & Ruby on YouTube

2010-06-29T18:11:00.002+02:00

Enjoy Brigitte and Twizzle's freestyle routine and Brigitte and Ruby's HTM routine from the World Championship. Ruby placed 6th in the HTM and Twizzle was unfortunately disqualified for bringing a toy into the ring after having performed a super routine.

Thank You for Visiting the Blog During the World Championship!

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Over and out.....

2010-06-27T21:01:00.002+02:00

This was Hall J3 at 19.38 Sunday evening.

Thank you to every person who has contributed in making this weekend World Class:

The competitors and their dogs
The judges
Each and every one of our amazing helpers
The Danish Kennel Club & The FCI
Hanne Madsen, DKK
And last but not least the staff of the Herning Messehal who have honoured our requests without discussion and always with a smile

THANK YOU !!!!!!

Detailed Results from Sundays Finals

2010-06-27T14:31:00.004+02:00

Detailed results for the freestyle finals (if you click the picture it gets bigger):

Detalied results for the HTM finals (if you click the picture it gets bigger):

Over and out from Herning...

Price Giving Cermony Sunday

2010-06-27T13:34:00.005+02:00

The price giving cermony for the individual Freestyle and HTM Championships - complete with moving speeches from the head judge, champagne and cookies!

Freestyle:

HTM:

Thank you so much to everyone for making this a memorable and fantastic weekend!

Freestyle Finals - Top dogs

2010-06-27T13:08:00.002+02:00

Final results of the Freestyle World Championships 2010

Thierry, France, 57,47 p
Vanda, Czech Republik, 57,00 p
Alena, Czech Rep, 56,80p
Emmy, Denmark, 55,27
Linda, Belgium, 53,97
Galina, Russia, 53,53 p
Michelle, GB, 53,10 p
Johanna, Denmark, 52,66 p
Karolina, Sweden, 52,47 p
Grietje, Holland, 51,97 p

FS Finals - Thierry Thomas - France - Border Collie - Ubac

2010-06-27T13:02:00.000+02:00

Music: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy "I Wanna Be Like You"

Again I must say as yesterday: What a fantastic performance. They really nails the happiness and joy from the Jungle Book - and especially from King Louis i Disney's version.

They show so many moves, tricks and turns so it almost takes my breath - and when you think:

Oh, now they are doing so - they do something completely different.

A fantastic trick in this performance is the dog dancing on its own in and out and between the figures in the tableau on the scene.

Judges' points in the finals: 29,17 which gives a total of 57,47

/Bent

FS Finals - Karolina Petterson - Sweden - Hungarian Pumi - Arbetsmyrans Amazing Ai

2010-06-27T13:01:00.000+02:00

Lina and Zing performed a very dramatic prison-break program to film music from The Rock. As far as I'm concerned they nailed it! They had some novel moves such as scratching out of the prison cell and ducking for incoming helicopters. Furthermore they e.g. had a great crawl and a cool back to back sideways move.

The judges points for the final is 26,50 and the total is 52,47 p

/Erika

FS Finals - Galina Chogovadze - Russia - Border Collie - Moja Nadezhda Rolly Royce

2010-06-27T12:55:00.000+02:00

Galina and her Border Collie performed an amazing traditional dance to "Barynya". I think I have never seen a dog dance number before where it looks just like the dog is doing human choreography, usually you see some adjustments in pace and motions but I couldn't see any such here. They were perfectly in sync with the music and each other in spite of having a really fast routine. Among other things they had a running sequence where Galinas back was turned to the dog and the dog still jumped over her legs at just the right moment.

The judges points for the final is 27,43 and the total is 53,53 p

/Erika

FS Finals - Linda De Smet - Belgium - Border Collie - Eby of Sun Loch Valley

2010-06-27T12:46:00.000+02:00

Music: Cirque du soleil "Alegria"

What a fantastic performance -it was a wonderful asian-inspired act.

The act starts with the handler in a big basket with the dog looking for her around the basket - on the floor and on frontlegs with backlegs on basket running around it. Nice trick.

In the other end was a big snake with head in the air - and they danced to it and around it with a bunch of turns and tricks.

The performance end in a perfect way with the dog jumping into the basket and closing the lid.

Judges' points at the finals: 27,60 which gives a total score of 53,97

/Bent

FS Finals - Johanna Allanach - Denmark - Border Collie - Kojima E-Physical Graffiti

2010-06-27T12:40:00.002+02:00

Johanna and Soda performed to the "Raiders March" from the film Indiana Jones. They had great contact and did some really good positions and fun transitions. Johanna used the machete in an inventive way, showing that the same prop can be used to several different moves. Soda opened a chest and found the treasure :)

The judges points for the final is 26,53 and the total is 52,66 p

/Erika

FS Finals - Emmy Simonsen - Denmark - Shetland Sheepdog - The Charmed One's Biscuit in Blue

2010-06-27T12:31:00.000+02:00

Music: Disney Version of "Annie"

Again we were brought to the heart-breaking world of Annie - but at the time time the dog showed Annie's positive mind entering the ring.

Biscuit was saying - we are going to have fun - and they did.

Handler and dog really performs as one.

I especially noticed the dog running splendidly backwards round the bucket. The act ended with the dog performing fantastic turns round the handler - while dreaming of tomorrow so much in accordance with music.

Judges' points at the finals: 27,80 which gives a total score of 55,27

/Bent

FS Finals - Michelle Dodson - Great Britain - Border Collie - Kamarda Doctor Foster

2010-06-27T12:20:00.003+02:00

Michelle and her Border Collie made a playful performance to Jim Dale/York Theatre Companys "Blow Us A Kiss/Busker Alley". They did some really nice distance work with the handler and dog turning in different directions and they also worked independently at a couple of light posts. Furthermore they had some great heelwork and a cool headspin (done by the dog).

The judges points for the finals is 26,43 and the total became 53,10 p

/Erika

FS Finals - Vanda Gregorova - The Czech Republik - Australian Shepherd - All That Brandy Gentle Mate

2010-06-27T12:16:00.000+02:00

Music: Kool & The Gang "Jungle Mix"

What a jungle miz - and what a hunting act for the elephant.

The team showed a wonderful interpretation of the music - and every move the made was true to the changes in the music.

At a time in the act the music changes to a even faster rhytm - and so did both handler and dog.

The dog was brilliant on its backlegs - walking, running and jumping.

And they did get the elephant at last :-)

Judges' points at the finals: 28,13, which gives a total of 57,00

/Bent

FS Finals - Grietje Wagenaar - Holland - Border Collie - Fjurdyhoeve Floyd

2010-06-27T12:02:00.000+02:00

Music: Annette O'Toole/Barry Manilow "Man Wanted/Dancin' Fool"

The music says Dancin' Fool, but there certainly were no dancing fools in this performance.

The act began with handler and dog turning their head from side to side at the same time - and then it broke lose :-)

The performance was so full of activity all the time with lots of jumps, turns and tricks - and every thing in perfect accordance with music.

I noticed one speciel trick, when dog dog turned round it selves bowing.

Wonderful start on the freestyle finals.

Judges' points for the finals: 25,20, which gives a total of 51,97

/Bent

FS Finals - Alena Smolikova - The Czech Republik - Border Collie - Dapper Dame Black Chevers

2010-06-27T12:00:00.002+02:00

Alena and her Border Collie performed a fast paced action filled program to Bonnie Tyler's "I Need A Hero". They totally rocked! The theme was fire-fighting and the routine combined difficult tricks with speed and fluency and was - I dare say - also very crowd pleasing :) Some of the tricks were novelties such as the handler spinning on her knees while the dog leans its hind legs on her and the dog jumping through a (paper) window. They also made some cool somersaults as well as the dog spinning on its hind legs and doing some distance work.

The judges points from the final is 28,23 giving a total of 56,80 p

/Erika

HTM Finals - Top dogs

2010-06-27T11:31:00.002+02:00

These are the results for the HTM finals today at the World Championships 2010

Kath, Great Britain, 57,40 P
Anja, Denmark, 57,10 p
Vanda, Czech Republik, 56,20 p
Emmy, Denmark, 55,97 p
Carole, Great Britain, 54,73 p
Brigitte, Holland, 54,50 p
Birgit, Austria, 51,43
Polina, Russia, 50,53 p
Helle, Denmark, 49,97 p
Daniela, Czech Republik, 49,86 p

HTM Finals - Kath Hardman - GB - Border Collie - Stillmoor Lady in Red

2010-06-27T11:28:00.001+02:00

Kath and her Border Collie performed to "No more tears" by Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand. The music starts out slow and then gets really fast. They moved great to the music and had a large variety of positions, directions and transistions. Everything was very fast and fluent. The dog kept very close to the handler and they worked great together :)

The judges points for the final is 28,80 and the total is 57,40 p

/Erika

HTM Finals - Polina Il`ina - Russia - Malinois - Shteffi

2010-06-27T11:22:00.000+02:00

Film music from the Matrix

Again today a wonderful interpretation of music and the plot in the movie.

You can really, today it is like all the competitors (handlers and dogs) knows, that today it really counts - and also in this performance there were wonderful work handler and dog together.

They made wonderful sidesteps - and I especially notice the trick, where the dog is on its backlegs with its back towards the handler and both turning round themselves rather quickly.

I had the great opportunity of writen about this act 2 days ago - and I wasn't a bit dissapointed seeing it again.

Judges' points for the finals: 25,23 which gives a total of 50,53

/Bent

HTM Finals - Emmy Simonsen - Denmark - Border Collie - Bridacre Wisp

2010-06-27T11:06:00.000+02:00

Film music from Disneys Ratatouille

This was another wonderfull performance from a team not performing as a couple but as one.

To me every movement, every change in position and every change in speed was to precise in according to rhytm and change in music.

Their tiptoe-steps especielly were wonderful.

I always like to see a performance where the dog is wagging the tail and looking at the handler with love in his eyes all during the act.

Judges' points for the finals: 28,00, which gives a total score of 55,97

/Bent

HTM Finals - Anja Christiansen - Denmark - Border Collie - Fæhunden´s Queeny Las

2010-06-27T11:00:00.004+02:00

Anja and Queenie performed to film music from Lord of The Rings. They made a great job of interpreting the music and the film!

Their program was fluent and the position changes were really good and sooo fast :) They used a lot of different positions (all of them?) and had some very impressing moves and changes behind Anjas back.

The judges points for the finals was 28,90 and the total is 57,10

/Erika

HTM Finals - Birgit Gragobern - Austria - Border Collie - Australis Arkansas Dream

2010-06-27T10:52:00.000+02:00

Music: "Le Onde" by Ludovico

Thank you Austria for a brilliant performance. The dog is a big border collie, but all through the performance it seemed like the handler and the dog was flowing in the air just a few inches above the ring floor.

It was so nice to see, when they made small running steps together.

They were precise in every movement according to the music - and the handler made splendid use of the dog running through her legs in almost every change in position.

Judges' points for the finals: 25,80, which gives a total score of 51,43

/Bent

HTM Finals - Vanda Gregorova - Czech Rep - Australian Shepherd - All That Brandy Gentle Mate

2010-06-27T10:43:00.002+02:00

Wanda and her dog performed to "Gipsy Dance Mix" by Edvin Marton/Latina Guitarro. They performed a wonderfully fluent program with many positions and directions. The transitions were really good and they made everything look so easy (although it was anythin but). The dog kept very close to the handler and they made a cute high step together. The most moving part for me was however to see the intensity of their connection, they moved as one and worked lovely together.

Judges points for the final 28,50 giving a total of 56,20 p

/Erika

HTM Finals - Brigitte van Gestel Holland - Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever - Ruby From Nova´s Power

2010-06-27T10:34:00.000+02:00

Music: "Espana Cani" with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

This time we wen't to a bull-fighting arena - and the handler and dog starts in a bowing position.

They did a great healwork-performance - and every could see that the dog just loves doing this: always a wagging tail and a loving eye-contact with the handler.

All movements followed the music perfectly - no matter if they went forward, backward or by side.

I really liked the trick at the end, where the dog rolles towards the handler.

Judges' points for the finals: 27,20, which gives a total of 54,50

/Bent

HTM Finals - Daniela Siskova - Czech Rep - Border Collie - Aurora Piranha Rainy Love

2010-06-27T10:27:00.000+02:00

Daniela and her Border Collie performed a boxing routine to "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor. They had a very cool start with handler and dog shaking their heads to the beat of the music. They did a lot of sidework where the dogs side is next to the handlers front or back and used the music well. I loved the paw-crossing trick and think that they did a really good job although the dog occationaly seemed a bit distracted :)

The judges points for the final was 24,93 which makes a total of 49,86 p

HTM Finals - Carole Dodson - GB - Border Collie - Kinaway Dr Watson

2010-06-27T10:22:00.001+02:00

Music: Escala Compilation

Carole and her dog were the first competitors to open the ball - it must be some pressure but what a start!

The performance started with the dog lying on its back - and from the beginning to the end they showed fantastic heelwork with a wonderful interpretation of the music.

Handler and dog performed not as a couple but as one - no matter the direction or placement of the dog to the handler.

What a way to start the finals.

Judges' points for the final: 27,43, which gives a total of 54,73

/Bent

HTM Finals - Helle Larssen - Denmark - Border Collie - Littlethorn Avensis

2010-06-27T10:20:00.003+02:00

Helle and Doggie performed to film music from Billy Elliot "Shine". Doggie didn't seem quite as focused as on friday but they worked really well together and had a beautiful and fast paced program with some nice start-stop motions.

The judges points for the final is 25,00 and the total is 49,97

Finals "White Dog" (freestyle) Marianne Blesky - Denmark - Cavalier King Charles Spaniel - Lykkedragen's DeeDee Blondie

2010-06-27T10:05:00.000+02:00

(A white dog is a performance that opens the competition but which isn't part of the competition).

Marianne and her cavalier performed a fun routine to the theme from the TV series Huset på Christianshavn - a Danish classic. They had some very clever broom work and good distance moves. Blondie is only two years old so I think we'll get to see more of her big competitions - and not as the white dog ;)

/Erika

Here we go!

2010-06-27T10:00:00.000+02:00

Good luck to all the competitors!

FS Individual running order for sunday (small change from yesterday)

2010-06-27T09:56:00.000+02:00

After the prize-giving ceremony saturday the individuel running order for the FS-finals sunday was drawn and is:

Grietje Wagenaar, Holland
Alena Smolikova, The Czech Republik
Vanda Gregorova, The Czech Republik
Michelle Dodson, Great Britain
Emmy Simonsen, Denmark
Johanna Allanach, Denmark
Linda De Smet, Belgium
Galina Chogovadze, Russia
Thierry Thomas, France
Karolina Petterson, Sweden (due to bitch in heat)

The best of luck to all of you.

/Bent

Two hours to go

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to the first ever Individual World Championships in HTM & Freestyle

Detailed Results Freestyle Saturday

2010-06-26T15:12:00.002+02:00

Price giving cermony and Freestyle results (saturday)

2010-06-26T13:47:00.005+02:00

The results for the first ever World Freestyle Championships are:

In the team competition

1. The Czech Republic
2. Denmark
3. Russia

Top-ten-individual results :
1. Vanda, Czech Rep
2. Alena, Czech Rep
3. Thierry, France
4. Emmy, Denmark
5. Grietje, Holland
6. Michelle, GB
7. Linda, Belgium
8. Johanna, Denmark
9. Galina, Russia
10. Karolina, Sweden

Thank you to all the contestants! You did a great job!

/Erika

FS Brigitte van Gestel - Holland - Border Collie - Twice as nice Twizzle van Benvenida's Joy

2010-06-26T13:38:00.000+02:00

Music: Chipz "In the game"

The theme for this performance was a succer-game - and it was a very joyfull performance.

Both dog and handler did their best to get the ball - trying any trick to get it, while they moved around very precise according to the music.

Finally the dog gets a warning, which it truly gets very embarressed over - and they ends up limbing out.

Judges' points: Very sadly a disqualification due to competetion rule nr 5 saying that it is not allowed to have toy in the ring.

/Bent

Top dogs so far

2010-06-26T13:24:00.003+02:00

Vanda, Czech Rep, 28,87 p
Alena, Czech Rep, 28,57 p
Thierry, France, 28,30 p
Emmy, Denmark, 27,47 p
Grietje, Holland, 26,77 p
Michelle, GB, 26,57 p
Linda, Belgium, 26,37 p
Johanna, Denmark, 26,13 p
Galina, Russia, 26,10 p
Karolina, Sweden, 25,97 p
Sini, Finland, 25,33 p
Jenny, GB, 25,30 p
Tatyana, Russia, 25,30 p
Birgit, Austria, 24,50 p
Lucie, Czech Rep, 24,20 p
Olga, Russia & Jette, Denmark 24,00 p
Esther, Holland, 21,93 p
Rose, France, 21,17 p
Li, Sweden, 20,60 p
Corinne, France, 19,93 p
Penny, GB, 15,50 p
Agnes, Sweden, DQ
Birgitte, Holland, DQ

(This is a preview - hopefully it's correct!)
/Erika

FS Agnes Mohlin - Sweden - Border Collie - Pelle

2010-06-26T13:22:00.001+02:00

Agnes and Pelle performed their pantomime program to Detektivbyrån's "Hemvägen". Agnes makes a wonderful mime and Pelle was quiet today (unlike yesterdays HTM program)! They are performers taht make everything look so easy :) My favourite moves are when Agnes uses Pelle as a clothes rack and when he refuses to leave the basket to make room for Agnes.

Go Team Sweden!

Points: DISQ (unfortunatly they left the ring before the last note of the music was played)

/Erika

FS Michelle Dodson - Great Britain - Border Collie - Kamarda Doctor Foster

2010-06-26T13:15:00.000+02:00

Music: Busker Alley "Blow Us a Kiss"

The handler and dog took us all to a trip to the streets of London - and I think they enjoyed themselves as much as we did. Anyway I like to see, when the handler is able to sing along at the same time as giving the commands.

They had 2 light-stands in the ring, and they were used to different turns one way or another.

All in one the whole act was true to the rhytm in the music - and they also showed so many different turns or movement all around the handler.

Judges's points: 26,57

/Bent

FS Corinne Médauer - France - Border Collie - Vulcain

2010-06-26T13:07:00.000+02:00

Corinne and her dog performed to "If I were a boy" by Lee Car. They started with a cute look-over-the-handlers-shoulder move :) The dog appeared slightly distracted in the beginning but after that they had great contact and did some really good positions including "arrows" and "tail". Good job!

Points: 19,93

/Erika

FS Emmy Simonsen - Denmark - Shetland Sheepdog - The Charmed One's Biscuit in Blue

2010-06-26T13:02:00.000+02:00

Music: Disney version of Annie "It's a hard knock life/Tomorrow mix"

The story of Annie always bring tears in my eyes - and so did this performance :-)

The handler and dog gave an interpretation so close to the plot in the movie -as well at the fosterhome as when Annie dreams of a better future.

There were so many different tricks and turns - and all close to the rhytm and changes of the music.

Judges' points: 27,47

/Bent

FS Galina Chogovadze - Russia - Border Collie - Moja Nadezhda Rolly Royce

2010-06-26T12:55:00.000+02:00

Gailna and her Border Collie performed a fast and entertaining program to "Barynya", a traditional dance tune. They had a really cool start with the dog jumping on its hind legs in pace with the music. Their entire routine was very happy and perfectly in pace with the music and they made it all look so easy and fluent :)

Go Russia!

Points: 26,10

/Erika

FS Alena Smolikova - The Czech Republic - Border Collie - Dapper Dame Black Chevers

2010-06-26T12:48:00.000+02:00

Music: Bonnie Tyler "I Need A Hero"

It we just had heroes like them :-)

We had a fire in the ring - the dog starts with the frontlegs on a fire-vehicle and drives it towards the fire - and then the work/show startes in the best spirit of the music.

The dog jumps any possible way on, over and under the handler in so many different ways, but extremely precise.

To the end the dog jumps through a paper-window. Then they get to the fire - the dog grabs the water-tube and the fire is put down.

So I must say again - if we just had heroes like them :-) A fantastic performance.

Judges' points: 28,57

/Bent

FS Grietje Wagenaar - Holland - Border Collie - Fjurdyhoeve Floyd

2010-06-26T12:37:00.001+02:00

Grietje and her dog performd to a medly by Anette O'Toole & Barry Manilow "Man wanted / Dancin' Fool". Their program was an entertaining and extremly high speed dance routine. The dog did some cute hugging of the handlers legs and they did a cool start-stop running where the dog hanged its backlegs on the handlers lifted leg. They also had a really fun zig-zag with twists.

Go Holland!

Points: 26,77

/Erika

FS Karolina Petterson - Sweden - Hungarian Pumi - Arbetsmyrans Amazing Ai

2010-06-26T12:31:00.001+02:00

Film music from The Rock

The performance starts with the handler and dog behind the bars - and they are both having a really bad time there.

Suddenly they break out and sneaks away - and luckily that. Seeing the rest of act it would be so bad, if they had to be behind bars!

If was a super show with lots of good tricks. One in particular was when dog and handler was crawling on the floor side by side - and in the end, where the dog tries to help the handler lying on the floor by pulling her by a lead.

Judges' points: 25,97

/Bent

FS Jenny Deakin - Great Britain - Border Collie - Shepwood Morning Sunshine

2010-06-26T12:25:00.000+02:00

Jenny and her Border Collie performed a country western themed program to "Pencil Full of Lead" by Paolo Nutini. Jenny captured the attitude of the music perfectly and they did som very nice start-stop motions and great heelwork. They also did the "arrow" movement and some cool heelwork-at-a-distance moves (among others the dog danced around the handler in a big circle going backwards).

Points: 25,53

/Erika

FS Thierry Thomas - France - Border Collie - Ubac

2010-06-26T12:20:00.003+02:00

Music: "I Wanna Be Like You" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

In this act the ring turned into a jungle featuring Baloo and King Louis from the Jungle Book.

What a fantastic performance - so full of joy and happiness. The handler was playing a palm-guitar, while the dog was dancing around in the ring, around the palmes and the figures - and with a lot of wonderfull turns around, over and under the handler.

A speciel trick was when the handler sended the dog away from him to Baloo - and the dog danced arund the figure on backlegs and with frontlegs on Baloo.

Judges' points: 28,30

/Bent

FS Jette Haastrup - Denmark - Dachshund - Percenta's Addi

2010-06-26T12:05:00.000+02:00

Jette and Addi performed a fast paced program to film music from Zorro. Addi is the first Dachshund in the competition and performed a fantastic variety of tricks e.g. fetching, standing on her back legs, distance work, jumping over her handler and rolling over. Way to go!

Points: 24,00

/Erika

FS Tatyana Gette-Kishinevskaya - Russia - Entlebucher Sennenhund - Korolevstvo Gorni

2010-06-26T11:55:00.000+02:00

Music: "Boogy-Woogy"

We were all following the rhytm - and especially the handler and the dog.

The dog was not so high - but some of the tricks was some nice high jumps and they made a lot of nice turns following the music in a perfect way.

Both handler and dog were very active - and we all sat with a smile on our faces both during and after the performance.

Judges' points: 25,30

/Bent

FS Vanda Gregorova - Czech Republic - Australian Shepherd - All That Brandy Gentle Mate

2010-06-26T11:38:00.001+02:00

Kool & The Gangs "Jungle Jazz mixed with Time Splitters" was the music for Vanda and her Australian Shepherd. They put on a great show! Lots of fantastic tricks and great contact between the dog and the handler. They had some start-stop motion, nodding and looking left/right to the beat, the dog pulling its own leg as well as handler and dog holding back feet/paws. The dog also performed front and back limp and a very cute front-end-crawl.

Go Czech Republic!

Points: 28,87

/Erika

FS Esther Niemeijer - Shetland Sheepdog - Exquizt Mr James from a Beloved Home

2010-06-26T11:35:00.000+02:00

Music: "La Dance Macabre" performed by the London Sinfonietta Philharmonic

Ohh - a scary title - in the ring a tombstone - a handler with a very pale face and very black eyes (it was supposed to be so :-))

It was a nice performance - precise moves and tricks and all in good accordance with the music.

I liked when the dog ran backwards both on all 4 and on its backlegs.

All in one it was a scary performance - in a positive meaning :-) and true to the theme from the music.

Judges' points: 21,93

/Bent

FS Li Stenberg - Sweden - Australian Kelpie - Roscanaille's Real Star

2010-06-26T11:22:00.000+02:00

Li and Grynet performed a very fast paced program to "Meet the Flintstones" by B52s. They had wonderfully fluent motions and made a lot of moves independently of eachother. Grynet makes a very cute "shame" and incredibly fast weaving and spinning.

Go Sweden!

Points: 20,60

/Erika (yeah, I'm the Swedish blogger so I'm a bit partial ;) )

FS Penny Draper - Great Britain - Tervuer - Delark Gavotteen

2010-06-26T11:20:00.003+02:00

Film music from The Man in the Iron Mask

Another rare breed in competitions, which always is nice to see.

Something apparently took the dogs attention, but the handler worked hard through the performance getting the dogs attention, and they made a lot of nice tricks and turns.

It was good work from handler and dog - and nice to see that the handler didn't loose her patience.

Judges' points: 15,50

/Bent

FS Rose Charbonnier - France - Groenendal - Tjop

2010-06-26T11:10:00.002+02:00

Rose and her Groenendal performed to "Raca Negra" by Margareth Menezes, a fast paced, rhytmic piece of music. They did the cool new "arrow" position where the dog has its nose at the handlers side and tail straight out (or vice versa) which I had never seen live before yesterday. They also made a great zig-zag where both handler and dog were backing up and a really cute coordinated bow with the dog beneath the handlers leg.

Points: 21,17

/Erika

FS Johanna Allanach - Denmark - Border Collie - Kojima E-Physical Graffiti

2010-06-26T11:00:00.002+02:00

Music: "Raider's Marsch" from Indiana Jones

Personnally I am a great fan of Indiana Jones, so I am always very excited to see any act to the music from the movies.

It was a great act with lots of tricks and turns - and all exactly at the same time. It was a nice trick when both handler and dog lokes in distance turning their heads from side to side.

The top in the performance for me whas when they sneaked towards the treasurebox, looking from side to side until the finally got the treasure - and then proudly presented it to us walking round the ring. I must admit - I had a little tear in my eye :-)

Judges' points: 26,13

/Bent

FS Birgit Gragobern - Austria - Border Collie - Australis Arkansas Dream

2010-06-26T10:50:00.004+02:00

Birgit and her Border Collie performed to "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse. Birgit did a great job staying in character and had a wonderful contact with her dog :) They had a rather fast paced program with a lot of movment and directions changes. Some of their cool tricks was limping, paw-crossing (in time with the music and handler) and the dog "drinking" from a bottle.

(Birgit is the entire Austrian Team and competes both HTM and FS)

Points: 24,50

/Erika

FS Olga Kuzina - Russia - Labrador Retriver - Tutta Larson

2010-06-26T10:40:00.001+02:00

The music is from "Jeeves and Wooster"

In this performance we saw, that dogdancing is a sport for many different breeds although you rarely see a Labrador Retriever, but the dog certainly likes this sport. I saw wagging tail and a big smile on the dogs face during the performance.

I think the music was a good choice for a dog from a not so light a breed - the performance and tricks were all the time in good accordance with the rhytm in the music.

I liked it in the ending, where dog and handler lifted their legs at the same time to the same side.

Judges' points: 24,00

/Bent

FS Sini Eriksson - Finland - Shetland Sheepdog - Mutkis Onnensoturi

2010-06-26T10:30:00.002+02:00

Sini and Sonic performed a wonderful program to a mood setting classic music. They make everyting look soo easy even though you know the moves are difficult! The handler and the dog has great contact. They do a lot of movements at a distance and in different directions. It is hard to choose but the cutest trick I thought was when Sonic walked on top of Sinis feet.

Go Finland!

Points: 25,33

/Erika

FS Lucie Smolikova - Czech Republic - Border Collie - A White Head Tender Flash

2010-06-26T10:20:00.001+02:00

Music: "Gipsy" by Shakira

It was a nice performance - both handler and dog was very active in movements as well in signs with body, arms and paws telling us a good story.

There were a lot of different tricks during the performance. I can't name any in particular - to me it was a good performance, where dog and handler show a perfect work together.

Judges' points: 24,20

/Bent

FS Linda de Smet - Belgium - Border Collie - Eby of Sun Loch Valley

2010-06-26T10:10:00.004+02:00

Saturdays competition was kick-started with a very inventive program by Linda and her dog. They performed to music from Cirque du Soleil "Alegria". The program had an arabian nights theme complete with basket and snake charming and all. In the begining the handler was inside the basket while the dog performed a number of tricks around and on the basket - really cool and really difficult! This was followed by e.g. the handler doing a roll and the dog then rolling over the handler and the dog doing vaults...

Way to go Belgium!

Points: 26,37

/Erika

FS "White dog" Sofie Eggert Hjort - Denmark - Border Collie - Fæhunden's Quincy Lad

2010-06-26T10:00:00.002+02:00

Music: The theme from Braveheart

What an opening - when I see the choice of music it sometimes give me an expectation or hope of a great performance, and Braveheart is to me a fantastic movie. I wasn't dissapointed.

The dog started the performance on top of a castle and then the started moving around the ring in good accordance with the music.

Suddenly the music changes and a lot of activity was shown - one trick I especially liked was when the dog ran backwards round the castle.

/Bent

Almost time for the Freestyle World Championshps :)

2010-06-26T09:48:00.004+02:00

Detailed HTM Results (Friday)

2010-06-26T09:08:00.004+02:00

It was a very close run for third place in the team competition:

Here are the individual results for each participant and judge:

Live Transmission from the Main Arena

2010-06-26T06:04:00.003+02:00

There will be live transmission from the Main Arena at the World Dog Show every day from 10 am to 5 pm (local time) - click here!

And click here! to see when there will be HTM demonstrations in the Main Arena.

HTM individual running order for sunday

2010-06-25T17:18:00.003+02:00

After the price giving cermony, the running order for the sunday HTM finals was drawn:

1. Carole Dodson, UK
2. Daniela Siskova, Czech Republic
3. Birgitte van Gestel, Holland
4. Vanda Gregorova, Czech Republic
5. Birgit Gragobern, Austria
6. Anja Christiansen, Denmark
7. Emmy Simonsen, Denmark
8. Helle Larsen, Denmark
9. Polina Ilína, Russia
10. Kath Hardman, UK

Price giving cermony and results HTM friday

2010-06-25T15:41:00.008+02:00

In the worlds first HTM Team World Championships

First place: Denmark

Second place: Great Britain

Third place: The Czech Republic

The individual HTM results for friday are:

1. Kath Hardman, UK
2. Anja Christiansen, Denmark
3. Emmy Simonsen, Denmark
4. Vanda Gregorova, The Czech Republic
5. Carole Dodson, UK
6. Brigitte van Gestel, Holland
7. Birgit Gragobern, Austria
8. Polina Ilína, Russia
9. Helle Larsen, Denmark
10. Daniela Siskova, The Czech Republic
11. Esther Niemeijer, Holland
12. Li Stenberg, Sweden
13. Gina Pink, UK
14. Marina Delsink, Holland
15. Karolina Petterson, Sweden
16. Simona Drabkova, The Czech Republic
17. Agnes Mohlin, Sweden

The top ten will compete in the individual HTM final on sunday

HTM on Ukrainan TV

2010-06-25T15:37:00.002+02:00

Anja from the Danish Team was intervjued by the Ukrainan TV

HTM Esther Niemeijer - Holland - Shetland Sheepdog - Exquist Mr James From a Beloved Home

2010-06-25T15:30:00.000+02:00

The last competitor for today was Esther and her Shetland Sheepdog. They performed a fast paced program to the film music from Mission Impossible. They had many great positions and tempo changes as well as some inventive moves such as the handler running with the dog running after - backwards and on two legs and a very fast sideways movement with the dog in position between the handlers legs (also moving sideways).

Great finish to a great HTM day!

Points: 23,50

/Erika

HTM Agnes Mohlin - Sweden - Border Collie - Pelle

2010-06-25T15:20:00.000+02:00

Music: "These boots are made for Walkin'"

Agnes and Pelle had a nice start with the dog between the legs and wonderfull accordance with the music. They showed many different moves and nice changes in position.

I especially liked when the dog changed position from side to side between the handlers legs.

Both dog and handler gave the impression of having a great time - anyway the dog told us about it :-) In spite of that I enjoyed the performance very much.

Judges' points: 19,83

HTM Carole Dodson - Great Britain - Border Collie - Kinaway Dr. Watson

2010-06-25T15:15:00.000+02:00

Carole and her dog performed to film music from the Rock (Escale Featuring Splash: Escale Compilation). The dog kept its positions very close to the handler and they had a number of very cool moves that I've never seen before. How about a fan movement around the handler while bowing? Or a back to back rotation? They stayed in pace with the music and also did high stepping to the beat.

Points: 27,30

/Erika

HTM Emmy M. Simonsen - Denmark - Border Collie - Bridacre Wisp

2010-06-25T15:10:00.000+02:00

Filmmusic from Disney's Ratatouille

The performance started with precise movements and changes with dog dog aside to handler - and all trough the program their was a nice interpretition of the music. They showed many changes as well in movement as in speed.

It is clear, that both handler and dog thinks it is a wonderful sport. They gave a wonderful performance - not as a couple but as "one".

Judges' points: 27,97

/Bent

HTM Vanda Gregorova - The Czech Republic - Australian Shepherd - All That Brandy Gentle Mate

2010-06-25T15:05:00.000+02:00

Vanda and her dog performed to Latina Guitarro's "Gipsy Dance Mix". The theme was spanish/gypsy inspired. From the moment they started their routine, they had really great contact - nothing else existed - and its wonderful to see such focus :) They had really good positions and fluent changes and made a cool lie-down-weave.

Go Czech Republic!

Points: 27,70

/Erika

HTM Brigitte van Gestle - Holland - Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever - Ruby From Novas Power

2010-06-25T15:00:00.000+02:00

Music: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra with Espana Cani

The first impression was: Wauw - what an outfit as an toreador.

The performance started with the dog in a bow and then an exciting show with many nice changes - especially between and around the handler. Both dog and handler had very nice contact although the dog was very eager.

It was a precise performance in according to the music and the handler showed a good use of the scarf in changes of positions and movements.

The first impression lasted - it was a wonderfull performance.

Judges's points: 27,30

/Bent

HTM Karolina Pettersson - Sweden - Hungarian Pumi - Arbetsmyrans Amazin Ai

2010-06-25T14:50:00.000+02:00

Lina and Zing performed to the Pink Panther Theme. Lina was dressed as a detective and they did a great job of their HTM debute (HTM is not official in Sweden yet so the Swedish freestyle Team get to do HTM as well). They had a fun program with many good positions and great contact. Zings tail was wagging happily all the program :)

Points: 21,77

/Erika