March 9, 2024
Last day of tracking class in perfect tracking weather - cool and rainy 😄 . Mary Ann asked us what kind of a track we would lay 2 days before we were in a tracking test and, of course, I answered incorrectly 😔 . Vivi ran a 2-turn track with legs of lengths 120, 60 and 60 yards and aged about 1 hour. I thought Vivi did a nice job. Vivi came into heat this week and I was wondering if I would see any change in her tracking behavior, but I didn’t in our training sessions this week or in class. Mary Ann told us to count how many steps past the turn our dog goes before we notice they have lost scent and for Vivi it was 2-3 steps. Still working on improving article indications. Mary Ann gave the group some article indication games to work on and we have started playing the first one. Thank you so much for having us in class this year! I hope you will continue to offer it and let us back in. I’ve learned a lot and, even though we aren’t ready to certify, I ...