Fall ‘25 #6

 Goal to put in tracks (2, start) in a new location with distractions. Made the tracks short and ran them at less than 30 minutes. Came in at an angle, put down food drops on the first leg of both tracks but Otis did not eat them. Walked up to the start together using “Ready Steady Find it” each time. Goal of having a consistent and positive walk up. 

Got Otis out of the car and let him acclimate to the new site and use the bathroom. Track #1 Otis started well but saw a man in a hoodie coming toward our car and started back to me. Saying “unh uh” got him back on the track. He did a nice job on the open angle right turn and on his article retrieve.

I took his gear off and put him back in the car for 10 minutes. Second track: Walk up getting more consistent language-wise. In at an angle. He caught the track, followed and made a nice open angle left turn. Nice article retrieve as well. Less distracted.


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  1. JudiOctober 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM

    Excellent! I might consider reinforcing him for listening to the “uh uh,”—I’d likely tell him how good he was to come off the distraction with praise, pets, and maybe a cookie….and then back to work. If ‘uh uh’ is going to be your “it’s ok, please keep tracking” cue, you want to make sure it’s worth listening to! That cue tells him what NOT to do….you want to make sure it’s reinforcing to do what you want him TO do!

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