Swing has been out in the tracking fields the last few weekends and she is doing quite well. She is leaning in to the harness and pulling me along, something I really like and prefer when I'm tracking. Like Dodge, her tail is straight up 6 o'clock when she is on the track but when she hits a turn it isn't as rigid and the line becomes somewhat limp as she tries to figure out the direction of the scent. Last week I put in a simple "U" track, with a somewhat open turn to finish it out, that I aged for about 10 minutes before we started the track. I chose this shape simply because I wanted my friend to try and get a decent shot of her working. You can see the tension on the line in both shots as well as the amount of pull that she is giving me (nowhere near the amount that Dodge does but she is still learning and besides, I don't know that she will ever pull as hard as he does).
First leg of the track
Nice low nose
Yes, last weekends weather was nice enough that I could work her in a short sleeved tshirt! Amazingly enough, this type of weather has been this way for the last few November's and I am keeping my fingers crossed that we continue on this trend for a few more weekends.
This weekend we were able to track before I hauled her off to the spa resort (aka, the kennel). My hopes are that she can come home next weekend and we can have another session where I will age the track a little more and perhaps add a motivational track to keep her interested (thankfully she is eager to track). We'll see what the week holds for our little girl.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of the M&M pups and their families. I look forward to hearing how everyone's holiday went. Just a little reminder, 37 more days before the big man in the red suit arrives!
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