October 31: All Hallows Eve Tracking

Today we went to a field in my subdivision next to the tennis court and playground. It had been dizzling earlier so it was very quiet except for the occasional car driving by. It was 64°F with 6 mph winds and overcast.

We did another 15, 20 and 25 steps track.

My line-up is the corner fence post and the corner of the house behind it.

Here is the track with 6 flags and three articles.

Fanny ate a lot of the food but ran over some of it. She would have back tracked to get it if I let her. I kept her moving forward. She went off to the right about a foot one time to sniff something, but quickly moved back to the track and kept tracking.

She seemed very interested in the second article nudging it with her nose I said, "what did you find?" and she laid down. At the last article, she wanted to keep going until I kneeled down.at the article and then she laid down for the cookies.

She seems to continue tracking even after I put her leash on her collar and she tracked back to the car. We will do the same thing again tomorrow in a different location.

Happy Halloween! 🍬🍬🍬

Comments

Happy New Year: Fanny's First Track of the Year

We went tracking at the Community Center near 360 and practiced a left turn. It was around 61°F at 3 pm. I laid a track right beside the Community Center building that was two 60-step legs (scuffing all steps) with a left turn and food every three steps. Fanny was trying to pull me to the left quite a bit, but she kept her nose down and working. Here is my map of Fanny's track.

December 31: Fanny Tracks

Fanny went to class with Cheeky and after Cheeky's track I walked her around and threw cookies on the ground for her. She spent some time trying to pull me back to the van, but she was eating most of the hot dogs I threw down. I walked her through the class while everyone ignored her and she did well so I put her back in the van and took Sizzle for a walk. When she got to see me with Sizzle, interacting and giving her hot dogs she started whining to get back out. We took Fanny tracking with Andrea and Otter. She was playing with me and wagging her tail while Otter tracked. Then Fanny got to do a short track that Judi laid for her. She did a great job and ate the hot dogs on her track. Judi said she had really improved and could start tracking this week.

January 2: Tracking at Cold Harbor Battlefield

I let Fanny do Cheeky and Sizzle’s tracks after them. I was going to the left from the start of Cheeky’s track but Fanny knew where the track went and pulled me to the track. After that she knew exactly where the turn was and did a great job keeping her nose down and staying in track and finding the article. She did a great job on the second track. It was my fourth track videoing myself with a chest harness and I think it’s a pretty good video.

Crystal & Fanny's Path to TD & Beyond

Search This Blog