It must be very very hard for Mary to think up new ideas each year, i feel humbled watching her tbh. Such a lovely DTearth person too, not got any "side" to her, just enjoy watching the dog having a ball!!!!!!

No I am not critisising Mary as she obviously is a brilliant trainer to get a dog to do that, I just don,t like HWTM I just find it boring to watch. I prefer to see dogs running and jumping as that is a natural thing for dogs to do, not stuck to a humans leg and prancing on two legs. That just my opinion and as I see it.

Which is partly why I was suggesting a break from it. As I say, I don't dispute that she has an amazing way with her dogs, I just think it would be nice to see something different - that could be Mary & her dogs without music, or someone else doing something different.

she dosent really do HWTM,just this! i think its a massive honour & compliment. We do see different things dont we in the programmes, they always show the agility/flyball & obvisley the breed, they showed NO obedience this year because its to boring (read "Specialised"), Mary is abit of pizazz before the BIS, i dont think it would be the same without it, i always look forward to what she will come up with! Its not really a demo but a preformance! Maybe you could make a cuppa when shes on next year?

* Sorry BTW!,im so p****d off with the LACK of ob coverage this year, ,so im in a very bad mood!shes the nearest we got to seeing any obedience, & i ADORE levi!!!! ****

Thats fair, i dont really like many dog activitys either.

I didnt really see much "prancing on two legs " from levi.

Yes at times he did "dance" in his lovely HW style, which is NATURAL for a dog of his breeding, you cant MAKE a dog do HW like that.Mav(my young dog) has done prancing/flashy HW from the first day we started doing HW (we dont do HWTM just ob) & that flashy style is def in the line!!!!!

as i said theres a perfect few mins to make a cuppa !!!!!!!!

Mishflynn - not once did I say Levi looked cringy or that he hated it ... what I said was heelwork to music in general makes ME cringe.

As I also said, it is great that the dogs are being trained to do something but, no, it is definitely not my thing and I won't be doing it!

I am not disputing the fact that the dog enjoys it, or that the trainers aren't talented ... it just seems a bit like a circus act to me, and I hated those even as a kid.

I too wondered where was the ob coverage??? Don't remember seeing one bit ! just a brief mention really?

fab ....................................

I suppose we all like different things, myself I like to see police dogs at work, I would have my cuppa ready for that.

I would, but I don't drink tea or coffee

No, I know lots of people love watching it, as, I say, I used to, it was only a suggestion for something different.

And I don't blame you for being p***d off with the lack of ob coverage, I actually thought the whole coverage was a bit rubbish - too much on the comentators and not enough about the actual show.