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 three times with Disco 2006, Pogo 2010 and 2011 plus winning the international freestyle competition at Crufts 2011. Richard has judged the Crufts finals in 2007 and will judge again in 2012 also he 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 journals, Dog World and Dog News USA.

**New DVD avaliable NOW**

 This new DVD is called Advance your freestyle which is aimed at teams who need to progress with their training. It is very much a "thinking persons DVD" as it gives you the strategies to take your own dogs training to the next stage. It gives you lots of tips to put the polish and finesse to your performance. Take the principles shown to develop your own dogs strength moves and create that winning performance.

NEW MONTHLY WORKSHOPS

New for 2012 A series of monthly workshops in Northampton and at the lovely IABTC centre at Haxey, email Richard for the workshop details. Also after the big move north from Southampton Richard is now able to teach one to one private sessions in Grantham/Stamford area email Richard for details

Click here for the K9 Freestyle blog and Facebook. To read the latest Dog world article by Richard go to the Dog world site or buy the newspaper

Dedicated website for K9 Freestyle dancing dog display team

Visit www.dogdisplayteam.co.uk for a dedicated website for the arena display which the dogs perform in at fetes, country shows etc. 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. All the dogs have appeared on TV in programmes like Blue Peter, Lights Camera Animals, Richard and Judy plus in 2011 Sky 1 A Different Breed

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