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My name is Donna Brinkworth. Four years ago I moved to Alberta from Northwestern Ontario. I recently completed the requirements to be a CKC tracking judge for TD and TDX and will now work on becoming an urban tracking judge, as it is one of my passions. I've also become involved in the sport of Schutzhund as a member of the Calgary Schutzhund Club, and my boy Caden is showing a lot of promise in this exciting sport. All I need is some land and sheep for the Border Collies to be completely happy in Alberta, and we are working on that! This blog honours tracking, herding and life with the dogs who are my teachers and who bring so much joy into my life. It started out as a training blog for my tracking students. You can check those archives, back in 2005. Over time I have used this blog to journal my own training, share information, and most recently discuss my personal journey since moving here.

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28 May, 2011

Jet's UTD Motivation Track - Goal today - No Interference!

Jet at the glove - good girl!


Today I aged this 1 hour only and followed Jet as if I had no clue where it went. You can see how windy it was, it's blowing my line! But the article pulls her in nicely. This was a UTD length track with a wood article and a glove at the end.
First leg and first turn to article - wood:



Here's the map - 300 meters, 2 articles - wood and leather, 1 hour old. Very windy from the west ---> (map showing Jet's path is below...)

The wind was from behind on the leg with all the transitions (West --->). When she turns into the parking lot, you can see her working from side to side. She licks the water which is neat. It's not a drink, it's a taste. Suddenly she's off and nails the turn! I crossed to the stop sign and went right. She finds that, and gets to the end in a pretty tidy manner. I'd like less fringing but my goal today was to follow, no interference!



It's hard to follow and not help when you have laid your own track. I try to keep a loose line most of the time, but let her know I am there, and verbally praise. She is a busy little dog, she loves to work, so she doesn't need much encouragement.

Jet's path shown in green. Very strong wind today. Track run about 5 PM. Quite dry! (after a week of rain) though there are puddles on the pavement.

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