Seren tracking

 Oatlands Plantation Sunny, 79 degrees, 74%, 10mph Seren had 2 two-turn tracks. #1 was in open field & was 3 hrs old. Crossed 2 strips of taller grass on 1st leg. Scuff 10, walk 10 for entire track. Occasional food drop. Surprizingly, the strips of taller grass were a bit difficult for her. She also thought it was hot out. video:    https://youtu.be/CnS1cQVlyf4?feature=shared Second track, 3.5hr old, was in the shade & the woods. Started with scuff 10, walk 10, but that got kind of muddled in the woods. However, there was lots of scuffing & occasional food. She was very happy working here & did a good job. She scented the end article but had mild difficulty precisely locating it - over ran it by ~5 steps. However, did not just lie down  until she actually found it.  video:   https://youtu.be/-CKWjAu-w7w?feature=shared

 JSR Park Both dogs had a 2 turn track aged 2hr5min. Seren’s track was essentially the same one Dylan did on 10-13, meant to be pretty easy & fun. Good start, pulled nicely. At 1st turn, arced out to the right & came back to track fairly quickly. Tried to cut corner at 2nd. I made her stay on track longer, but she still cut the turn by several feet. Good articles. Most food drops missing due to crows. Tried Dylan’s line to see how I liked it with her - jury is still out video:    https://youtu.be/D0YFa4b-ZHQ?feature=shared Dylan had a pass through gate to bare dirt, then a right turn in the dirt. Article used as ground marker for turn as there was nothing else. Scuffed entire portion in the bare dirt. Minimal food used as there were crows hanging out. Start was a little rough, but it was in a difficult area. He did just fine in the dirt. After the intermediate article, he at first wanted to continue straight, but had no trouble finding the turn. Nice article indic...

 JSR Park Each dog had a 2 turn track with focus on age Dylan’s track was 2 hours old & mildly contaminated - it looked like some soccer had been played on the field over the weekend. I thought he did an excellent job. I started letting line out to 20’ a bit toward the end. video:   https://youtu.be/AOnj0R1UiIM?feature=shared Seren’s track was 4 hours old, had at least one cross track (on 2nd leg). Her start was slow - I think she got used to food at the start article faster than I expected. Even tho it wasn’t very windy, the wind was gusting from right to left & pushing the scentup against the fence. She seemed very sure of where she was going, so I went with it. Once she got to the bare dirt, gusts had diminished & she was right on the rest of the way. Stopped & indicated about 6 ft before end article. I told her to keep on &she did video:    https://youtu.be/KQLFAE0qp3c?feature=shared  

 Judi’s field. Judi laid a blind track for us. Age 3hr10min. 67 degrees, cloudy, 3mph, 65%. Seren did a lovely job video    https://youtu.be/cBP1MaGyEng?feature=shared Dylan had a 4 turn track, 90min old. Not real close, but definitely within sight & sound of road traffic He did well. As far as I could tell, he paid no attention to cars going by video   https://youtu.be/_Z2PHUxn3aI?feature=shared

 Klehr Field Seren had an 8 turn track age 2.5hr.  3 intermediate articles, food at one on leg 6 only. (article on leg 8 not marked on map) She didn’t appear to have any difficulty following the track, but just seemed not very motivated from the beginning. Perhaps it was too warm for her liking. Next track will be shorter with a couple good jackpots, but not necessarily younger. Maybe Dylan getting to track tomorrow, & not her, will make her jealous. video:   https://youtu.be/8V4BGJgVL9w?feature=shared  

 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