In an international competition dealing with a dog dance championship that took place recently in Germany, the Israeli Roni Sagi, from the Israeli Kennel Club, came with her Border Collie dog, Pesach - to the top ten dance pairs at the European Open Dog Championships.
Roni Sagi and Pesach the dog in a dog dance competition // Photo: The Israeli Kennel Club
The two defeated more than 70 pairs of dancers from 15 different countries, and were ranked ninth.
Roni and Pesach from Tel Aviv were coached and accompanied by choreography by Tzachi Melamed, Maya Mashaal and Anastasia Bioment.
The championship was held this year in Germany, with among the countries that came to the competition were Israel, Belgium, Germany, Japan, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Sweden and more.
The competition is considered one of the three most difficult and prestigious competitions in the canine sports world.
Roni and Pesach in the competition, Photo: Caroline Schunk
Roni Sagi said:
"This is the first time that Pesach and I participated in the freestyle event, after two and a half years of training. We started working on the dance for the competition last January, and since then we have been working to improve and upgrade it. "In the last week in the qualifying round - and we finished with a score of 24.13 and a place in the top 10, which gave us an entry ticket to the next final. We finished the final with a final score of 24.57 and 9th place overall of all freestyle competitors in the championship."
Tal Yaffe, spokesman for the Israeli Kennel
Club
, said:
"The sport of dancing with dogs, which has been gaining momentum in Israel in recent years, is a wonderful example of the competition of an inseparable duo - man and dog. We are happy and proud. "This is a craft that many partners do behind the scenes, including trainers and choreographers, and it is further proof that when it comes to loving dogs, it can be done on the most professional side."
