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! 🍬🍬🍬

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