Tracking Day 2 12-11-08

It is now Thursday of the first week and I am going to lay another serpentine track for the dogs to do. The big difference this time is that the track will be in the farmer’s corn field next to the house. This track will be a little longer than the one in the yard. I am also sure there will be several deer cross tracks. I am using less food since Dynamite does not seem to need it and less will help Dixie will stay focused on the scent. This track is about 200 yards long and has big arcs. We are still not ready to work doglegs or 90 degree turns. The track is flagged! Dynamite and Dixie have already been out tracking so now it is Daphine’s turn. Daphine is a very happy girl she really enjoys spending time with me no matter what we are doing. She is a great retriever so I suspect that teaching her to pick up the glove should be pretty easy.




It is now Thursday of the first week and I am going to lay another serpentine track for the dogs to do. The big difference this time is that the track will be in the farmer’s corn field next to the house. This track will be a little longer than the one in the yard. I am also sure there will be several deer cross tracks. I am using less food since Dynamite does not seem to need it and less will help Dixie will stay focused on the scent. This track is about 200 yards long and has big arcs. We are still not ready to work doglegs or 90 degree turns. The track is flagged! Dynamite and Dixie have already been out tracking so now it is Daphine’s turn. Daphine is a very happy girl she really enjoys spending time with me no matter what we are doing. She is a great retriever so I suspect that teaching her to pick up the glove should be pretty easy.
Daphine is not as serious working as Dynamite but just as accurate. She stays on the track very well but will stop and air scent and then double check to make sure she is still on the track. She also goes part way in each direction at cross tracks to make sure she is on the right track. She also checks out the rows in the corn field to make sure the track does not turn and go down any of those easier paths. Maybe she is just as serious but just wants to make sure she is right all the time. She finds the food drops and wants her cookies. After being rewarded she quickly goes back to work the track. At any rate she does a very good job and even plays with the glove at the end. I toss it a couple times for her to retrieve and then she is off tracking the group back to the house. 
Ok I still have time so it is to the next dog! Happy tracking!