For our last lesson, we all set two tracks for our partner's dog. There were two new aspects: (1) This was the first time that someone else set the track for our dog; and (2) this was the first time for a track with two turns.
The first track was aged about 20 minutes. Walter did pretty well with the first two legs, but the second right turn was a challenge. Eventually he did find it. Even though we had some difficulties, I was amazed that the fact of someone else laying the track wasn't an issue for any of the dogs.
The second track was again set by someone else, but this one was fresh and with only one turn. He did fine with the first leg, but the turn was really hard. The wind may have been a factor there.
We finished off with a short straight "track" with four of the instructor's articles. Walter really flunked out on this one! He was going for the track and not even noticing (or at least, not even caring about) the articles. Big contrast from the last time we did this when he stopped to sniff the articles. The grass was much longer this time which might have played a role?
Anyway, it was a really fun course and the instructor was excellent. Our next tracking class opportunity won't be until the fall and I'm not sure if it will fit in my schedule. (Can be hard to fit flyball practice, flyball tournaments, agility practice, agility trials, and now tracking, all into one schedule. Yikes :-) But, I plan to keep up with it a bit by doing the occasional practice track, probably more in the fall though when it's cool enough to leave the dog in the car while setting the track.
Ciao :-)
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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3 comments:
You never know what the future will hold. Perhaps this is just the beginning?
You never know. But, I'm getting the impression that tracking tests run by NAMBR (where mutts are welcome) are few and far between! Oh well; it's still fun just to practice.
that is just so cool
I cna hardly manage agility - have no clue how you fit it all in ;)
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