To picture what we do you have to envision a high school marching band colliding with a bunch of Great Danes. SLAM, BANG..Loose the instruments (and the tall furry hats with plumes) CRASH, BOOM.....add four legged bundles of pure energy (and just enough slobber to keep everyone humble) and TADA!..Drill Team. From the beginning we have welcomed any human as long as they had a Dane attached. This is a system that has proven to be effective as we have found that Danes, with their acute sense of humor, inevitably choose their human counterparts based on their fun factor. Face it, we all know to be owned by a Dane requires the ability to laugh at ones self and enjoy basking in the attention that they draw simply by existing. This is the perfect scenario for a Drill Team member.

   We all started at different levels of obedience training, some advanced dogs and some barely leash trained. With lots of practice, support of team members and on going obedience classes all the dogs, and humans, have learned to work together as a group. It is an awesome experience to work with such a diverse group of both dogs and owners. Each adds something unique and individual to the team that without we would not be what we are. The hidden talents that you discover, even from people that you have known for years, is eye opening to say the least.

    I have to admit that going into this was rally scary! So many questions that there were just no answers to and no one to ask about the pitfalls that we might encounter.

Will anyone else be interested in this kind of an activity?
You know that saying..if you build it they will come? Well, if you show up at the park....so will the dogs. We started with 2-3 dogs at a practice, usually every other week. Now we practice twice a week and usually have 6-10 dogs working on the routine and several others on the sidelines watching and learning. People LOVE to do things with their dogs!