River

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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

10/15/23 field near Cabelas, Short Pump

sunny, 66F, dry short grass mix, breezy S5 W20 F10 Trying to add a little more track length, since she's getting more focus and work her...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Oct 16, 20231 min read

10/11/23

Field near BonSecours urgent care& Cabelas, Henrico, VA 68F, very light breeze in direction of the 1st leg, dry short clover grass mix S5...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Oct 11, 20232 min read

10/9/23

Huguenot Park soccer field; 68 F, dry short grass S5 W20 F10 on 2 turn track (90 degree left; open right) A dog ran up to me as I was...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Oct 9, 20232 min read

10/5/23

River's first class was on 10/3, (S8 W16 F8) and I was really happy with her tracking performance. Didn't down at the start article which...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Oct 6, 20232 min read

9/30/23

Field near Cabelas, in Short Pump area of Henrico County, VA S8 W16 F8 Zigzag track with two 90 degree right turns & one 90 left turn....

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Sep 30, 20231 min read

9/29/23

Field near Cabelas in Henrico S8 W16F8 on 3 start tracks, so total of two 90 left turns & one 90 right turn. 71F with 80% humidity, under...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Sep 29, 20232 min read

9/27 field near Cabelas & Short Pump, Henrico, VA

Laid track after Rally class. S8 W29 F10 and big change was using a long line. Rationale was that it's thinner than the 15 ft one which...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Sep 27, 20232 min read

9/24/23

Huguenot Park track in 69F cloudy day, on short damp grass. S8W16F8 New problem this year is signs 'field closed'. These are at 3 of the...

Maureen Woolley, Duck & River

Sep 24, 20231 min read

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