Lance the Low Rider
Well I finally put together a small, novice freestyle routine. Thanks Hsin-Yi for making me do it!
I think the hardest thing about it was my role. As I'm venturing into the world of dog sports my part in the competition has gotten a little larger each time. Obedience is all about the dog. Agility, once the dog is trained, lies mostly with the handler learning timing and movement. But still the eyes are on the dog. I think the next level up is disc dog freestyling where now the human has to be creative and come up with routines to showcase their dog. They're even judged on different throws and set up moves but once again at least people are still really watching the dog. I don't think I'm quite there yet even if I had the skills and Vito the thinking ability. And then with canine freestyle it is much more of an equal partnership where in most organizations the handler is expected to wear costumes and actually dance! I didn't make it to that level in this little routine but I did force myself to make a routine and perform it.
I kept putting off the actual execution but did manage to practice a few times by myself and then 2 sessions with the corgi. Clearly Lance had no problem being innovative and coming up with own tricks when he didn't like the ones I picked out for him!
