River

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

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12/30/23 Robious Athletic Fields

S5W50F25 on start tracks; 2 right and 2 left turns Some takeaways: First, continued good progress with that fetch ball reward after the...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Dec 30, 20232 min read

12/29/23

Stair step style track, but shorter legs than instructor's preferred length, as we only had one soccer field to work on. I did adhere to...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Dec 29, 20232 min read

12/28/23 Huguenot Park

Cloudy, wet, squishy grass and puddles. Primarily left turns of 90 degrees, one open right. Note to self, do more right turns, maybe on...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Dec 28, 20232 min read

12/27/23 Huguenot Park

Long, straight track with S5W50F25 and then F25,27 for 2/3 of the way through the leg. This was wet, soggy ground, short grass and...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Dec 27, 20231 min read

12/23/23 Horseshoe Lake, Succasunna, NJ

River S5W59F25 start tracks Interesting tracking as River has become accustomed to fetch after the end article. She looked puzzled that...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Dec 26, 20231 min read

12/22/23

Horseshoe Lake Succasunna, NJ River S5W50F25 plus food drop just across from pavement crossings. New area for River to track, but soccer...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Dec 26, 20231 min read

12/16/23 Hidden Rock Park, Maidens, VA

S5W40F20 Warm, slight breeze diagonally across the track from right to left, dry short grass, with crossing of gravel path (1st time...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Dec 17, 20232 min read

12/15/23 Hidden Rock Park, Maidens, VA

S5W4F20 Dry, short grass , warm & no breeze, low 50sF Plan was simple multi turn track. So, this plan developed major challenges for...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Dec 17, 20231 min read

12/14/23 Huguenot Park

50F no breeze Stair step skill track I was not sure how River would handle the scuff in varied parts of the turns, legs. Really...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Dec 14, 20231 min read

12/13/23 Huguenot Park

S5W40F20 scuff out of turns Short 2 turn track, 90 degree and open left turns. Soccer players practicing to the right of our track, so a...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Dec 14, 20231 min read

12/11/23

Did articles track in the light dusting of morning snow. I put food in all articles as River is not a dog that lies in snow and wet...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Dec 13, 20231 min read

12/8/23 Huguenot Park

River- S5W40F20 scuff 5 out of turns; single 90 degree turn track x 4; total of 2 right and 2 left turns; 2 tracks were mostly in shade....

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Dec 8, 20232 min read

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

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