River

Continued the scuff 5 in and out of the turn that we did at class. One good drop per leg. Intended to do only 2 legs but ended up with 3. Total track length was 215 yds. Positives, negatives & concerns, questions: On leg 3 there was a black piece of cloth almost on the track and then as we did the track there were people walking their 2 dogs towards us along the trees about 15 yds away. Neither distracted River . After her last left turn, she got distracted by the flattened d

We worked in the house and in backyard on a mix of randomly scattered old and a new articles, glove & cell phone case. The strategy Jenn recommended worked ! Both dogs ended up doing down indication for all the articles. They both look back at me and previously I told them to down. Now, they look, well Duck paws at it & then looks, but they drop into down as I’ve decided to look ahead and not at them. So, should I look at them or ahead or should it not matter? Starting to th

Sunny day and no significant winds, very dry only 28% humidity. Added 2 different glove articles into the 10 article drop. Our goal is for better down indication without prompting on Betty’s article track exercise. We did 3 rounds. On round 1, River did not down on her own for the newer scented white gloves. This got better on round 2&3. Overall she was much better at down indication than she’d been in class and the day before. Next article exercise will probably be the rando

Since River was so hesitant to Down indicate at clas without a prompt from me, we are working on article indication per MAM’s advice. very windy and gusty day with the wind going mostly across the line of articles. I also set out some different articles , old cell phone cases, in the mix with gloves,socks on dirt. This was not smart on my part. River hesitated at the first article so I had to prompt her and put my hand on her back. On ward where she gave the first cell case a

Post class note with her track video. We had practiced article games and she was doing her down indication without a prompt at the start, all the ones in between(10), end article on Judi’s article game and oops I dropped it game. 11/14/25 last Judi’s article game before class https://youtu.be/ilFBrHIv96Y?si=QCVPImCtMUNKMRrz So, on her tracks at class she totally made a liar out of me and required prompting. We will continue to practice these games as instructed by Anne and Ma

Hidden Rock Park, sunny, breezy, and 65F but felt hotter. Set of 4 article tracks with right turns. Last year this was an empty field but the humans have figured out that the can use it for a sport so lacrosses goal nets are there….very sad but it gives me more double line up options against the trees in the background. Video links to T1, 3 & 4. I tried to start the video with my watch and that didn’t work for video of T2. T1 began near the dog park and I should’ve had a pl

Forgot to mention that in addition to food drop near surface changes I also did scuff across the change and scuffed out of the turns. Today will be start track so additional note later.

Track in Powhatan park area of housing development with gravel path throughout. Practiced change of surface from grass to gravel with food drops before and after crossing gravel path. Track used 3 left turns and 3 surface changes. Breeze blowing across the longer first leg and last leg of track in 64 F, sunny day. River hesitated to down at the start. Ok, will work some article exercises. She did down indicate mid track for an article that I accidentally dropped when laying t

Time laid: 2pm Time run: 3:23 pm Temp: 74 F & cloudy, high humidity Goal: trying for dedication to turns without any extra scuff in or...

Robious Athletic fields Still hot upper 70’s Just walk on track; 3 turns, articles at start, 3rd leg and end. Food reward at articles....

Huguenot Park Still hot 78 F temperature. 2 turn track; no food on track; only walk except scuffed out of first (right) turn and scuffed...

Over summer, worked on article indication, and very short straight or one turn tracks. 30-50 feet in total length. Noticed that in heat...

Admittedly I’ve been neglecting the posts to the blog. Since last class, I’ve done top hat, 3 start track exercises, but for 2 we...

When you think something is no longer a challenge but a slightly different set up makes it one…lol. 🤪 Did approximately 250-260 yd track...

Goal: 50-60 yard legs on top hat tracks with one article mid track and one planned challenge; practicing my handling, observation skills....

Yesterday’s 55F was nice and sadly back to 44F. Different field today…lacrosse & baseball fields. Video: https://youtu.be/GkNsqul_Itw?fea...

Video: https://youtu.be/-9Cdz-AEAHU?feature=shared Nice start by River with people and dogs near. I did a better job of letting line run....

Challenge is aged just over 1 hour. 2 turns, both left 90 degree, article on leg 2 & end. Video: https://youtu.be/2nrL8_ERvcY?feature=sha...

Videos: https://youtu.be/Ne9F8tm1ir0?feature=shared https://youtu.be/xRNrIz3RPfQ?feature=shared https://youtu.be/pvhDZA5-o9M?feature=shar...

S5W16F8 Still trying to bounce back from mistake at class with allowing her to go left off track since I didn’t have point of the turn...