Intro to Dog Dance

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Hosted by Light Paws (Logan Square)
Small Class Size: 4 Dog Max
$120 for 3 Weeks
Tuesdays @ 7:30pm
7/7 - 7/21
7/28 - 8/11

Doggy dance is a unique training experience that allows for play and silliness, all while building relationship, engagement, and trick skills. In this class, we will explore common canine freestyle dance moves – meaning the human and dog both have choreography. Yes, we take song requests!

This is a multi-level class with no previous trick experience required. Harder choreography will be provided for more advanced students. Dog-students should be able to acclimate to a new environment and take food relatively quickly in order to enjoy this short mini series, but this class can still be a great introduction to a group setting since it will be fun and lighthearted. Dogs must be able to be ~10 feet away from another classmate without barking at them. (No visual barriers will be available.) If you are not sure if your dog is ready for this class, please just ask. :)

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Email venusandmarsk9@gmail.com to sign up!

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Create Your (First?) Freestyle Routine

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​6 Week Online Program
07/26 - 09/06
$300 (On Sale for Beta Round)

* 1 Full Routine Trainer Video Review per Week (2-6 minute videos)

* Unlimited Short Trick Video Reviews (~30 second videos)

* Weekly Homework Assignments 

* 3 Group Calls (Introduction, Peer Review, and Graduation) 

* Group Chat to Share Ideas


You and your dog know a handful of tricks (or maybe several buckets full), and you are ready for a challenge. Maybe your dog has been frustrated by longer routines, or maybe you can’t stop hunching over like Gollum when you try to dance. Or maybe, you just want guidance and the push to express your creativity with your four-legged best friend, and to be supported by others on the same journey.

Once you can dance your way through your skills, connecting with your dog for “normal” training feels different. You have an increased understanding of your body language cues. You know how to play together, and you know how to have a dialogue with your dog.

The goal of this program is that you and your dog have written and can perform a 2-6 minute routine by the end of 6 weeks. This routine can have heavy human choreography such as what you see in freestyle dance, or you can have a more “circus style” routine with less dancing for the human. We will explore different themes and mood, discuss song choices, and workshop tricks together. We will also workshop fading lures, isolating verbal cues, using props, using rewards in a routine smoothly, fading off of rewards, general concepts of chaining and duration, and general “good training” practices. Your instructor Cori and their dog Cupid will also be writing a new dog dance routine along with you as you go through the program.

8 Student Maximum
All Levels Welcome, from Beginner to Professional
$230 for Our Special Beta Testing Round

Email venusandmarsk9@gmail.com to ask questions or sign up.

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Rally Class

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AKC Rally is the perfect sport for newbies and seasoned competitors alike. Challenge your dog's skills by navigating a course of obedience-related signs: heeling, positions, tricks and more!

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Additionally, this class will include the opportunity to work on distractions and settling with fellow classmates.

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• Rally will return to Logan Square Fall/Winter of 2026

• Email venusandmarsk9@gmail.com to join the waitlist

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Tricks for Pics

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You know when you take out your phone to snap a picture and your dog looks away like an emo teenager from 2009? This class will fix that! We'll work on poses that make your dog look like a super model while also focusing on distractions such as posing with another dog. 

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• Future dates TBA

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Fitness and Distractions

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In this class, we will have our dogs practice body awareness and strength training exercises as well as training drills for impulse control and ignoring distractions such as people, dogs, and other temptations. Dogs of all skill-levels, as long as they are under control in a group setting, are welcome.

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• Future dates TBA​