Make Recording a Take Easier

I am using a Frontal view for the entire character and this makes it easy to update the character and add new mouths etc. and I have the rig practically perfect, I just need two things.

One: I am using draggers to add movement to the character but every time I turn the recording on for the "dragger", the entire rig goes back to default position. So I have to guess where the next take should be while having the character in the default position. It would be nice to view where the last take is so I can easily animate a character's movement rather than guessing where the next take should be.

Two: I need a way to flip the IK rigs so I can flip the feet right and left.

If these two things happen, I can make a rig that can turn completely around and pretty much do anything I want while keeping the illustrator file connected to the puppet simple and easily updated. Any thoughts?