I gave it some thought, and decided I will teach her a new cue, V or vite, which will signify she is supposed to leap into action.
Other observations from today's video:
Have a toy in my hand when we walk out to take our place. Without it, Belle's attention is everywhere but on me. Hopefully, she will eventually find as much joy in FS as she does in agility.
If I'm going to fiddle with the Walkman, I should put Belle into a settle instead of just leaving her hanging until she drifts away.
We need to work on getting a bow as we stop. Belle goes into a down for some reason.
Rather than following up a couple of Fontaines with a jump through my arms, I think it would look better to have Belle move around to my other side by either moving in front of me. Another idea would be for her to back around to my other side and then we start backing and moving forward with her in that position.
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Last night I worked on getting Belle to reverse weave using the method Carolyn Scott demonstrates at the end of her Canine Freestyle video. I was able to get her to move backwards through my leg starting on my left side, but it was very difficult to get her to stay close enough to me to back through my legs when she started on my right side.
This morning, I introduced Dusty to the idea of backing around me. I used the corner method, but I had to add a chair to form a third side on the box.
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