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Tracked with Nimrod on 12/01/24. An unmitigated disaster. I don't know if I should have given him a day off after tracking class, if he was still recovering from the ravages of antibiotics that treated his clostridium and giardia infection, (The vet said he was no longer contagious), or if it was the unseen dog barking at him, (Always Nimrod's kryptonite). I laid the track FD every five shuffle steps and then FD after two normal steps, article at the end of track, no food at the terminal flag. Nimrod just stood there, head up, tail down, looking around. I have video which I will try to post. I tried to wait him out. No go. I indicated the first food drop. He went for it, then stood there head up, tail down. I indicated the next food drop. He went for it, then stood there. We limped to the end of the track in this fashion. He nosed the glove. (No big achievement here. He noses/mouths every McDonald's cup, Popeye's food container, plastic bag and straw we encounter...
There were some good moments of nose down on the track, and then some serpentines back and forth. I would repeat this pattern and see if we can eliminate some of that serpentine work. And when he gets to that article, go ahead and tell him to down - your food is ready in your hand and when he goes down quickly on that command, you toss food to him. Don't build in that 'pause' waiting for him to do it on his own. He needs your prompt right now. Playing the games from the resources page AWAY from the track WILL help him down on his own in the coming months.
ReplyDeleteWow! He’s really tracking! When you get the serpentining (is that a word???) just add a little leash pressure and move a tiny bit closer to him—the combination of less leash, and more pressure, usually helps them figure out the easiest path is straight ahead. I love that he leapt for a leaf—it looked to me like he thought it might be an article. And, as MAM said, verbally cue the down the second his nose touches the article—don’t wait for him to offer it. That will come much later!
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