Caden's progress - Beginner's footstep tracking

The title should be "MY" progress. I've never tried to videotape my own dog while handling at the same time. It didn't do Caden any justice, but if you can forgive my ineptitude, this gives you an idea of where he is at - tons of drive, nose down, small variations on the corners and a bit too reactive to the wind, which was quite strong tonight. My line handling is generally better than this! But he is learning to respond well to praise and a gentle 'no' when he rushes or goes off track too much - I am new to doing this, being a new student of SCH tracking, so promise to get better at it. I think there was a bit too much food on track in the beginning and the track was too short - by the 5th leg he settled in well. This track was a "Big Dipper" shape. June 17 9:30 PM Red Deer College grounds, Alberta Canada See my blog for more description and other tracking posts: http://spiritdancedogs.blogspot.com

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