11/22/25
- Maureen Woolley, Duck & River
- Nov 23, 2025
- 1 min read
65F, 59% humidity, light breeze going across first and last leg and then dog going into breeze on second leg.
This was 2 right turn 175 yd total track aged 45 minutes . The start track with Duck took longer than expected.
And, again, River encounters the unintended distraction from humans and canines. Leg 1 had soccer goal cage to the left 15 yds away, I did 2 food drops. Then as we tracked there were 2 leashed dogs playing and barking with kids and parent. River did an absolutely fantastic job ignoring the cage, people and dogs. She did not move off the track and picked up only one food drop. She was almost right on the right turn in front of the woods and she just kept going on the longest leg to the second right turn and then the article.
She did a nice down indication for both start and end articles. At end, I took out her ball for some fetch play reward.
Next time, hoping it’ll be Monday 11/23, I may try the top hat track.
Need to ask about leave it training in class.
YouTube link below- zoom in. Track starts on left side of screen and ends on right.
That looked great!! River's work ethic and commitment is impressive! Those were not minor distractions at all. Nicely done. I cannot tell from your post but other than the treats you mention at the goal, I cannot tell what other reinforcement there might be (other than tracking itself :)) so if you can include that for next time, that would be great.
This session looked great! Her focus is amazing given all of the distractions on her first leg - She definitely enjoys this game/work and she's being rewarded well to find its value.