December 3: Cheeky's first tracking class

In the pouring rain and about 50°F, Judi laid three short tracks for Cheeky. She walked backward so Cheeky could see what Judi was doing. Cheeky seemed to pick up on the idea right away especially on the second track. She was sniffing and eating most of the hot dogs. We can work on recognizing the articles at home.

She was distracted by people are dogs walking by but she's just a puppy and we can work on that.

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December 5: Cheeky's third time tracking

It was sunny and 51°F. We went to a small field near 360 by a small shopping center and a Valero near the front of our subdivision. Cheeky was excited to track and get the hotdogs, but she noticed the traffic about halfway down the second track and got nervous. I did ask her to lay down to get the hotdogs and she did that. She gets the tracking for hotdogs, but I don't think she's quite figured out that the article is what she's looking for. Here's a photo of the three tracks and a panoramic photo of the area.

December 11

Cheeky, Sizzle and Fanny did 50 scuff steps (with food every two steps) tracks near the Community Center and Valero by 360 today. Cheeky ate more of the food without a flag in front of her and mostly kept her nose to the ground.

December 7: small field beside road and playground

We went tracking today in the drizzly weather. It was warm and not windy. We were near the main road on my subdivision that has an occasional car pass by but no one was at the playground. Cheeky was nervous but she tracked well for the first half of the track. Then she got distracted and seemed to move down the stack with tracking or eating the hot dogs. She seems to ignore the glove initially until she knows it’s what I want her to pay attention to. She laid down in front of the glove and ate all her cookies. Then gave her more cookies on the glove and threw some for her similar to what I’m doing with Fanny since she seemed nervous.

Cheeky's Tracking Journal

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