Seren tracking

 Taylor Park & Hanover Courthouse Seren did 4 short 1-turn tracks. all with frequent scuffing. #1 had 1 food drops/leg & was aged 1 hr. #2 had  2 food drops/leg & was aged 2 hrs. #3 had no food & was aged 3 hr. #4 had 1 food drop/leg & was aged 4 hr. This went great - good attitude, very precise turns, good article indications (even the belt). Quite encouraging going into a test!

 Soccer/cricket fields. Seren did not track. Dylan did a 4 turn track aged 45min. He was very enthusiastic, going so fast that he overshot 2nd turn by about 10’, even tho he was only on a 10’ line. Still seemed to pick up all food drops. Downed on command at both articles when I was 8-10 feet away

 Judi’s field. Seren had a 200yd straight line track with an article every 30yd. Alternated food drop or scuffing 15 yd after each article. Track laid @8:30&aged 3hr. Seren showed great enthusiasm throughout. Got sidetracked once early on, came back & got to work. I had to tell her to down at a couple of the articles, & one (belt) she just walked right over. I didn’t see it until I felt like it was too late to call her back, so we kept on. Obviously wouldn’t do that at a test. Back to the 4 start tracks day after tomorrow. Dylan did a 3 turn track which alternated food drop or scuffing every 30 yd. Track laid @9:15&aged 45 min. Short line held 5-10 feet. He took a minute to find the first turn-?-, otherwise did great. Downed at articles with verbal cue from me being ~6 feet away.

 Cool Water. Sunny, moderately windy. Temp varied from low 40s to upper 50s. Seren did 4 short, one-turn tracks, with no food on them, but with other augmentation such as scuffing. 1st was 1hr old, 2nd 2 hrs, 3rd 3 hrs, 4th 4hrs 20min. Objective was to increase her enthusiasm through better handling I think objective was achieved. She seemed much more confident with the later tracks video of #1:  https://youtu.be/_u9a6Bx1hXk?feature=shared video of #2:  https://youtu.be/1VpMY2pGq4o?feature=shared video of #3:  https://youtu.be/6M7wCP_ikVg?feature=shared videos of #4(I think):  https://youtu.be/CN1uD_eKDdk?feature=shared https://youtu.be/6M7wCP_ikVg?feature=shared Maps of tracks: Plan of action: article track in 3 days, then this exercise again but with food 2 days after that Dylan did a 4 turn track in Judi’s field. Laid  @1:15&aged 50 min. 65 degrees, sunny, 15mph, 31% humidity. Alternating augmentation of food & scuffing every 30 yds. He did some ...

 Klehr Field. partly cloudy, 68 degrees, wind 12 mph & gusty, 43% humidity  Seren did a 4 turn track, each leg ~50 yd. Scuffed out of turns 1,2,&4. Food @35 on legs 2&3. Article @25 on leg 4 with food @35. Track laid @9:05 & aged 3 hrs Start & articles were fine. Overshot 1st turn by 12 steps but turned to the left & came back on her own & found 2nd leg. Same with 2nd turn, but by only 10 steps. Before the food on leg 3 got distracted by something off to the right & I had to tell her to get back to work. The food was fortuitously placed so she got rewarded for just a few steps back on the track. Cut the corner at turn 3 by ~5 ft. 4th turn was right on. I will aim for Seren’s next track to be 2.5-3 hrs old Dylan did a 4 turn track, laid @11:15& aged 20 min.  Scuffed start & out of turns. Food every 30yds. First leg paralleled chain link fence maybe 5 feet away & went between fence & goal post. There was some trash on the fiel...

 Surry P&R. Sunny, 49 degrees, 4 mph wind, 69% humidity. Dylan only.Track laid @ 9:20 & aged 30 min 3 turn track, scuffed start & out of turns, food every 30. Food in start & end articles. Dylan did a good job. Tried to eat some trash ~3 feet off track, but left it when told to. Gave verbal down at start, with me standing up. At end articles, again needed verbal cue but did it when I was 4-5 feet away.

Holly Ridge. Sunny, mid 50’s?, light wind. Seren & I did a blind track through the woods. Tracklayers Beth & MaryAnn Aged 4 hours  link to videos:  Divided into 4 parts due to technical difficulties  part 1   https://youtu.be/FR5jtHO-ZXU?feature=shared part2 :  https://youtu.be/GRlhZIdeMvE?feature=shared part 3:    https://youtu.be/8IT4psyi5ig?feature=shared part 4:  https://youtu.be/haj3f0Pb9oU?feature=shared