We tracked on March 8th. It was a fine day. I followed Judi's suggestion and had a FD every 3 steps. I do not know what was wrong. Nimrod would not put his nose down. He did not appear to know what we were doing out there by ourselves in a grassy field. I don't have video. I had planned to look at my dog not through a screen, all I got was Nimrod staring into space.  The grass didn't look like it had greened up although they were fertilizing at the far end of the field. Maybe it was the pit bull that said hello before we started tracking.

March 12: I planned a very easy track: straight, sixty yards FD every step, article at the beginning and end, familiar field. There were more distractions than I expected: dogs, children playing ball and on bikes. Nimrod did very well. He got himself back in the game unprompted a couple times and only needed verbal cues twice. He downed on the articles without prompting.

I need to work on keeping tension in the line. We'll run a track with one turn but FD every step next. 


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