Last night's tracks - the long and the short of it
GOALS
Two short urban tracks for River and Jet, but aged 3 hours for UTDX timing. Minimal food - each has two tiny drops only - and each has a non-veg turn well out in a parking lot. One long track for Caden - a long serpentine which turns out tough because of ruts on the lawn. It's the longest track he's done - literally TD length, and I think I need to start pushing him like this. Again, minimal food - every 25 steps only.
Jet's track is 3 hours old and 300 meters. The second turn causes her some grief for some reason and she stares in the direction where I walked out. Then, she makes up her mind and takes off. She is dead on in the parking lot and stops RIGHT on the turn and faces the new leg and sniffs the air. She thinks about things - then takes off dead on, on her parking lot turn to the end!
My goal was to do a LONG serpentine for Caden. However, the ruts were a lot for him to contend with, going against the grain of the serpentine and making the turns challenging - you can see him working them out. Good experience to make him think! Next time out, short and easy for a confidence booster.
Here's my old sweetie River just walking the track. 3 hours and 15 minutes old, 300 m. 2 pc of food and a wood article at the end; about 50-50 veg to nv. She was off on her last leg after finding the nv turn (after checking a sock - how do socks get out there like that?) She does nose dips, but otherwise holds her head up on hard surfaces. Scent does rise, and she always goes right, so it is just her way! Bless her heart.
Two short urban tracks for River and Jet, but aged 3 hours for UTDX timing. Minimal food - each has two tiny drops only - and each has a non-veg turn well out in a parking lot. One long track for Caden - a long serpentine which turns out tough because of ruts on the lawn. It's the longest track he's done - literally TD length, and I think I need to start pushing him like this. Again, minimal food - every 25 steps only.
Jet's track is 3 hours old and 300 meters. The second turn causes her some grief for some reason and she stares in the direction where I walked out. Then, she makes up her mind and takes off. She is dead on in the parking lot and stops RIGHT on the turn and faces the new leg and sniffs the air. She thinks about things - then takes off dead on, on her parking lot turn to the end!
My goal was to do a LONG serpentine for Caden. However, the ruts were a lot for him to contend with, going against the grain of the serpentine and making the turns challenging - you can see him working them out. Good experience to make him think! Next time out, short and easy for a confidence booster.
Here's my old sweetie River just walking the track. 3 hours and 15 minutes old, 300 m. 2 pc of food and a wood article at the end; about 50-50 veg to nv. She was off on her last leg after finding the nv turn (after checking a sock - how do socks get out there like that?) She does nose dips, but otherwise holds her head up on hard surfaces. Scent does rise, and she always goes right, so it is just her way! Bless her heart.
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