Seren tracking

 Surry P&R Dylan had a track focusing on turns & articles in the woods. Age 15 min (due to time constraints) He did quite well video:   https://youtu.be/fxQUWgiAB3I?feature=shared

 Chamberlayne Elementary  Dylan had a 4 turn track in a fairly contaminated area (children’s playground, but on a Sunday). 1hr45min old. 2 intermediate articles. Moderate rain began as we started running. 64 degrees, 4mph, 94% humidity. I thought he did an excellent job video:    https://youtu.be/exbCtNKhA9s?feature=shared Seren had a 2 turn, fairly easy track, focusing on increasing age. Pretty heavy rain during the last hour of aging, pretty much done by the time we ran. one intermediate article. 3hr45min, 65degrees, 3mph, 96% I thought the unanticipated downpour would make this track more difficult than I had planned for, so I kept her line pretty short for the most part. She did really well. Indicated end article way early twice, I went up & looked, petted her & told her to keep going. Seemed to work out fine. video:   https://youtu.be/eqvm0T_D80k?feature=shared

 Judi laid blind tracks for both dogs for me in her field. Each had 2 turns & 1 intermediate article. Seren’s was 2hr55min, Dylan’s was 1hr40min old. Both plotted the day before & laid this am. Sunny, no wind, low to mid 70’s Both did well. Seren made an odd arc off to the right on last leg but was drawn back to the track by the end article Seren:     https://youtu.be/CsS9eVr84pc?feature=shared Dylan:    https://youtu.be/SVqwXUmZxd8?feature=shared

 Judi’s field Overcast, no wind, humid, temp~70. Judi laid a blind track for each dog. Seren did very well with 90 min old track, & I handled her well. Dylan  (1.45hr) struggled with some of the turns, & I needed coaching on the handling Seren video:     https://youtu.be/V5SZYNRYMUE?feature=shared Dylan video:    https://youtu.be/5Gd8ihRc4ac?feature=shared

 Dorey Park To take advantage of cool weather, Seren had a distance track with 3 turns, 2 intermediate articles - first one had no food, just praise & petting. Drizzle, 61 degrees, 12 mph, 90%. Age 2hr 30min She was distracted a few times, but did not seem to be struggling to follow the track at any point. I saw no evidence that she was getting tired at any point along the way. video    https://youtu.be/9LMKQudu_SE?feature=shared Dylan had 4 turns. 1st & 4th were hangman’s turns. Start & end articles only. Age 1 hour, drizzle, 61 degrees, 12mph, 90% He stayed very true to the track with line at 10-12 feet. Had some difficulty with 1st (hangman) turn - good LOS, initially went in correct direction but lost confidence & took a bit to get it back. 4th turn significantly improved. video    https://youtu.be/-ohfzm3oYWg?feature=shared

 Klehr Field Seren - 5 turn track  Age 1hr 50 min.  Drizzle, 71 degrees, 4 mph, 92%.  Started nicely, didn’t seem to have any issues with turns. But acted confused on 5th leg for reasons unknown to me, & took a while to get her going again video    https://youtu.be/LJ1DINaLGFM?feature=shared Dylan - 8 turn track  Age 1hr 50 min. Light rain, 71 degrees, 7mph, 92%.  I forgot to turn on camera until about halfway through. What was notable about early part was that I gave him too much line too soon & he began wobbling on the track. Much better after I shortened up video    https://youtu.be/nbTgg90ReXw?feature=shared