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 in 2006 with his Portuguese Water Dog. Richard has judged the Crufts finals in 2007 and has officiated at various competitions abroad. 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 videos 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.

Pogo's Sheepdog training blog !!

At four and a half Pogo has taken on a new hobby and you can watch her first attempts online click here

Read more about Richards trip to the USA

Meet Betty

A rather unplanned new additon to the K9 Freestyle team, to read more about Betty click here Watch some clips of her first training display by clicking on video clips page

K9 Freestyle dancing dog display

Online video of the dancing dogs display team now available, watch what Richard and his dogs get upto during the summer 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