River

A Tri-Red Aussie/German Shorthaired Pointer’s journey to a Tracking Title.

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9/30/25 Huguenot Park

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...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Sep 30, 20252 min read

9/1/25

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....

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Sep 6, 20251 min read

8/31/25

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...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Sep 6, 20251 min read

8/30/25

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

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Sep 6, 20251 min read

3/17/25 ☘️

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...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Mar 17, 20252 min read

3/6

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...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Mar 6, 20252 min read

3/1 & 3/4, 2025

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

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Mar 4, 20252 min read

2/2/25

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

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Feb 2, 20251 min read

2/1/25

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....

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Feb 2, 20251 min read

1/30/25

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...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Jan 31, 20252 min read

1/25/25

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

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Jan 25, 20251 min read

1/18/25

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...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Jan 18, 20252 min read

1/17/25

I did forget to note that I did the homework ‘find a quarter’ article track on 1/16/25. I actually did end up a step to the left and...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Jan 17, 20251 min read

1/16/25

After the tracking fiasco that I caused for River at class, I took MA’s advice to do turns with scuff in and out. Result was that River...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Jan 17, 20251 min read

1/10/25 Huguenot Park in all snow covered area

Video - partial track, last turn and leg not in view https://youtu.be/W3TMws6faNM?feature=shared 34F 51% humidity 1 mph WSW wind, 3mph...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Jan 11, 20252 min read

1/9/25 Huguenot Park

Video- partial track https://youtu.be/7m7m5oBiE0k 34F, 44%humidity, 3 mph NW wind, 8 mph gusts, mostly snow covered grass, bare path....

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Jan 11, 20252 min read

1/6/25

Recap of piecemeal tracking done in prior week. I found Horseshoe Lake fields in NJ to do some tracks. No video though. 100 yd first leg...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Jan 6, 20252 min read

12/26/24

Videos: https://youtu.be/6yM7dJDn9QY?feature=shared https://youtu.be/obEUyOx75fQ?feature=shared S6W16F8 T#1- three legs with 90 degree...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Dec 29, 20242 min read

Pre Christmas 12/23/24

Did article games at a dog park. River was confused at first as this is a fetch venue. Once she figured out that the game was to down for...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Dec 29, 20241 min read

12/15/24

T#1 https://youtu.be/4a0RYSnx-Bg?feature=shared S5W16F8 43F, 79% humidity, 2 mph NNE wind gusts to 4mph, dry grass with damp soil Two 90...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Dec 15, 20241 min read

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