November 3: Tracking as the Sun Sets

We went tracking in a field outside my subdivision almost right next to 360 and a Valero gas station. Fanny has tracked here before, but the traffic is still kind of loud.

6 pm, 65°F and 5 mph winds

The Line-up for today's track was the tall multi-colored tree and a fur tree behind it. There is another field between this one and 360 with a small road going to some quiet little shops and a restaurant between the fields. We are approximately 350 yards from 360..

Fanny was a little more nervous with the traffic going by and the sounds of motorcycles revving their engines, but she was wagging her tail when we got out of the van. She moved quickly down the first leg and only started picking up hot dogs on the second track.

She stopped at each article, looked around as if checking to make sure it was safe and then nudged them with her nose and laid down. She ate all the treats and started tracking again. Fanny didn't start eating food on the track until the second track. She was maybe a foot max off the track on the right for part of the second track but regained the scent quickly and got back to tracking.

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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

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