Skip to main content

Story: Pets

Doggie dancing

Image
Doggie dancing

Hsin-Yi Cohen is shown ‘doggie dancing’ with her Great Dane, Honey. In this sport, known officially as ‘canine freestyle/heelwork to music’, dogs are taught a series of tricks and moves that can be put in time to music, allowing them to ‘dance’ with their owners. Giant breeds such as Great Danes have to compete with smaller, more agile dogs such as border collies, so it was a great achievement when Honey won the Shayiska Trophy for best routine at the National Dog Training Assembly in 2007.

Using this item

Private collection

by Paul Cohen

This item has been provided for private study purposes (such as school projects, family and local history research) and any published reproduction (print or electronic) may infringe copyright law. It is the responsibility of the user of any material to obtain clearance from the copyright holder.

All images & media in this story

How to cite this page

Nancy Swarbrick, Pets – The modern New Zealand pet, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19766/doggie-dancing (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 1 March 2009.