9/29/24 comparing an article track to a food track - Videos
9/29/24. Track 1 - Articles only. https://youtu.be/_n3G1VEWboQ?feature=shared
Track 2 - Food drops https://youtu.be/ssg7fvR0Dy4?feature=shared
1/19/25. Short tracks around fences and woods
1/19/25. Laid these short tracks one at a time, ran him within 5 minutes and put him in the car to marinate while I laid the next one. Food drops varied between 10-15 steps apart. He got better with each track. Track #1. Struggled at the turn into tall cover https://youtu.be/imxw4lYuoHA?feature=shared Track #2 short track from tall cover to short towards fence https://youtu.be/bA4Q4ZZpGu4?feature=shared Track #3 Between 2 fences towards woods https://youtu.be/R9EverPLGJ8?feature=shared Track #4 Parallel woods and turn away https://youtu.be/88B4jnpOJYc?feature=shared
Whats the problem? Just bring that dog to training every day….🤣. OK, first, some feedback on your comments. I’m fine with the speed on the food track—this is NOT a timed event. Speed kills (ask Mary Ann). His turns were both PERFECT. It’s highly unlikely he will simply follow the turn—he will rather indicate loss of scent, search for the scent, find it and follow it. He did that perfectly both tracks. We don’t know why he cast off (we can’t say he was crittering, cuz he didn’t find a critter), but he DID come back and clearly indicate where the track went. that is the goal. They will often cast off…the question is, do they return to work? He did. Perfectly. So let’s repeat this exact same 2 tracks again and see if we get the same dog. This is the dog I remember us starting. We need to figure out how to pull this dog out 90% of the time. He’s trying to tell us, we need to listen. Let’s see it again, and see, it he’s different, what else was different. I know he wants to play whatever game we want…our goal is to figure out where we are failing to communicate!
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