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.

Comments

January 5: Practicing Left Turns Day Four

Sizzle did a track at the fields near the Battlefield Green Community Center and Valero. She was slow and steady as always eating a lot of the food on the track. She looked around at the turn for just a moment and then took it. I'm very happy with how she's tracking. Today in addition to the video I drew a map and used an app called Dog Tracks 2.0. I like the way the app works and even tho it may not be completely accurate, it gave me a nice map.

January 4 Track: Thunder and Lightening

We just barely got to run the track I laid for Sizzle before we had to get home out of the thunder and lightening so Cheeky and Fanny didn't get to track today. I even left the flags and clip in the field to come back for them later. The track was one leg of 70 scuff steps, a left turn and 40 scuff steps with food drops every three steps. Sizzle was clearly unsure about the weather and was initially trying to stand by me and looked to me to quit. She kept coming around behind me and putting her front feet on my back which she does sometimes to get my attention. I was patient and just waited for her to go back to work and she eventually did. She found the glove and we quickly made it back to the van. When I got in the van I pulled up a weather app called Carrot and this is what I saw. I did record the track with my chest harness. I was a little more talkative than I should be during a track. Please ignore my commentary or ...

January 2: Practicing our Left Turn at Cold Harbor Battlefield

I laid another track with two 60-scuff step legs and a left turn and food every three steps. Sizzle did a fantastic job tracking and ate about every other hot dog. At the left turn she sniffed the turn and figured out which way the track went quickly. I did a better job videoing Sizzle's track since it was the second one I recorded and it looks pretty good. Below is the map of Sizzle's track:

Sizzle's Training Blog

Search This Blog