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11/29/25 - Woods bounce-offs and parallels

After her strong interest to go into vs away from woods last class day, I asked Mary Ann to lay a track that parallels woods and does bounce-offs from woods. Mary Ann nailed the assignment (and shout out to Kelley who co-laid and was MVP for double lineups!). We ran the track at 1hr 15min old. Notes - what went well: Great start and 1st turn on the rails! Her article indications were really nice today.  I think our slowed down routine at articles is slowing her down and keeping energy / excitement from running wild. She feels more measured at restarts now. Turns - She was really clear to read on all with the exception of the last turn. In reviewing video, she gave a head turn at the final turn before going forward a little and then looking at woods.  Line work was good today - getting back up the line quickly + a behind the back line work on the final turn - felt like I supported her well when she committed.  She drank well before start and at articles Notes - To work on:...
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Dec 4 - Making turns!

Saturday we ran a right hand turn at Judi's so our HW this week is to do 3x 2 leg tracks with a R turn each time.

Time: 3pm

Weather: 54*, mild clouds, calm S winds 3 mph

Field: Midlothian Village Park - soccer field with short dead grass, very soggy/muddy and wet 

Plan: I realized I forgot our cheese but had backup training treats in the bag to use. Given this + new turns, I went short on the 1st leg each time. All 2 leg tracks with open R turn, flag 5 yd before, scuff to corner, scuff from corner to article.

  • T1: 2x S10W5F3 - S10 - Right turn w/food - S10 w/Food every 3 - Article
  • T2: 3x S10W5F3 - S10 - Right turn w/food - S10 w/Food every 3 - Article
  • T3: 3x S10W5F3 - S10 - Right turn w/food - S10 w/Food every 3 - Article
Notes: Overall, I think she handled it all very well. Each time she approached a turn, she kind of went for it and then came back to recheck. On T2 she overran the article by a step but hooked back for it (perhaps the different/less stinky treat). On T3, there was more casting even on 1st leg but I will chalk that up to the wonderful pack of off leash dogs that came over and jumped on me with muddy paws and zero recall while I was at the start flag laying T3 - lots of interesting smell for her there. On T2 she picked up a cross track from one of the dogs that went over the track but went back to work after investigating.

What was challenging for me on this soccer field was lack of an item of interest to designate corner (tall weed for example) so I was splitting my attention between Evie and my Leg 2 lineup because the treats were brown instead of white cheese which would have been much easier for me to pick up visually to mark corner. Next time out will try to get to a more diverse field where I can have a ground marker OR lay out a washer in the corner so I can give her 100% attention.

Video clips below:

T1:



T2: The clip didn't upload so full video posted - we come into frame ~0:30sec.



T3:



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  1. JudiDecember 7, 2022 at 9:16 AM

    Love that you saw the loose dogs, and were able to see her scent reaction to them. Stuff like this is actually good to have happen, as she is learning to work out challenges while the tracks are still young, food laden, and hopefully pretty easy. So she learns the track is more fun to follow than the stray dogs. Good job!

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