Sunday, April 12, 2009

Athletic field

Date: 4/11/09
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Temp.: 55*
Weather: clear
Length: 215 paces
Age: 5 minutes
Conditions: spring grass
Turns: 6
Articles: 1 cloth




No food on scent pad or first 10 steps. I laid a baited serpentine after the 10 steps to slow him down if his speed quickened. But he maintained a nice, calm speed throughout. Worked on turns, 6 of them, only had trouble at turn #2, searched for about 10 seconds to find it, circled a few times, I let him work it out. Stayed calm, nose down while searching for turn, "good such" when he found the next leg. All turns baited. Also did a step-off exercise on the second leg, the video shows how he handled it. :) I ended the track with the last leg that headed nearly into a large brush pile, I could tell he was working the scent really hard and carefully, nice indication of a baited article.

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