3-29-26

 Kelly’s Farm. Sunny, temp in the low 40’s, moderate wind, low humidity.

Dylan had a 2 turn track, laid by Chris. About 90 min. old. He did well except preferred not to walk in the prickly stuff. Afterward we did some pick up the treats in the prickly cover games, outside of the tracking context & we will continue to do this 

https://youtu.be/bqTovL-Ttrs?feature=shared


Comments

  1. JudiMarch 30, 2026 at 5:18 AM

    At the first turn, did you see him clearly identify the flag as a reason to cast? At 2’46” and for about 10 seconds after, you are clearly pushing him—you are moving faster than he is. Even if he’s in prickers, and you want to help him get through them, HE still needs to take YOU through. At 5’14” he clearly is considering options other than the prickers, and to his credit, he heaves a big sigh and follows the track. FWIW, these conditions are common in most of the country for tracking fields. I’d make sure he learns that working through, or into, the prickers is worthwhile. And make sure you turn in them.

    I do see flag wise behavior. On days that you put your own track in, if possible, go the evening before and leave flags all over the field. Because he is flagwise, I’d be very, very careful about using extra flags on the track—they WILL end at turns, and now you are just teaching him to follow the flags. Ask Jetta.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

11-30-24

Image
 North Park Library Seren only today. She had an article in the woods track, 3 hours old. All articles except start (which wasn’t in the woods) had food in them & had food 10-20 steps after. She tracked quite well, I thought. Needed reminder lie down at a couple of the articles (at least as quickly as I would like), so I don’t plan to leave the food out any of them just yet. Did not seem averse to lying down in the woods, tho. https://youtu.be/CZjVFmqwbxs?feature=shared
Read more

11-23-15

Image
Judi’s woods & hayfield Seren had a 3 turn track entirely in the woods. Five articles + start & end, all with food in them. I was very happy with this track. The combination of food in articles & random lie downs in the woods seems to be working as she downed for every article on her own. We’ll see how it goes when I start to decrease the number of articles with food in them video: https://youtu.be/dAPfu-as8Rk?feature=shared Dylan did a 3 turn tracks in the hayfield, utilizing the bowl area. He needed a verbal cue for start article, but other 2 were automatic. Very nice start & turns. https://youtu.be/DX8JJ- WdqDc?feature=shared
Read more