{"id":9130,"date":"2019-09-19T16:33:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T14:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karenpryoracademy.com\/?p=9130"},"modified":"2020-11-26T14:21:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T12:21:16","slug":"michele-pouliot-and-deja-demonstrate-prance-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karenpryoracademy.com\/michele-pouliot-and-deja-demonstrate-prance-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Michele Pouliot and Deja Demonstrate Prance Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine moving across a dance floor, with every move in synch with the music. Now imagine your dog dancing with you, weaving between your legs, spinning and prancing in unison with you, helping you tell a magical story. That\u2019s the beauty of canine freestyle, or musical freestyle&#8211;a choreographed musical program performed by handlers and their dogs that showcases the connection and chemistry between a dog and handler. One of the core components of canine freestyle is heelwork where the dog stays in variations of heel position. The dog can be on the left, right, behind, diagonal, and even in front of you! In this video, international canine freestyle champion Michele Pouliot and her canine partner D\u00e9j\u00e0 demonstrate \u201cprance ahead of handler\u201d\u2014just one of Michele\u2019s inspiring, show-stopping routines that showcase true teamwork\u2026 and how beautiful it is when you put your dog\u2019s best paw forward!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":9136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[517,150,516],"tags":[1902,1903,1904,1905],"class_list":["post-9130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-homepage-blog","category-news-events","tag-canine-freestyle","tag-michele-pouliot","tag-musical-freestyle","tag-prance-ahead"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.1 (Yoast SEO v25.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Michele Pouliot and Deja Demonstrate Prance Ahead - Karen Pryor Academy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shaping, the process of teaching a new behavior by breaking it down in small increments, is a great way to encourage creativity and focus in animals as well as an essential tool for teaching complex behaviors. 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