November 7: Tracking at Pole Green Park

The weather was warm, 80°F, sunny and breezy. Wind gusts 10-16 mph blowing from left to right across the track and the grass was cut to the ground making it easy to find hot dogs.

Fanny ate a lot of the hot dog pieces on the track. Wind blew her off to the right about 6 inches for just a few steps and she quickly returned to the track for the hot dogs. Fanny nudged each of the articles but did not lay down at the article until I got down on my knees. Thinking I should consider her nudging the article to be her article indication rather than waiting for her to lay down?

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November 2: Cold Harbor Battlefield

5:15 pm Overcast/not windy/66°F at the large field at Cold Harbor Battlefield Fa nny ran down the track and pretty much ignored the food but did stop for it a couple times but not because she was nervous. She was very excited to track. Tail wagging and indicated each article without me saying or doing anything. I just stayed quiet and gave her a minute and she nudged the articles with her nose and then laid down. I think she was excited to track and excited to get to the jackpot in each article. Edit: I forgot to add that Fanny did drink from her water bottle at the end of the track. I made her lay back down at the last article and offered her water. In that position, she decided to drink a little bit.

December 27: Cold Harbor Battlefield

I let Fanny help me clean up Cheeky and Sizzle tracks again and pick up the clothes pins we left on their tracks. When I got her out of the van there were a lot of cars in the parking lot, but not a lot of people. She was very enthusiastic about getting out and "going tracking." While cleaning up Cheeky's tracks someone walked by with a dog and while we were walking from the first track to the second track a jogger went by. She didn't seem too concerned about them and was more concerned about finding more hot dogs.

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.

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