11/25/23 Hidden Rock Park

F @50; 45 F and no breeze.

This was really just a fun exercise. I do have the turns marked with flags and it's so nice that I now see Duck raise his head as he hits the turn so I know to stop and he goes forward more on right turns. Then, coures into them as I have stopped moving. I notice this year that he's flicking his tail when on the track as opposed to just chasing random scent. This track was done as a good pace. He's not dragging me but moving briskly on the track. I feel badly that with a better handler he'd be working on a TDX already. Oh well, he's stuck with me. At least, I feel that I'm picking up on and noticing more subtleties in his movements. Duck is excited to do any type of track, which is awesome.

Duck just enjoys the track and I'm thankful that he doesn't care if I mess up recognizing when he's trying to lead me. We have the best rapport ever in his lifetime due to tracking and rally.