11-5-25

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I made Seren a 2 turn track totally in the woods, to work on article indication in the woods. Age 45 min.Two intermediate articles hidden behind fallen logs.

There was lots of room for improvement here. She even walked right over the end article without any indication of noting it at all. This took me by surprise as I didn’t even see it until she was well past (it’s much more visible on the video). She just doesn’t like to lie down in the woods, so I’m going to work on that behavior totally separate from tracking. I think her lie down at articles in other places is fine - we’ll see if I am correct with that


https://youtu.be/9iH7-ywHLsY?feature=shared


Dylan also had a 2 turn track, age 15 minutes. There was an intermediate article, part of my plan to keep introducing unfamiliar items - that one was his best indication, go figure. I also did the ‘handler turns opposite way of new leg’ exercise, which he had no issue with. The 1st turn was to the right, but he checked left first, before I had a chance to turn, but even after I had turned he circled around to the right & went that way. Did not seem to care which way my body was pointing. 


https://youtu.be/21Wuj35SyOs?feature=shared

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