training for cane work in canine freestyle

Sue, at Melbourne Canine Freestyle, has been teaching Penny and me the early stages of working with canes in canine freestyle.
We started with Penny going 'around' a pole.

We moved to making a figure of eight around the pole and around me.

Next Penny wove around me and around the two poles. I confused her a few times with my poor hand signals, but she's used to the fact that in canine freestyle she's smarter than I am, so she coped.



After a while I tried putting my hands on the tops of the poles, because if I were to work with canes I'd be holding them.



Here's a clip of Richard Curtis using an umbrella instead of a cane in a routine.