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The World Canine Freestyle Organization EVENTS:
International Whirl Live Titling Canine Freestyle Competition
K9 Dressage Created by Sandra Davis Competition
International Adult Pro-Stars Live/Video Canine Freestyle Competition
International Junior Pro-Stars Live/Video Canine Freestyle Competition
International Whirl Competition
Friday Night Dinner and Ice Cream Social
Saturday Night The Tired Dancers Fuzzy Feet Banquet
The Rufus Raffle created by Carolyn Money and Pat Moore! Chairperson
CONFERENCE SITE/HOST HOTEL : Room Rate: $105.00 Each guestroom that is occupied by dogs will be responsible for a cleaning fee of $15.00.
The guest room block will be held until June 29, 2008, or when the total block outlined in the paragraph “Guest Room Accommodations” is full, whichever is earlier. Reservation requests after the cut-off date or in excess of the contracted room block will be subject to room availability.
Reservations will be telephoned directly to the hotel’s Reservations Department at (401) 732-6000 prior to the cut-off date. The reservation department is open from 8:00 am – 5:00pm daily. To receive the preferred rates, guests will identify their affiliation with “WCFO – Dancing Dogs” when making reservations. Rates cannot be adjusted at check-in or check-out for guests who fail to identify their affiliation when making reservations. Special room requests may be indicated, but cannot be guaranteed (i.e. non-smoking, king bed, etc.)
TENATATIVE SCHEDULE
Wednesday July 30
11am-4pm Check in and registration
1-4pm Workshops
Judges Workshop; TBA
K9 Dressage Judges workshop; Nancy vonKoehnen
Proficiency Test Workshop; TBA
Special Junior Workshop TBA
Video Taping Workshop Paul Schloff
7pm Relax and meet by pool; Talk club, problem solve and ideas to share with each club
Thursday July 31
9am-12 noon Check in and registration
9am Exhibitor meeting and Opening Ceremonies
Judging Schedule;
9:15 - 10:15 am K9 Dressage Judge Nancy vonKoehnen
10:30-11:30 am Proficiency Test Judge Nancy vonKoehnen
11:30-12:30 Lunch
Judges Susan Brogan, Marlene Schlichtig, and Gay Stahley
12:30-1:30 pm Junior Pro Stars Live/Video Competition
1:30-4pm Pro Stars Live/Video Competitions
7pm Relax by Pool and get acquainted.
Friday Aug 1 International Whirl Titling Competition
9-10am Practice
10-10:30am Exhibitor meeting and Opening Ceremonies
Judges Susan Brogan, Marlene Schlichtig, and Gay Stahley
10:30am International Whirl Titling Competition: Judges; TBA
7pm Dinner and Ice Cream Social
Saturday July 21
9-5pm Workshops: Trainers Lucille Ellem Australia, Cassandra Hartman, Canada, Michele Poilliot, Oregon, Wies ter Beek, Holland, Nancy vonKoehnen, Michigan
7pm Tired Dancers Fuzzy Feet Banquet/.Ruffus Raffle/Awards
Sunday July 22
9-5pm Workshops: Trainers: Lucille Ellem Australia, Cassandra Hartman, Canada, Michele Poilliot, Oregon, Wies ter Beek, Holland, Nancy vonKoehnen, Michigan
Lucille Ellem (Australia)
Lucille is a Professional Dog Trainer for 42 years, an Obedience Judge of UD,CDX,CD,CCD,Tracking
Teaches Classes for Kindergarten Education Puppy Programe, Conformation and Obedience Classes, and Judged in India, Malaysia, Singapore. Lucille is a Retired Director of the Royal Canine Council, Retired Chairman of the Obedience Judges and Tracking examination committee. She competes in conformation with Jack Russells, Smooth Fox Terriers, Lagotto, Airedale Terriers, and Labradors. Lucille competes in Canine Freeestyle with German Shepherd Noah who won Thirid in World Pro Stars, Now have a Border Collie called Fred Astaire and runs funmeets in Australia.
#1 “How to establish a relationship with your dog”. Teaching people to understand leadership, proving to the dog they are the leader.
#2 “Label it “……. cues, words, commands and timing…getting the job done, without it being noticeable.
Wies ter Beek (Holland)
8 years ago, Wies ter Beek-Koelewijn, started to train with her first puppie at DTC sports. The theme of Wies: if you do something, DO IT RIGHT! So, she started reading about training dogs. How does a dog communicate and how does a dog learn and so on! Joop Wibier noticed her and saw her eager to learn. He saw in her a person that could teach others, how to train their dogs. So, he gave her the chance to prove herself. Wies ter Beek went to school and got her official trainers-certificate. Today she is teaching dogs and their owners how to behave themselves. For her hobby, Wies started training her dog in Canine Freestyle, which was a new dog sport at that time in Holland. Joop Wibier started training her and after time he made Wies head of the Canine Freestyle departement of DTC sports. Wies noticed there were no rules for competitions in Holland. So, what does a judge want to see? Nobody knew and competitions where never satisfieing. Wies then contacted WCFO and DTC sports became a WCFO club! Wies was educated in freestyle by Patie Ventre, Attila Szkukalek, Anna Schloff, Andy Shimada, Gaby Grohovaz, Cheryl Smith, Linda Topliss, Maymi Azuma and Donelda Guy. All these names gave her the insight in what freestyle should be like! The WCFO rules did the rest. Now Wies is teaching her students by the WCFO rules and is sharing all her knowlegde with her students. It really showed in Holland who was a student of Wies and who was not...This gave her the trainer of the year award of 2006!
#1 How to make a good routine
In this workshop we want to work out what a good routine needs.
#2 How to apply dance into your routine
In this workshop you will learn where and how to apply dance in your routines
Cassandra Hartman ( Canada)
With over 15 years experience in dog training, Cassandra has a broad range of accomplishments to her credit in various canine sports and disciplines. She has titled her dogs to the OTCh level in CKC obedience and at the Versatility level in CARO Rally, earning high scores and many placements along the way. As owner and head trainer of Cassandra’s Canines in Caledonia, Ont., Cassandra teaches various levels of traditional obedience, Rally and Musical Freestyle.
A professionally-trained dancer and choreographer (ballet, jazz, tap), Cassandra enjoys combining her two passions – dog training and dancing – in the sport of Musical Freestyle. Cassandra is a member in good standing of the Canadian Dance Teachers’ Association and the Canadian Actor’s Equity Association; her extensive dance background ranges from choreographing and performing in many professional stage productions to operating her own dance studio prior to her career in dog training.
Cassandra is a member of the World Canine Freestyle Organization, and is working towards certification as a freestyle judge. She is currently active in WCFO competition with two of her Golden Retrievers, OTCh. Dovergold Debbie Reynolds W-FDX/MF W-BMFD/MF RVMCL CGN and Skylon Jazzin’ Vera Ellen CDX W-FDX/MF W-BMFD/MF RVMCL CGN; their freestyle routines have earned High in Class and High in Division awards. Cassandra travels across Canada and the US teaching freestyle: she was a presenter at the WCFO, Inc International Conference, 2007 and is proud to be conducting workshops again at the 2008 International Conference and at the WCFO, Inc/ DTC Sports 1 st European Conference and World Championship, Holland in October, 2008.
Cassandra’s freestyle seminars emphasize the joy of moving to music with your dog, combining simple movement, dance steps, great dog behaviors and tricks with the goal of making it all look easy and effortless.
#1 : “Teamwork”
Relationship training game basics:
Freestyle improvisation:
#2 “5,6,7,8 Dance!”
Michele Pouliot ( Oregon, USA)
Michele has been a professional guide dog mobility instructor for 34 years and training dogs for 37 years. Before entering the guide dog field, Michele trained under Linda Tellington-Jones and worked as a professional in the equestrian field, instructing horsemanship and training horses for Dressage and 3-Day-Eventing disciplines. At that time Michele also began training her pet Labradors for competitive obedience and became fascinated with the comparisons of how dogs and horses learn, stimulating her interest in professional dog training. She also sought a career that helped others through partnership with their dog.
In 1974 Michele began her career with Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB), the largest guide dog school in the USA. Currently, she is their Director of Research and Development. Her position focuses on developing and researching new techniques to improve all areas of student instruction, dog-training programs, and puppy development. Michele also serves as an International Assessor for the International Guide Dog Federation, certifying the quality of member school programs and facilities. She has completed assessments on guide dog schools in Norway, Austria, Czech Republic, France and Great Britain.
In 2000, Michele initiated the modernization of training programs at GDB of which Clicker Training is a primary tool. She presented to a filled to capacity guide dog industry audience on GDBs Clicker Training program at the International Guide Dog Seminar in 2006, at which the response was tremendous. Her school actively supports and assists other guide dog schools in their efforts to adopt Clicker Training into their programs. Michele is recognized internationally for her innovation and creative development in guide dog training and service to blind clients.
Michele became active in canine musical freestyle in 2006 and has been "hooked" ever since. In 2007, she attained MF Championship Titles on both her dogs, "Cabo" a 9 year old Springer Spaniel and "Listo" a 4 year old Australian Shepherd. Michele also remains active in equestrian combined driving events with her miniature horses.
#1 "Cure the Lure "
Does your dog work just fine for you while you have food, then quits working when you don't? Using lures to initially train behaviors can be effective but continued use of lures create real problems in progressing to performance level responses. Michele will offer ways to ensure intentional lures are tools instead of crutches and ways to avoid unintentional lures that hinder progress. Food and toy rewards are only effective in developing competitive performances when handled in specific ways during training.
#2 “The Leash – The Forgotten tool”
Being able to use the leash as a communication tool to train behaviors is a great asset, but a dog must first understand how to respond positively to collar cues – a behavior in itself. Michele will teach and demonstrate how valuable “collar cue response” is for freestyle training.
Nancy vonKoehnen
Nancy von Koehnen is an enthusiastic workshop presenter having been a 4-H youth leader for over 28 years training youth and adults to train their own dogs. As a member of the World Canine Freestyle Organization she earned the world’s 2 nd Freestyle Heelwork to Music Bronze Medal (required moves) and then went on to earn all 4 of the Proficiency Test titles (required moves) available with her Golden Retriever, Paddington. They have won numerous awards including Best Costume, High Scoring Golden Retriever, Team Exemplifying the Most Fun in Freestyle, several High Artistic and High Technical as well as Most Innovative Move! WCFO named her co-Outstanding Member of the Year 2005! Fellow freestylers have twice voted her the Spirit of Freestyle award for her work helping others learn about this exciting sport!
Takota is the new Golden addition to the family earning a Beginner’s title in MF as well as a Proficiency test title in MF the same weekend at 15 months old!! They now have also earned High Artistic and Technical in HTM as well as the High Combined HTM/MF awards as well as several other awards.
Nancy co-wrote the award winning brochure for WCFO and 4-H and currently serves on their Junior Advisory Board. As well as a competitor in both Heelwork to Music and Musical Freestyle divisions, Nancy also is a certified judge for Proficiency Tests (required moves to music) and K9Dressage (required moves in set sequences – no music)
#1 K9 DRESSAGE – the newest discipline
K-9 Dressage has 6 separate set sequences with individual basic moves as the basis for each individual sequence. This test requires no music but is a strict test of technical precision including heeling on both left and right sides from the moment the test begins until it ends. Find out how it can benefit you and your dog whether you compete in freestyle or not. Find out how it can test even the top obedience dog!
THIS WILL BE LECTURE AND WOR KING WITH DOGS
#2 FREESTYLE INSTRUCTOR BASICS
So now you know how to train moves and put them together. Learn some basic information on being a freestyle instructor whether in a class or a workshop: What to do; What to wear; How to encourage each student and make them feel welcome; get an outline for classes and workshops
ENTRY DEADLINES: June 25, 2008 sent to Anna Schloff, 3050 Pratt Lane, Attica Mi 48412
predmore@usol.com, allpurposedog@yahoo.com
COMPETITIONS RING INFORMATION: Rings will be carpeted and there will be a separate crating room.
K9 Dressage ring size: 30x60 feet
Pro Stars Juniors & Adults, Rocky Mountain High, International Whirl sizring e: 30x60
Training Workshops areas: are separate private rooms
COMPETITION INFORMATION/ENTRY FEES
Junior Pro Stars Live/Video: Entry Fees $10
Open to juniors competing in 3 rd and 4 th level and Junior Champions. All entries may be live or video. Routine time may be up to 4 minutes long . Approval on entries will be at the discretion of WCFO,INC. Routines conforming to WCFO standards in Musical Freestyle and Heelwork to Music, singles only. Only NTSC format on a VHS tape will be accepted. DVDS Must be playable on DVD and Computer. No mini tapes, PAL-VHS, BETA, tapes. Several entries may be presented on one tape. All HTM routines first, all MF routines second clearly identified. Prizes awarded for 1, 2, 3 placements in MF and HTM. Special Award for Overall High Scoring Technical Merit and Artistic Impression winners. Additional Prizes may be donated.
Entry fee $10 only a MasterCard and visa accepted on foreign entries.
Standard WCFO Junior entry form. Fill in Special Events title. Designate HTM or MF singles only
Adult Pro Stars Live/Video: Entry fee $20
Open to adults competing Intermediate, Advanced and Ch WCFO, Inc or the equivalent in their country and to professional trainers with "star status" but without titles. Routine time may be up to 4 minutes long. Approval on entries will be at the discretion of WCFO,INC. Routines conforming to WCFO standards in Musical Freestyle and Heelwork to Music, singles only. Only NTSC format on a VHS tape will be accepted. DVDS Must be playable on DVD and Computer. No mini tapes, PAL-VHS, BETA, tapes. Several entries may be presented on one tape. All HTM routines first, all MF routines second clearly identified. Prizes awarded for 1, 2, 3 placements in MF and HTM. Special Award for Overall High Scoring Technical Merit and Artistic Impression winners. Overall High Scoring Technical Merit and Artistic Impression winners will be placed on the Attila & Fly Video Challenge Trophy and the team will receive a replica. Additional Prizes may be donated.
Entry fee: $20 only a MasterCard and visa accepted on foreign entries.
Standard WCFO entry form. Fill in Special Events title. Designate HTM or MF singles only
International Whirl, K9Dressage Competitions ENTRY FEES: Standard WCFO entry fees apply
Standard WCFO entry form. www.worldcaninefreestyle.org or email wcfodogs@aol.com or Anna at predmore@usol.com
All entries sent to
WCFO, Anna Schloff, 3050 Pratt Lane, Attica, Mi. 48412
All checks payable to WCFO, INC
Information wcfodogs@aol.com or predmore@usol.com
Cell phone 646 812 7067 Best time to call 2pm till 8pm
REGISTRATION FORM INFORMATION AND FEES:
Attendance limited to 100 persons, including staff. All attendees will receive a conference tee shirt and goodie bag
NOTE: ALL DOGS MUST BE SOCIALIZED. ENROLLMENT LIMITED: WCFO MEMBERS AND FULL TIME ATTENDEES HAVE FIRST PREFERENCE. Dogs in Season may not compete or attend. Refunds for competition entries will be granted only to dogs that go into season and do not attend or compete upon presentation of a veterinarian certificate. No other refunds will be granted due to illness or weather. Refunds for the conference will be granted up until June 15, 2008 minus a $35 processing fee. Refunds for live competitions will be granted up until June 15, 2008 minus a $15 processing fee.
Friday Evening - $22.00
Freshly Tossed Garden Salad With Choice of Dressings
Pasta Station (to be served in chafing dishes)
A selection of Penne, Spinach Tortellini and Bow Tie Pasta. Served with Pesto, Alfredo and Marinara Sauces.
Enhanced with Grilled Chicken Breast, Sliced Mushrooms, Pepperoni, Italian Sausage, Black Olives, Peppers, Broccoli Florets, Chopped Onions, Grated Parmesan Cheese.
Garlic Bread and Focaccia
Dessert
Sundae Bar
Unsweetened Ice Tea & Water (In Pitchers on the Tables)
Coffee, Tea, Decaffeinated
Dessert - Sundae Bar
Saturday Evening - $36.00
Buffet
Freshly Tossed Garden Salad With Choice of Dressings
Rotini Pasta Salad
Sliced London Broil
Chicken Francaise or Chicken Piccata
Roasted Potatoes
Vegetable Medley
Rolls and Butter
Unsweetened Ice Tea & Water (In Pitchers on the Tables)
Coffee, Tea, Decaffeinated
Dessert - Dark Chocolate Cup Filled with Mousse
(Assorted Flavors – Strawberry, Grand Marnier and Frangelica)
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