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January 2: Practicing our Left Turn at Cold Harbor Battlefield

Sizzle tracking

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:
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