Tonight on Animal Planet at 8:00 Pm I will be rooting for Rookie, the 12 year old Golden Retriever also known as the “Ambassador of Freestyle” and his owner Carolyn Scott. You may have seen their now famous Grease routine. If you have not seen it yet, click here to go to her web site.

Freestyle is my new passion and it is a lot of fun. It combines obedience and dance with music and tricks, and when done at a high level, it appears to be effortless and flowing. While you are on Carolyn's web site, be sure to read about the wonderful work she is doing concerning dogs with cancer.

I am not sure what the judges have been thinking about this season, but the judging has been…let’s just say, “different” from how I would have voted. Most surprising to me was the dog who balanced on a pole. Why is that dog a star? He learned only 1 trick after all and looked rather unhappy doing it. Some dogs did well doing tricks that really weren’t even tricks at all and the dogs doing the most difficult and complicated routines barely got a nod.

Don't forget to tune in tonight and Root for Rookie. While your watching don’t think for a minute that what Carolyn Scott is doing is easy. She just makes it look easy. Maybe that is why the Freestyle dogs do so poorly on Petstar.
For more info on Freestyle check the World Canine Freestyle Organization website.