2/19/2026 Track 1, 2, & 3 (oops, I forgot to save Track 1's video.) Located at short grass field in public park. Double laid. Straight Short cut grass, mud. Aged: 20 Minutes 50 yds per track. Articles: Start & End Article Food Drop Pattern: Scuff 5, walk till Scent Pad with food at 7 yards, walk 20, Scent Pad with food around 25-35 yards (depending where water is). 1 piece of food every 20 steps. (Other than for right after a tricky spot, like dog poop next to the track #1,

2/17/2026 class notes here.

2/11/2026 Not Heather's day, Wren did great! Track Located at open field Single laid. 1 Turn, Left Short cut field, mud Aged: 65 Minutes 213 yds Start & End Article Food Drop Pattern: Scuff 5, walk 30, Food, walk 30, scuff 5, walk 30, food, repeat. Extra food drop before and after the water Turn: scuff 5 into and 5 out of turn, scent pad with food 10 paces after turn. GOAL FOR THE TRACK: Practice a simpler track in a less contaminated site, verses our normally heavily scent c

Wren turned 2 years old this week!!! (2/6/26) My BAAAABBBBYYYYYYY is a big girl! 2/2/2026 Track 1 Located at short grass field. Lots of human and dog cross tracks. Single laid. Straight Article Track Short cut grass. Aged: 1 Hour 30 Minutes 60 yds total. Track 2 Located at short grass field. Lots of human and dog cross tracks. Single laid. 2 Turns, 1 left, 1 right. An an (oh my gosh I forgot the name. Augment? the thingy where you sidestep and the dog resets and finds he new

January 27, 28, & 29 January 27, Tracking on a ice field on base. We went to base to drop Elliott off, and decided to go for a walk. Most of the paths have some sort of ice treatment, so I put on her booties. She wears these on hot asphalt, ice walks where there might be chemicals for sidewalks, and playing in sharp areas, so she is quite used to them. I decided to leave them on when I put in 2 small tracks because the ice was hard/sharp when I pressed my hand to it. Double

1/21/2026 The first little clip was from another day (1/18/26) , but my camera did not catch the whole track. It was a delayed start, I didn't realize. I left it in because I wanted to keep it to look back at later. Wren did very well in that tiny 1 turn track into tall grass with a turn in the tall grass. It was raining that day. Both the tall grass, and the rain, are elements Wren has seen before, just not at the same time. Now Onward to 1/21/26 below: Track 1 Located at sh

1/14/2026 Today, I wanted to be very mindful of my handling, and really watching my dog instead of trying to keep her perfectly on the track. Track 1 Located at short grass field running towards wood line. Lots of human and dog cross tracks. Single laid. Straight Article Track Short cut grass. Aged: 25 Minutes 40 yds total. Articles: Start Article: None, Articles on Track. Food Drop Pattern: Food at start instead of article. Food between article drops. Track 2 Located at sh