for November 24th

We ran three straight tracks. Two 40' and one 50'. Rotisserie chicken as bait each one and half shuffle steps.  The first track worked very poorly because I had the poor judgement to set part of the track on the loose sand of a ball field.  Nimrod tracked OK but I had trouble containing myself when I heard him crunching sand with his chicken.

The next two tracks were laid over grass one over the top of the other. Bate each one and half shuffle steps. Both times Nimrod tared fine and then wanted to go backward. I kept the leash taut and after a minute he resumed tracking in the direction of choice. His head is down and tail up, but he tends to curl his hind quarters each time he finds chicken.

Interestingly, when we finished tracking, he'd had water and was out of the harness. We headed for the car. Abruptly, Nimrod moved about five feet to the right and put his nose down. He was on the track I'd laid on the 21st. He ran the entire tack (I could see the flattened grass) and he was spot on. He kind of shrugged and we went looking for a ball     

I'm going to have a technical sit down with my daughter over Thanksgiving Weekend and then I'll be able to post video.

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  1. JudiNovember 25, 2024 at 3:31 PM

    This sounds great. I like that he went back to a track that he’d already run, just for fun! Most dogs turn around backwards for the food when it’s close together…and that tends to go away as the food drops move further apart. So not to worry! Keep it up!

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  2. Jack's JourneyNovember 25, 2024 at 6:42 PM

    Looking forward to video if that works out. Keep double laying the straight line and using your yummies. Firm lead and waiting him out, quietly will make an impression on him. Good for you. And excellent on watering him! Hope you two can play article games over the holiday weekend too.

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