January tracking

1/7/23

Duck's pattern was S5 W30 F15 for his stair step track at Tucker Park. It was really mucky grass or mud, so I did try to put articles on grassy patches. He was over the moon excited to track here today. He did down indicate for the start and end articles. Definitely I cannot stop rewarding him with treats in practice as he loves getting the hot dogs. I am somewhat troubled by his veering off to the left on the second leg. This seems to be occurring around the same distance on straight and now track with turns. Other than this issue, he follows the track and is not pulling as crazy as last year. He did seem to not care a lot about the mud and even a heavy puddle section. Today he did not care about the 2 dogs going for a walk on nearby gravel path. Oh, and he just followed the track across different sections of the gravel path without any trouble.

Plan for tomorrow is start tracks which are short enough so Duck does not do the veering off to the left and stays totally on the track line.