Seren tracking

 JSR.  Seren had Dylan’s track from last time & vice versa.  Seren:  crows got the meatballs off the baseball infield again before I even finished laying the track.🤷‍♂️. She started well & pulled into harness. Had a moment of pause shortly before 2nd turn - ?confusion, disappointment in the lack of food? but did get going again & finished in grand style video   https://youtu.be/DSA1GwS9e5Q?feature=shared When we got back to Dylan’s track, it was being mowed. Start flag & article were gone, end flag was gone so I assumed article was as well. Almost bagged it, but then decided to give it a go. Put 2 articles in my pocket, harnessed up & went to where I thought start was. Threw down an article & off we went. Dylan did great! There was standing water in the bottom of the hole/bowl area which he didn’t seem to notice. Made turns accurately & got to end quickly, where I threw out another article. The original end article (his slipper😢) wa...

 JSR Seren:  turns in a deep depression in the field. She did fine with the turns but apparently there were some very interesting scents along the woods on the 1st leg video: (note date is incorrect on video)     https://youtube.com/watch?v=QeDO97G6Aa0&feature=shared Dylan:  bare dirt, fence gate, woods. He had some trouble when first on the bare dirt of the ball field, I think not so much that he couldn’t follow the track but because he was looking really hard for all the smelly meatballs which were no longer there while the crows sat on the fence laughing. Rest of it was really good. video:   https://youtube.com/watch?v=1ldC3f6ulyU&feature=shared

 JSR Park Seren:  young track with aim of requiring her to be on track from the start, pull into harness with about 20’ feet of line out.  & make a turn in a shallow ditch. No turn flags. She did very well. https://youtube.com/watch?v=mrTGF5ppy6c&feature=shared Dylan: also a young track, requiring him to be ‘on’ from the start & pull (not really an issue for him). He had some challenging turns - on bare dirt, just after going through a gate. He has gone through that gate before & straight into woods, so he thought it might go that way again, but he figured it out. No turn flags, fairly short line. He also did well, tho I think he would have gone further into the woods if allowed. https://youtube.com/watch?v=rA50l8IRUq8&feature=shared

 Courthouse Park. Sunny, 63 degrees, 10mph, 55%.   Seren practiced turning in ditches. She was reluctant to pull into harness at first, but when I didn’t go with her she really dug in & insisted. Indicated intermediate article from a couple of feet away, I’m guessing due to wind. End article was gone - there had been a dog walker in the area while track was aging. (8:45-9:30) https://youtube.com/watch?v=uNdADgK0saw&feature=shared  Dylan:  8 turn stairstep. 8:25-9:05. Young man came to practice some soccer moves not too far from end of track, just as we were getting ready to run it. I thought to wait until he was done, but then groundkeeper started mowing near beginning of track & was obviously going to mow over track, so I went ahead. Dylan did quite well until he got within critical distance of soccer practice & then wanted to join that. Happily, my new line did not slip through my hands, but I thought for a second my elbow was dislocated. He got bac...

 Oak Knoll MS Seren:  2 tracks, each with a turn at a storm drain. Turns heavily fooded & scuffed. Age 1 hour. She did well, was willing to pull even with line at 20 ft. Did not miss any of the food at the turns😄 video 1   https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fs4iJuOrHSY&feature=shared video 2    https://youtube.com/watch?v=5cZ6quF9qvk&feature=shared Dylan:  1 turn track with 6 intermediate articles, food 10steps after each article. Age 10 min. Needed verbal cue to down at start, did the rest on his own  Pretty much ignored moderate traffic on nearby road. video   https://youtube.com/watch?v=VcavinWAw5k&feature=shared

 Oak Knoll MS Seren: 8 turn stairstep, still working on pulling into harness. Turns flagged. At some turns line was short, at others, 20ft. She was less willing to pull hard at some turns (#5), especially with the longer line. So this issue is not resolved, but I think we’re on the right track. video:   https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xr9ysbCZapY&feature=shared Dylan had a 4 turn track dealing with sidewalk crossings. He did very well video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=yXaAHRfic4c&feature=shared Next up, articles for Dylan, turns in ditches for Seren