January 5, 2024

We got done at the agility trial much sooner than I expected so we stopped by the Watkins Annex to do two one-turn tracks on our way home. I used the chicken I had leftover from the trial and only did a food drop every 10 steps, except I dropped at 5th step right after turn. Unfortunately no video because I didn't bring camera since I didn't think there would be time for tracking today. She did well and I think doing less frequent food drops actually might have kept her mind more on tracking. Her turns were good! Being on this playing field with some markings helped to tell me exactly where the turns were. You can tell when she loses the scent at the turn because she sort of looks a little frantic like "where did it go?" moving all around until she zeroes in on it.

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  1. JudiJanuary 12, 2024 at 5:42 PM

    Perfect. Fletch seem to be surprised the track ‘left’ and a bit irritated with it when he re-finds it. Sounds like Viv has a similar approach!

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