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| Willow getting the scent fom article at the Start flag! |
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| "Mom, look what I found!" |
Scent Tracking is a variable planned, flagged and plotted straight walking path of the tracklayer who drops articles along the way in a huge field or Park ... the straight paths vary from lenghts up to 100 yards with corners introduced (marked and unmarked) and the total track gradually works up to 1000 yards (14 of my strides = a yard) ... there maybe up to 4 corners as dog and handler gain experience, go into woods, cross roads and the dog learns to ignor other scents along the way (strangers, critter holes, deer, birds and strange dogs etc) ... the scent may be aged from a half hour up to 3 hours depending on teams experience!
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| Now that Willow has the Tracklayers scent, she's ready to go! |
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| Emma at her Start flag! |
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| Her track went thru a building and she found a sock! |
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| Emma is so proud of her find! |
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| Mya at her Start flag ... "get a good sniff of those articles girl!" |
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| Mya Scent Tracking at the end of the 25ft leash ... handler learns to "read" the dogs moves! |
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| "I found it Mom!" ... this article on her path was plastic ... so proud! |
