I spent an entire winter quarter telling my creative writing class to blog more consistently, and yet here I am coming back to my blog after a long break. Oops! Brian has shown promise as a tracking dog since puppyhood, and here is today’s track, consisting of two 100-yard legs with 1 open turn. We had been doing longer tracks with 2 turns, but were running into some wilder behaviors (lots of casting) so pared things down to get him more settled and focused. It worked, and we’re back to the focused tracking dog I knew in his early months. We’re using a system I really like, created by Lucy Newsom, an instructor at Fenzi Dog Academy. We have a new class starting up for spring, and I’m looking forward to more progress!
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I’m a retired English instructor, now devoted full-time to training, showing and enjoying my spaniels in many sports.
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