December 13th, 2024

 

We went out on Thursday to track at a nearby field and did a couple of short tracks. One was about 15' and the other 20'. By the time I laid out the track and we ran them I felt it as too dark to film. Both tracks went well. First track I laid food every foot and a half. Second track every two feet.

Today we ran another two tracks and I decided to try and use cheese to see how that would go. Tilly in fact did well but for the second longer track I felt she got a bit lost and I had to encourage her to get on with it. She successfully completed both tracks but I could see she was searching a lot more with the cheese. Not sure if that's a good thing but it was harder for her. So for now I'm gonna go back to using stinky meat since my goal is to start doing longer tracks and I want to keep her motivation high.

First track

Time laid: 4:05pm

Time ran: 4:10 pm

Length: ~ 25'

Temperature: ~ 44F 

Conditions: Sunny and cold

Second track

Time laid: 4:10 pm

Time ran: 4:19 pm

Length: ~ 35'

Temperature: ~ 44F 

Conditions: Sunny and cold