Greetings from Team Norway!

It has been a true pleasure, and a lot of fun to be the teamleader of TEAM NORWAY this fall. And I expect the fun and the positive energy to be continued all the way to HALL B at Dogs4All, Saturday the 26th of november!! We are all looking forward to this happening – although with some exhilarating feelings along the way. Our Norwegian team consists of 8 amazingly brave girls and their dogs. These girls are truly novices, in the sense that they have not been competing more than a few times, in the lower classes. (Only one of our teams has, in fact, reached freestyle class III!)

In Norway, freestyle/HTM has just recently been made an official dogsport (we do call the sport kreativ lydighet = creative obedience). So, no wonder there are not many competing teams here yet! In fact, Team Norway became a reality, with Nordic Championship as a goal, in the month of September. This means we have been practicing together, for only two months. Preparing everything in such a short time has been a true race for everyone. But it has also been an interesting, learning experience!

After such a short time of practicing freestyle/HTM - and with few competitions to enter - I think this team is totally remarkable, and so, it makes me proud to help out as Team Leader. As an old freestyler myself, I know what it takes!! In addition to a good, healthy dog, it takes buckets of strength and good will, positive thinking as well as a passion for freestyle/HTM. I do feel that all the participants of Team Norway have everything it takes to enter the floor in a Nordic Championship. Our goal for this experience is to show and share happiness, show everyone that we are proud of our wonderful dogs. We are also proud of our own will to participate despite lack of experience and earlier results!  

I do hope photos from our trainingsessions will show you all our joy and fun – our main focus - in addition to our feelings of team companionship. TEAM NORWAY make a show – Norwegian girls, go, go, go!!!

Merete A. Huser, Team Leader