11/30/25. Track Reacquisition Exercise with 3.5 hours age. https://youtu.be/ealJUEc9GlU?feature=shared
11/30/25. Working on: track reacquisition exercise with 3.5 hr age. Used bandanas because he doesn’t think they are articles. Water at article to get me in the habit. 2 Scent pads at start and 1 on second leg. Used a 6’ leash to keep him tighter on the track and turn.
His turn was great! His start was pretty good. He did acknowledge that bandanas are articles.
He had trouble with the reacquisition part. I don’t know why he tracks along well and then randomly goes right and left and because I am stopping him he goes back to the track and obviously knows that’s the way it goes. Why does he do these detours? Does he need a scent break? I need to figure out when it’s a detour and when it’s a turn on blind tracks. https://youtu.be/ealJUEc9GlU?feature=
Nice start, awesome turn. Fair indications. I thought he figured the re-acquisition out nicely.
ReplyDeleteThe detour...
Who knows what walked through last night.
I would love for you to play the article games described in the videos online. I know you dont think it is necessary and likely won't do it, but when 4 articles over 800 yds are your focus, I sure would like a sharper down.
How can you not love that? He said, “LOS, that means I look left and right to find the new leg. WTH???? What do you mean it’s straight ahead and parallel????”
ReplyDeleteTDX tracks are rarely, very very rarely, run on rails. The key to passing an X is knowing when to follow and when to wait. Maybe that was a XT of some sort, maybe it was soil or vegetation with a different odor profile—we don’t know, it doesn’t matter. What DOES matter is that you are patient enough to let HIM tell YOU when he’s on the track. And yes, dogs & handlers make mistakes. There’s a reason I haven’t seen an X dog pass in 2 years. X is HARD!!!