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 interesting track. On 1st turn with the scuff in & out, she went past the turn, came back and sniffed a lot in the inner portion of the turn, then as she moved outward, went back to the track. On the 2nd turn with scuff in to the turn, she went to the turn, coursed around, went off to the left where the scuff area started, then she went diagonally to the next track leg. The food drops mid leg helped her. On the next leg, 2 guys were playing catch with a football, River didn't care. On the next 3 turns, scuff out, no scuff and scuff out, she handled the turns with more decisiveness, less coursing although she is somewhat passing the turn point by 1-2 yds.

This track made her work. Definitely worth it. Perhaps the scent pooled from scuffing, so she coursed to figure out where to get the track. She had been used to it in one pattern, so this was a different one and she was working hard.

Next, something easy, so maybe start tracks.