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December 27: Tracking at Cold Harbor Battlefield

Today we went to Cold Harbor Battlefield for the first time this year.  We have tracked near there, but not actually at the Battlefield until today.  It was very busy around 2 pm (I guess because of the holiday).  It was 41°F and not windy.

I laid tracks that were 50/60/70 scuff steps and food drops every three steps.  Sizzle did great and ate a lot of the food.  She stayed right on the tracks and was excited to find the articles.  Today since we were at the battlefield I used clothes pins instead of flags at the start and about 6 steps before the article.  Sizzle is always enthusiastic about tracking.  I laid her tracks in the big field which is always a great place to track.  The grass is cut pretty short right now.

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