Nimrod's Adventures

 Notes from tracking on Jan 20 Thomas Dale ball field/cold/no wind Laid a 70 yard/65-yard track with a wide-angle turn. Did a bag drag with turkey sausage, laid chicken every five steps. Washer to mark the turn, a couple flags in the track. Nimrod had particular difficulty with distraction. We shared the field with a large flock of migrating robins. It took multiple verbal cues to get him going. He seemed to always know where the track was, but those robins were fascinating. I was surprised he managed to finish the track. Also, I laid the second leg though a football sled. (It's where the double line up took me) Nimrod bumped into the sled and it rang. That freaked him out and he did a quick dash backward. When not distracted, he moved with more confidence than I've seen, and he was faster. I am mapping the tracks now, but I haven't quite figured out how to put them in the blog.

 1/19/24 Nimrod and I did a 50 /45 yard, open angle turn track. FD every five steps, single laid the track with a bag drag. Nimrod stopped and stared three times while he tracked. I used a cue word not food to get him going. He did well. Found the turn without even a bobble.