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January 5: Left Turn Track Day Four

I put in a track at the Battlefield Green Community Center near a line of trees.  It was overcast and 63°F. The track was 80 scuff steps, left turn and second leg was 60 scuff steps.  

Cheeky was mostly happy and tracked well, but after the turn she really wanted to go backwards.  I stood still and waited for her to decide to go forward.  She was pretty determined.  She seemed anxious either because it was getting dark or because there were dogs barking nearby.  

At one point before the turn I made the mistake of correcting her for sniffing some trash.  I don't know if that caused some of her anxiety too.  Eventually she did decide to move forward and did well on the remainder of the track.  The video is below.  You'll see her off screen for quite a while after the turn and that's the point where she was trying to pull me backwards.

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