extreme canine stunt dogs.

The Medora Musical, which takes place every night from June 2 through September 5 (a review will be coming soon!), has a special act that performs after the intermission every night. Throughout the summer there will be a total of four acts, the first of which was the Extreme Canine Stunt Dog Show.

(the obstacle course)

These extreme canines have appeared on a number of Animal Planet TV shows, Ellen Degeneres show, The Tonight Show, and even Chicago's very own Oprah Winfrey Show. There are a total of 13 dogs who are part of the extreme canine team all of whom have been rescued from shelters and trained to be incredible performers.

(some mad frisbee skills)

With names like Chaps, Jet, Seven and Charlotte, each dog had it's own personality and knew how to work the crowd. The show started with an obstacle course for the dogs (as you can imagine, some nights the dogs were certainly better than others). Gail, the dog's trainer, and her assistant Tom, a butler-looking sort of clown, worked with the dogs through the obstacle course, hula hooped with the dogs, and threw frisbees to the dogs in crazy patterns.

(obstacle course and Tom, because every show needs it's clown)

The crowd loved the dogs, especially the tiny one, Charlotte, who jumped over a collie named Seven. And personally, I loved the dogs. Any time you can have dogs at an outdoor performance, you are setting yourself up for a good situation. On occasion the dogs would get distracted by horse poop on the back of the stage, but once their concentration was back, the show was a hit.

(bff's charlotte and seven)

The last three photos are courtesy of mary egstad, reallyred88.blogspot.com

http://extremecanines.com/