Starry G has started tracking, and in the doing of it I feel the echoes of generations — all of my beloved girls started their performance lives with tracking.
Because we currently live in an urban area, I am training her in urban settings with a goal of earning the Tracking Dog Urban title with her before she is a year old. I like goals.
This was Starry G’s third track and the first one with a covered food dish at the end (an airtight pyrex bowl with a extra good jackpot in it). The previous two tracks on successive days (one per day) were just teaching her the Hansel-and-Gretel method that I use to train: the puppy goes from treat to treat, and the treats are closely spaced to keep her engaged and moving.
Starry G was missing treats on her second track because she was moving so quickly, and that is a sign that she was ready for treats to be spaced out a bit and the track to be a bit longer.
This is a look at her track today — you can see the little covered bowl at the end.
This is a snippet of her running the track.
I will add the puppy harness soon but for now, a collar and leash are fine. Starry G is showing a lot of promise already — very cool ⭐️
Pozy continue to be a really bad and impatient patient as she recovers from her TPLO (knee surgery) but she is getting better and her rehab is going well.
I only let Pozy hang out with Starry (above) when the puppy is tired to reduce the chance of ill-advised shenanigans — Pozy is the Queen of Ill-Advised Shenanigans.
I hope all your Sunday shenanigans are fun and safe!