Buster 2 1-turn tracks 6/15/25
Carmel Church. Humid! Not awful for June. Wanted to keep it short for 2 reasons: 1) heat 2) healing for luxating patella on back left. He didn't limp at all today. Yay!
BB long distance . . CRUSHED IT! 3/9/25
Man, this impressed ME! He was so ON it! Sorry the videos are a bit shaky. . .We were moving! He was pulling nice through tall, clumpy grass. I really had to be careful of my footing. He ate very little food along the way, even at the start. Somewhere along the way I tried to adjust the camera view and accidently stopped and restarted it. So there are 2 videos. He PICKED up the article at the end! I used a glove and stuffed his toy into the glove with treats and secured it closed w/ rubberband. No self-rewarding! Question: When do I start using a START article? And HOW? Do I ask him to pick it up or DOWN on it? Or just sniff it and go? Part I Part II
I can’t tell what happened on the first track…looks like he overshot, and then maybe you weren’t sure where it was? Once you two got in synch, it looked nice. But the turn looked as though you were both confused!
ReplyDeleteSecond track, again, turn itself a bit rough, but you two worked it out and he was good on the second leg. LOVED the article. Once again, you handled well.
Glad to see you out there training!
Glad to be out there! Sounds like you saw it just how I felt it! Will go back to marked turns!
DeleteI thought on track 1 he was working hard to convince you the turn was still ahead. He made the turn when you finally went with him. Track 2, I thought he showed great loss of scent at turn. You backed up and off he went. I do think you and your track layer need to work on how much help you want, being more specific about where you are in relation to track, etc 'the narrative' between you - it takes a bit of practice to get that conversation to support the effort. Great job getting out and keeping things simple and fun!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree! Thanks for your feedback, MaryAnn!
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