Thursday, March 9, 2023

February 11, 2023 - Tracking Class (Overtons)

 Location: The Overtons (started behind house)

Ground Cover: Combo of nice grass + woods

Track Layer: Kelly Gannon

Conditions -50's, Sunny

TL: 8:30am TR: 11:20am

Articles - Start: leather glove; 2) soft plastic baby shoe (woods); End: black sun glass box (F)

Overall impressions:Weakish start and low motivation on track - high head tracking and just overall reduced drive. Was asked after woods, if I wanted to end; but took Judi's comments the prior week about believing in and challenging Mila more to heart and pressed on (maybe not best decision...hard to say; chat w/ Judi to ask later).  Mila finished - tracked ~ 2.5 to right of track along the rest of the leg, then triangulated back to end article. Track was quite a bit more aged than we had been working on, reinforcement was reduced, hot day (for Mila); start near distractions (house + larger group following + ambulance w/ sirens about 10 yards down track).  Probably better to work on on these things separately.  Things to work on - increase drive; starts near distractions; groups following; reducing reinforcement; working through conditions (like heat) that Mila finds not ideal. 

 




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