12-31-25
Dorey Park. Dylan only today. Endurance track with one turn. Intermediate article ~2/3 of the way down 1st leg. Food drops every 50-100 steps. Age 1 hour 15 min.
He did well, no problem with the distance. Downed on his own for all but start article. Mildly distracted by blown over trash can, got right back to work. Did lift his leg on fence - my bad, I thought those type of enticements were far enough off the track so I didn’t do any extra enhancement there. Maybe he was feeling extra studly today. Nice start & turn.
I was interested to observe the effect the relatively mild wind had on him. Going into the wind, he keeps his head pretty high (leg 1) where in a crosswind he has nose to ground but tends to scallop off the track & back by a foot or two (leg 2). I need to try to remember to pay attention to this in the future with him & other dogs.
Betty, that was lovely. I love watching a dog do a true duration track—they remind me of us, when we are driving down 64….just cruisin’ along, oops, I drifted off, got it—attentive for a few steps, then back into cruise mode. And then the turn…he finds it, reorients, and decides since he was cruising he should make sure….confirms it, and goes right back to work. Nice return to work after whatever caught his interest near the end—I like how you handled that, letting him investigate and dismiss.
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Beautiful track design and observations. Really nice food drop placement going up after the trench followed by a great article placement! Agree w Judi - you two are cruising towards certification!
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