River

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12/7/23 Tucker Park, Maidens, VA

S5W40F20 + extra food Duration straight track of about 250 yds. Ended up being aged only 1/2 hour. Kept surface to only mostly dry short...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Dec 7, 20232 min read

12/6/23

Worked on article track as River was a touch slow to down at class, compared to speedier down when not at class. With a lot of food in...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Dec 7, 20231 min read

12/4/23

Did a recovery track for River. She handled it almost the same as if it were an article track even though I stepped to the right a few...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Dec 4, 20231 min read

12/2/23

Field near cabelas, Short Pump, VA Long track with short left 90 degree turn S5W40F20 This is the longest straight leg that River has...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Dec 2, 20231 min read

11/30/23 Huguenot Park

Warm temp, 50s, dry, short grass, persons with dog crossed our multi turn, pseudo top hat shape track. Also, tree trimming and cutting...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Nov 30, 20231 min read

11/29/23

River did an article track today with no food in first article, she is very consistent at down indicating for start, and then I increased...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Nov 29, 20231 min read

11/27/23

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Nov 28, 20230 min read

11/26/23 Huguenot Park

River's first time tracking in the misty rain, 43F, no breeze. This was a multi turn track on short, wet soccer field grass. Her fetch...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Nov 26, 20232 min read

11/25/23 Huguenot Park

S5W30F15 on 2 right turns, 3 left turns. No extra food on any turns. Also, I should note that the 1st & 2nd left turns were in shade....

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Nov 25, 20231 min read

11/25/23 Greenfield field

AM track with right turn focus; S5W30F15 except on right turn added extra food I've noticed that just like Duck she is better at one turn...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Nov 25, 20231 min read

11/18/23 field near Residence Inn, Short Pump, VA

S5W20F10 on 3 start tracks , 2 left turns and 1 right turn First time using this field, and there were sidewalks and cut outs in the...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Nov 23, 20231 min read

11/18/23 field near Cabelas

S5W20F10 on 3 start tracks with one 90 degree right turn each. Probably should have made one a left turn, but I was happy that just on...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Nov 23, 20231 min read

11/17/23

Article exercise Perfect activity for when Mom has to spend time doing her coding CEUs. I did put food in the first few articles, none in...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Nov 23, 20231 min read

11/15/23

Field by cabelas S5W20F10 on 2 long straight tracks. Trying to hold her more enthiastic tracking on a straight run so I've kept her SWF...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Nov 23, 20231 min read

11/11/2023 Hidden Rock Park

sunny, warm, 58F, dry, short grass S5W12F6 Working in creating enthusiasm for River by doing fetch after a track. And, it may be working!...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Nov 11, 20231 min read

11/7 - 11/10/2023

Goal is to get more drive when River is tracking. Doing 1 or 2 straight tracks at a time with lots of food drops, every 5 steps. Then,...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Nov 10, 20231 min read

Last week of Oct, 2023

As instructed, got back to a more training focus. Three days of 2 straight tracks with food, every 3 steps, then 4 steps , & 5 steps....

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Nov 6, 20231 min read

10/31/23 field near Cabelas, Short Pump, VA

Short dry grass, weeds; 50F, cloudy S5W20F10 Challenge arose on her track. While she did pretrack potty, a dog and owner walked somewhat...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Oct 31, 20232 min read

10/28/23 Orchard park, Wall, NJ

Possible challenge for River is near a dog park, not many dogs, not too close and she's never played fetch there, so she should focus...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Oct 31, 20231 min read

10/21/23 field near Cabelas, Short Pump, VA

short grass weed mix, 67F windy River did S5 W20 F10 on two 90 degree tracks, 1 left and 1 right. Unplanned distractions: Couple walking...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Oct 21, 20232 min read

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