Editor’s Note:  Our guest blogger, Don Grskovich is a valued member of MDSA from Virginia.  Don entered our video events with his handsome Doberman, “Broker” and recently titled at the Veteran’s level.  There’s more to Don and Broker than meets the eye, and we know you’ll enjoy their heart-warming story.

Editor’s Note:  Our guest blogger is Sharon Castle, an MDSA member from Webster, Texas.  Sharon & Wolf earned their Veterans Class Title in MDSA’s December 2013 Video Event.  Sharon is also a member of the Texas Six Steppers, a Houston-based group of musical freestylers who train with Emily Pyle and perform at various demo venues throughout the greater Houston area.

Congratulations Sharon & Wolf!

Editor’s Note: Our guest blogger is Candace Crouch. Candace lives in Virginia and is a long-time member of MDSA.  She and Shadow entered and titled in several of our video events.  Shadow, her heart dog, crossed the bridge in early April. 

Editor's Note: Our guest blogger is Pam Jones. an MDSA member from New Mexico. This is the last of a four blog post series about freestyle teams who earned titles in MDSA's August 2013 Video event

Editor's Note: Our guest blogger is Linda Hulbert, an MDSA member from Maryland. This is the third of a four blog post series about freestyle teams who earned titles in the August 2013 event.

Editor's Note: Our guest blogger is Christina Bond, an MDSA member from California. This is the second of a four blog post series about freestyle teams who earned titles in MDSA's August 2013 Video event.

Editor's Note: Our guest blogger is Mitzi Tinaglia, an MDSA workshop presenter and former MDSA judge from Roanoke, Virginia. She trains her students in the sport of canine musical freestyle. This summer her team, The Star City S'Waggers, became the first group to earn an MDSA Novice Team Title.

Workshop Presenter: Cindy Ludwig

About Cindy:  Cindy is a professional dog trainer and Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner (certified clicker trainer) and has been teaching owners to train their dogs using clicker training for the past 4 years. 

Editors note:  Out guest blogger is Kim Beckberger, an MDSA judge from Ontario, Canada.  Kim is a long-time friend and training partner of MDSA member Faye McDonald.  She and Faye started their self-trained adventure in canine musical freestyle together in 2000. After training themselves, they reached out to their community and offered free classes to help others learn the joy that comes from canine freestyle and spending time training their dogs.  Kim has written a very touching tribute to Faye’s poodle, BC, who tragically died this spring.  Below you will find her tribute to BC, in words and video.

The MDSA Executive Board’s goal is to oversee and assist where needed in the advancement of the sport of canine musical freestyle.   

Editors note:  Out guest blogger is Emily Pyle, a past-president of MDSA.  Emily is a freestyle instructor in the Greater Houston area of Texas.  She is the driving force and organizer of many freestyle demonstrations performed throughout the year by herself and her freestyle students.  The biggest demo by far is at the Reliant Park World Series of Dog Shows - held the 3rd weekend of July .  This is the biggest dog show in Texas (and, Texas is BIG!). Exhibitors, vendors and the general public come every year to watch Emily and her team of freestylers strut their stuff.  Below is Emily's report on the three days of freestyle demos.

In the video below, MDSA Advisory Board member, Pam Martin, shares her tips for preparing nutritious and delicious training treats.  

MDSA is pleased to welcome our new members!  

There was more than one election taking place last fall!  Thanks to everyone who voted in MDSA's fall 2012 election. 

In this workshop, we will examine a completed freestyle performance, and note how the team presents itself. 

If not, you've been missing out on lots of fun Freestyle posts like this one: 

MDSA President Carolyn Pfrank was interviewed last fall (then as Vice President) by Dog Fancy Magazine.