Another VST light, this time at Chick. MS. 61 degrees, sunny, gusty wind, 10mph, 53% RH, dew point 44 degrees. 45 minutes old. Goal: Turns around buildings, and entry onto NV with article to reinforce that decision. Outcome: Strong start, had difficulty with random smells near the trees. Did some marking at various places along the track, but is willing to move on if pushed. Appeared to find first turn in building corner, but was reticent to take it, did on second go ar

Rare event, tracked 2 days in a row. Was at Hanover HS/Oak Knoll MS for someone else….so decided to do a little “VST light” with Fletch. This was about 30” old. All NV was augmented with water. The section he struggled with makes sense to me, combination of probable swirling scents and well peed upon shrubs, when he found his way out, his re-establishment of tracking behavior was very clear. https://youtu.be/R5VUl28VsHE?si=jXIutUJpQnbKY3VH

Repeated Tuesday’s tracks in a different location in the fields, and with almost no wind. Totally different dog! I am not drawing any conclusions from this, except maybe he is now more comfortable in freshly cut soy. https://youtu.be/y94ClypEx8A?si=Mouceq_49d74DL6L https://youtu.be/jqxwsGIGBIE?si=n8ctehPKyKcXfRtV https://youtu.be/V9XJ3ljWQ3Q?si=4zdTde4PtKBdRn2t

Cool Water. Cold (27). First real cold snap we’ve had. Freshly cut soy in big field, high winds. Plan was 3 starts. Added 4th track as this was hard for him. Not sure specifically what the challenge he was, he was quite taken with the wide expanse of cut field. Was quite happy with the last track (did more scuff). Will probably do the same thing on Saturday, will be very different weather. Interesting to hear how anxious I became with people following me. Good practice!!...

Very happy with this! He indicated metal and plastic without cue. LOS was excellent, turns were nice. No loss of drive or enthusiasm. https://youtu.be/CO_BvLC8CPs?si=6D61hp1wgi-cDuRy

Woods. 3’05”, about an hour older than planned. 4 turns, entire track in the woods. 55 degrees, overcast, Very windy. Front moving in. https://youtu.be/G9YroseC5Dw?si=Sss4M644YlvNWr54

Plans smashed when we arrived at site to find massive construction. So, made the best of it! B’dam elementary school, combo article, turn, surface track. 90” old, overcast, 60 degrees. No wind. Drought. Went well: start, turns, attitude, contamination Needs work: articles (he stops solidly, doesn’t down), transition to wood chips was a learning process for sure. Overall, very happy with what we had. https://youtu.be/i9Ifmlv1oys?si=xwogtP0x0yQMHwEr

OK, it’s time to get serious! 90” old track. 70 degrees, windy, sunny. Dry, dry, dry. Great start, stopped to investigate something, and went happily back to work on his own. I faced the wrong direction at the turn, and turned to face any direction any time he cast off (sometimes supporting the cast, sometimes in the opposite direction, or turned to face where we’d come from). None of that bothered him in the least. There was an article on the last turn, he stopped, ne

73 degrees, cloudy, humid. Tall wet grass. Holly Ridge, back field. TL:9:15, TR: 11:15. Started at seam of short and tall grass, going...

Let the TDX journey begin again. 75 degrees, sunny, still. Very low humidity, crunchy dry grass. Our field. 15” old. One food drop, one...

Am addressing the simply fact that Fletch is a country dog and rarely experiences an urban environment. Mar 31: Roses shopping center,...

Fletch has had 2 days at 15”, all NV, with pretty darn good tracking. Today included a blind turn. I’m happy enough with his progress...

Bryan pk. Dbl walked. 30” old. Lots of fresh human traffic 65 degrees, sunny, dry, windy. Next track there I need to lay the start legs...

HCH. All non veg. Video to come. Plan was to introduce transitions between NV surfaces. Probably should have laid it to make him...

Fletch: Finer spray, single walked, fresh Gusto About 30 minutes old. Sprayed, single walked https://youtu.be/CBCcN1gWBU0?si=fXZuVzwsZ6TX...

Double walked, sprayed, one food drop per leg, ran fresh https://youtu.be/_oc51KnKpGo?si=42Abv0NYklVc8LRw

Stairstep track in the snow, 1’10”. Used food drops, about 2 per leg this time….and took him for a 1 hour hike in the snow earlier in...

Took Fletch out for some snow work. 1’10” old. Glad we did this! He first met ‘real’ snow at Christmas…and he loves it. he loves...

2.5 hours old, Cloudy, occasional light mist, Not precipitating when run. He was awesome! I need to make sure I let him move and...

Fletch was great today. He pulls like a train, and that makes it feel faster than it is. His actual speed isn’t bad. Off to find...