January 2: Practicing our Left Turn at Cold Harbor Battlefield

I laid another track with two 60-scuff step legs and a left turn and food every three steps. Cheeky was a bit distracted at the start flag but she quickly started tracking and ate lots of hot dogs and kept her nose down. About 8 feet or so before the article she stopped eating the hot dogs. Cheeky continued to keep her nose down, but moved very quickly to the article.

Her track was the first one I’ve videod with the chest harness and my cell phone so the quality isn’t great, but you can see some of her tracking behavior.

Below is the map of Cheeky's track:

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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 31: tracking class and first turn

Cheeky went to class today. Temps were in the high 40s/low 50s. It was foggy and we tracked in the soy bean field for the first time. Cheeky did a great job finding her first left turn. The track was about 70 scuff steps for the first leg and after the turn about 20 scuff steps with food drops every 3 steps. This week we’ll continue doing left turns.

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.

Cheeky's Tracking Journal

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