Zanespot

 Time laid 11:20 Time run 12 :15 Temperature 44  Weather cloudy Goal  distance track Challenges deer crap beside track , 2 loose dogs had run over to see what I was doing laying the track And later as we were near the end  It felt good 3 things he did well  Didn’t notice the deer crap  Last turn to the straight finish was beautiful  As the loose dogs came back they were a distance away but in our line of sight, he didn’t notice had his nose plowed to the ground Improve on  My note taking Get better at my double lines

 Time laid 11am Time run 11:22 Temperature 48  wind 2 mph Weather light rain cloudy Went to a new park , mainly ball fields  Had set up the track we did in class 25 yds food 15 yards article etc inside 1 of the ball fields  We ran the track at only 22 minutes because there was only 1 other person in the park and they were walking their dog around the outside of the field , and I wanted to work on a distraction  The first few articles he stopped and looked at the other dog before picking up, then the rest he picked up without checking and I made a big deal of it 2nd track  Track laid 1130  Time run 12  Track was right turns around the outside of a different ball field with an  short entry over gravel The challenge was behind the outfield fence was a raised platform with a mix of tiny gravel and sand approximately 50 long ( warm up area I guess) When we got to that section Zane wanted to  go around it , so I held my spot and he kept sniffi...

 Time laid 12:20 Time run 1:03 Temp 58 Wind 9 mph gust 23 Weather sunny Goal for track  - laid track parallel two faded white lines around soccer fields to see how close we stay to the lines Straight 240 yards left 80 yds left 240 yds right 10 ft article  Challenge was when we started someone walking their dog appeared and began walking parallel to us  Zane wanted to drift in their direction, so a gave a few verbal reminders to track , we eventually passed them and Zane made a very nice left turn  After the next left turn there was a Hedge Row running along the track about 15 feet to the right I knew there were some birds in there zane followed the track going straight while his head Was turned to the hedge Row , again gave him a few reminders to head down Track completed at 1:12  3 things done well  Stayed tracking with other dog near Listened when I reminded him to track  Nice turns Also had strong gusts of wind he did well in  Improve on...

 Played article games through out the days. The pick up game and hide and seek. Zane loves hide and seek as we have played this since he was a pup. For added fun played it at night in the dark.

Serpentine track to the right .  Started putting track in 11:48 , weather conditions sunny 42° feels like 34 21 mph winds. The winds were really whipping up at this time probably the hardest track we’ve ever had to do. So again I put extra articles and treats.  At the first turn Zane wanted to go left instead of right we went around in circles but he definitely wanted to go to left which was toward the road and houses on the other side.  He then went back down the line from which we came and he noticed a groundhog hole that I hadn’t spotted so once again we went down the line and he still wanted to go to the left and again we did the same circle he definitely wanted to go towards the road  we finally turned to the right , we went a little ways and he found the article , glad I put it there so I knew we were back on track. As we went down the line and got to the next turn he made a huge arc in the opposite direction of the turn and we ended up back where the article w...

 Thursday, December 5 Tracking 1127 started putting Tracking in 42° feels like 34 21mph winds put in a serpentine track to the left .Went to a field that was cut over proximately a month ago.  I remembered to put two flags at the start.  Used clothes pins in flagging tape on the ground in the turn would be 20 feet past the flag. The ground had short weeds coming up and still had tire tracks from the tractor.  We went to the first turn to the left Zane was going wide at the turn and went in the wrong direction I waited and he spun around and took off from that point on I was totally lost after setting up 2 completely opposite tracks and I was sure we were off target.  The wind is really gusting very strong but yet they we  were 5 feet to the right of the article he snatched it and I rewarded him. I had put several articles on the serpentine track because of the Highwinds and I didn’t want to test I wanted to train.  It’s a good thing I did because it re...

 Set the track between three and 330 let it sit for over an hour before we tracked. It was around 40° And dusk when we finished. I thought for a change of pace from the usual parks and fields we go to I knew Zane would enjoy a day of Tracking in the woods. The track started out like a large rectangle then turn to the left and then  a right like a huge box going through the woods finishing up going through an open field then turning back into the woods. The track was approximately 900 yards long Zane had no problem I on the other hand tried to video but lost the camera several times due to branches. Zane found the wallet in the leaves it as dusk  had settled in,  I new the wallet was there even though I could no longer see it there. We had a big celebration and Zane wanted to keep going but I was more than done and I could feel it the next day. I had put flagging tape with clothes pins on the branches through the trail and he stayed right on it the whole time a fun ti...

 1130pm cloudy windy at the park , people walking dogs in the distance lots of cars coming thru teenagers playing in the distance but we are pretty much alone. Set track let it sit for 40 minutes Began on short grass 50 yards, went over gravel Parking area about 20 feet till we got to the grass again then we were to turn left and go over more gravel this had him spinning for a while on the grass before he picked it up and turn left go over the gravel to the island then  he continued over more gravel he then turned right went up the grass with no problem then Zane stopped and froze at the barrier surrounding the Porta John , I didn’t know why he stopped, l finally let him check it out and he flushed a bird out and we were on our way , we then continued through shoulder high grass for50 yards turn left about another 50 yards and he found his article. Total distance app. 375 yards