CanineFreestyle DogWork® Teaching Certification
CanineFreestyle DogWork® trains dog and human teams to teach a unique and innovative training program incorporating all aspects of canine freestyle to:
- Execute movement behaviors in a team relationship
- Express movement as a non-verbal language and an artistic medium with music
- Illustrate the oneness of the team as a visual relationship with imagination
- Craft presentations with music to test training and relationships artistically and creatively
- Train the dog with positive rewards
The Canine Freestyle Federation offers three levels of Certification, Master Instructor for Introductory classes, DogWork Master for Novice levels I, IIA and II B classes and DogWork Mentor Excellent—Advanced Levels III and IV, Champion
Master Instructors
Upon completion of all requirements, are qualified to teach Introduction to CanineFreestyle DogWork®. The competitive sport of Freestyle requires training in 4 different skills.
- Technically train the dog to execute movement in a team relationship
- Express movement in an artistic manner to communicate information to spectators
- Craft a Presentation with music choreographically
- Perform the Presentation for spectators to illustrate training and relationships
Requirements for Master Instructor
- Attended a certification seminar
- Completed lesson plan for 1 Introductory work class- technically, artistically, and creatively
- Illustrated an artistic phrase based on an introductory class concept
- Taught an artistic phrase based on a concept
- Completed an introductory improv based on an intro level concept
Current Master Instructor-Introductory Classes
- Gaea Mitchel, August 2015
- Barbara Long, November, 2015
- Julia Gregory, July 2016
- Brenda Jameson, July 2016
- Jeanine Brown, January 2017
- Trish Koontz, August 2017
- Kate Ann Hunter, August 2017
Requirements for DogWork Mentor
- Taught Introduction and or Novice Canine Freestyle DogWork® classes 3 times
- Earned a Master Instructor Certification
- 5 students received Novice level titles
- Candidate has earned a Level III or IV title
- Completed a Level II and IV Mentor Certification seminar
- Completed all requirements to be Certified to teach advanced levels
Current DogWork Mentor-Novice Levels I, IIA and IIB
- Janet Dayton, June 2016
- Leila Widgren, June 2016
Requirements for Master Excellent Mentor
- Taught Novice level classes
- Taught advanced level once
- 3 students to have earned advanced titles
- Earned Mentor Certification
- Titled I through IV
Current DogWork Mentor Excellent-Advanced
Levels III and IV, Champion
- Kristen Sicotte, August, 2015
More about CFF
Board of Directors
Instructor Certification
Past Competition Results
Earned Titles and Patches
Titles
High Artistic
High Scoring
Multiple Dogs/Teams
Patches Earned