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
he is doing his best to work this challenge out. i am familiar with the site and i think your tracks are WAAAAY to close together. next time, just ONE track that starts just off the gravel lot and runs parallel to the big arena (east) until the end of the big arena and then turn away from the fence
ReplyDelete(north). then be done with the fence area. you can add one more on the grass of the southside of the parking lot (like you did today) walk along the woods and turn away. then be done.
i also watched the class videos. i think there is value in your visiting a school or a park like Bryan Park and just putting in a straight line or one turn and having him work through a more contaminated site. again, not four tracks - just one where you are helping him work through areas where people and pets have walked. if he nails it, celebrate and get out of there.
Okay, straight track at Bryan Park but how long and what age and food spacing?
DeleteEllen, let me know when you can do that and I’ll try to meet you there. I need to work Fletch at Bryan too.
Delete100 yds, three Scent Pads with food within first 20 yds, then food every 10 steps. If he runs over food, fine. If he eats some but not all, fine. Goal is track in contaminated area where he is REINFORCED for his focus on tracking. You are at 10 ft on the line so every time you get to a food drop (present or slurped up), he will be at the next one.
ReplyDeleteAnd walk it twice—that’s been instrumental in his progress
ReplyDeleteTrack 1. Wow, that was hard. And then you could see the bubble over his head, “wait, it’s in THERE? No one told me it could do that……”. The peeing is pretty common when they are frustrated. You handled this well! Track 2: “ok lady, tall grass. I get it.” And after that he got stronger and stronger. He does have a preference for short to ankle height grass…so I’d use this site again, paralleling the woods and turning away…approaching woods and turning to parallel them, and letting him work in rougher cover. Flip flop between your usual sites, where he’s strong, and the harder ones.
ReplyDeleteGlad we found these divots (they aren’t big enough to call them holes!)
He did great working through those challenges and this gave you really good information to build on! Nice :)
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