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Feb
18
2013

Resumption of the tracking training

It's been a while but we're slowly getting back into it.

A few days ago I took an old sock (tucked into the waistband of my shorts to help with scenting) and Tali's giant rope bone to the footy oval and we did a couple of easy tracks to see if he remembered how to do it.  He had exactly no trouble remembering how to do it, and the fact it was a black and grey sock on green grass probably didn't hurt.  He can at least use both his eyes and nose at the same time and even managed to find it when I draped it over the fence above his head.

Mar
26
2011

Tracking and running and happy. Oh my.

Earlier this morning, Tali and I headed out to Lumen Christi for the TrackWest Open Day.  We did a few tracks instructed by a trainer.  First time tracking the poor pup was confused as he had me plus the trainer handling, and new equipment, long lead and harness, but he found Tao sitting behind a chair in the middle of the wide open oval with no drama after a hesitant start.

Apparently he came after me in the next few tracks with much more enthusiasm and didn't notice the harness.

So it was fun, and I'm interested.