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  1. I was looking at a period musical piece, called Saturday’s Warrior.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–w9bOGpi2s&t=1984s

    There was some limited ballet like dancing in there. Mostly I found it useful to a get glimpse into the Zero growth philosophy back then. Similar to Gaia cult or global warming or zero carbon dioxide or various anti fracking movements.

  2. I’m going to have to revise my list of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen. I may have to disqualify dog dancing from the list entirely. I mean, it’s crazy impressive, but….

  3. I’ve never seen a dog walk backwards and sideways before. And you’re right, neo, its timing was impressive.

  4. geokstr,

    Among her many tricks, our little schipperke can walk backwards on four or hind legs, and walk sideways on command. She is a bright presence in our house, and she keeps our other dog and both cats in line.

  5. Parker:

    My sister in law had a schipperke who died far far far to young. He was quite a character, liked to keep everything in order.

    The four legged performer in the video looks like a Border Collie. Very intelligent and hard workers.

  6. Amazing!!! Absolutely amazing!
    I cannot get over it. First of all, it was a rather long piece and the length of the dog’s attention span was… well, amazing.
    Also, the dog did seem to have a real sense of the music and timing. And the “tricks” were varied and truly seemed in response to the woman’s movements and the music as opposed to repetitive series of tricks.
    Most of all, and maybe most important to me, was the feeling that the dog was loving what it was doing, and adored the woman. It really seemed to be a love dance.
    I’m flabbergasted, too.
    And it is one heck of a feel-good video!

  7. OM,

    Schipperkes are an under appreciated breed. They are highly intelligent, easy to train, great companions, and despite their size rather fierce when it comes to protecting their territory. Our little jewel is 13 and as feisty as she was when a puppy. We hope to have her around for many years.

  8. The first time I saw anything about this was from an episode of “King of the Hill” where the father danced with his dog against his son and the neighbor’s dog. The man’s dance was basically holding the dog’s paws while the son’s was a jazz group. I checked online and found this was a real thing. This is certainly a very good video showing what they can do.

  9. Being British I am familiar with Pudsey and Ashleigh. That is a dog dancing on a whole new level.

    Over here we have Sheep Dog Trials, where Shepherd and Dog teams compete to round up and pen sheep. All the dogs are Border Collies. Shepherds communicate with the dogs by whistling. I am sure there are examples on You Tube if anybody is curious. There used to be television show that covered the competitions, for National broadcast.

    Also somewhere on You Tube is the tap dancer Eleanor Powell dancing with her dog. She must be the pioneer of all this I presume.

  10. That is soooo Border Collie. We’ve got Sheep Dog Trials in Australia and New Zealand too. And yeah Border Collies are the go. I’ve owned some great ones including the one I named Lyndon after LBJ got in trouble with the city folks for picking his Beagles up by the ears and talking to them. After I moved to Australia I had another one who was an escape artist. I once buried bricks in the ground under a gate to keep him from digging out and then snuck back in the house to see what he was up to. He dug them out one by one and dragged them out of his way holding them with his front paws and then tunnelled himself out. My ex wife had a real beauty who died after a long life. I sent her the video.

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