Dance
Woman and dog take stage and dazzle audience with beautiful dance
I'm amazed that the dog could learn all these steps - it's incredible to watch.
Megan Bennett
05.25.23

Dogs are great companions, they are smart, silly, and sweet animals whose only want in life is to please their master.

There are hundreds of dog breeds in the world, each one with its own special and unique traits.

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Border Collies are known around the world for their playfulness, affection, and willingness to learn new things.

They are often put to work on farms as herding dogs due to their high energy levels and ability to quickly adapt to new situations.

They aren’t just on farms though, Border Collies are one of the more popular pet breeds to join families as they are great with both children and other pets.

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Border Collies are also extremely smart dogs and they are eager to please, meaning that training them is usually quite easy.

One woman found that her dog, a Border Collie named Yuki, had very quickly picked up any new tricks she was taught and her owner wanted to see how much she really could learn.

Anastasiia Beaumont had taught her pup all the normal tricks; sit, lay down, roll over, shake hands, and then she had an idea for a totally new kind of trick.

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She wanted to see if she could teach Yuki a choreographed dance.

For months the pair worked together to learn the steps and every day they practiced, getting the routine memorized and timed to perfection.

When they had finally gotten their routine perfect, Anastasiia wanted to show it off.

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She went online to see how she could do that when she stumbled across a whole society of other people who loved to dance with their pets.

The sport is called Musical Canine Freestyle, and it allows like-minded people to come together and compete with their four-legged best friends.

Anastasiia and Yuki began registering for competitions and taking home awards.

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The video below is from the Dog Dancing World Championship in 2022.

Dancing to the song “Once Upon a December” from the Anastasia movie soundtrack, the pair were ready to perform.

Anastasiia was dressed in a sweet and simple white lace and satin dress with a bow in her hair, while Yuki was freshly groomed and looking magnificent.

They two floated around the dancefloor together, Yuki remembering every move without any help from her partner.

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She listened to the music cues and fell back on her training as she basked in all the attention she was getting.

Yuki wound her way through Anastasiia’s legs, stood up on her hind legs, and paused a few times to show off some of the harder poses the two had worked on.

For their finale, Yuki jumped up on a large crate and she and her owner finished with their routine by staring lovingly into each other’s eyes.

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What started as a fun way to teach her dog new tricks, turned into a fun and competitive activity
the two can do together.

She even professionally trains other dogs now, through her company Dog Dance Mania!

Yuki and Anastasiia clearly have an incredibly strong bond and enjoy doing things together, they even teach others how to dance.

Hopefully, the pair can continue learning new routines and can impress more and more spectators at their competitions.

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Watch Yuki and Anastasiia dance their hearts out in the video below!

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