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, Dixie and Daphine have already been out tracking so now it is Drifter’s turn. This will likely be Drifter’s last turn tracking as we have girls coming into season which tends to make him lose his mind and bad weather is suppose to be moving into the area. I will not try to track this powerful dog outside on snow until he is a little more predictable.

He continues to work the track very fast pulling me along the way, the real problem with that is he makes sudden and unpredictable turns which can be very painful to my shoulders  He is proud when he finds the food drops and gloves along the way. He does really get into following the scent and I think he is going to be fun to work in tracking. We will pick up his training once the girls are out of season.
Happy tracking!