Frozen fur

I wanted to work on turns tonight with Treck. Although in hindsight I probably shouldn't have introduced a new terrain (snow) at the same time. At the start of his track he was very excited. I didn't take into account that he had been cooped inside for the past couple of days because of a snowstorm. He overshot his baited first turn by a half a body length, then started to setttle in, his second turn (unbaited) wasn't quite perfect, but he nailed his last three turns, 2 unbaited and 1 baited. Concerning the terrain ... although he didn't show any concern as the track changed back and forth between snow and dirt, he did however go off track twice in the dirt/cornstalks, he left the track by about a body length each time but quickly found it again. And at the end of his last leg he went off track, thus missing his article, so I restarted him and he had a nice indication. I think I helped him too much and should have let him work it out more on his own.

Date: 3/4/09
Time: 5:15 p.m.
Temp.: 16*
Weather: cold, clear, negligible wind
Length: 160 paces
Age: 10 minutes
Conditions: dirt, snow, dead corn stalks
Turns: 5
Articles: 1 cloth

The two of us are still learning a lot. I was able to reflect back on our track as we took a short hike around the farm and I concluded we both simply need more practice. It's been awhile since we tracked regularly. I also never kept a log, already this has been very helpful. I'm looking forward to the journey.