Does your back hurt from doing all this? Also that puppy coat looks so soft, hopefully he’s a cuddly pup!

 

Tracking. That’s where the back pains come from😂😂He cuddles when he’s not in motion.

 

Shotgun 1st in line for Kodak if he doesn’t workout for IGP

 

I see you like to live on the dangerous side.

 

Act first think later lol.

 

Looks just like my friends coated pup! Will be very handsome!

Lee

 

@Sabis mom Don’t tell shadow. At least not till she’s feeling better

 

@Sabis mom Don’t tell shadow. At least not till she’s feeling better

Did he kill a Lambie?! Or is that just a floppy one? He is so cute.

 

Look at the hair around the ears lol, he looks darker already

 

He is. He was grey when he got here😂😂

 

He's a lion mix

 

He’s ready for the mosh pit

 

Oh my! Look at the floof!

 

Congratulations a great name and beautiful puppy!!!!

 

Ellie destroys toys, all we have out is kongs and bene bones.

 

That’s what I gave it to him for. I had no plans on it lasting.

 

This is the beginning of his tracking as he works it out in his own. I use wher I stand to draw him to it and away from the other track, but that’s about all the help he’ll get right now. We’ll probably do a few more like this before I make them not focused. It’s interesting to watch him organically find the tracks and learn they have value.

 

Hey bear I started tracking while Ellie is on rest, I started with the markos video at canemo.. I now essentially straddle (leg on either side so she can’t turn) her making sure she stays straight as the video says.. do I keep doing this until she doesn’t get the urge to turn around or go side to side and back track, or go off track? When do I give slack and let her go on her own? She will always get to the end of the track but she will blow by the odd piece of food if I don’t pull down on the lead to bring it to her attention.. I feel like if I give her slack she may get side tracked, literally.. do I keep at it this way for a while?

 

Just watched your tracking video. I like that approach and he looks great.

 

I plan to take some time to let him develop the skills without a lot of input from me. He’s less intense tracking than Cion, which I think will make him easier to handle.

 

Haha... We were posting at the same time

 

Do you have reward in the footprints?

 

Food in each step. I use a heel strike, then drag my foot back slightly to make a pocket at the front for the food. Then I drop it in. The two most important parts at this stage for me are laying a track that is easy to distinguish and making sure it’s baited properly. It’s more important to make sure you aren’t leaving food outside the track than it is making sure every step is baited. You see here he’s only doing one set of steps for at least parts of it. It’s not a big deal right now. I’ll probably do food in the heek and toe next time to see how he responds.

 

There is food in there

 

It's so different than teaching tactical tracking to green dogs where the goal is finding the bad guy and not nose deep footstep to footstep.

 

It’s the divergence from functional skill to stylized art. When I first started tracking Cion, he was like a bat out of you know what. I struggled trying to figure out how to reign him in. Tactical tracking wise, he would have been killing it.

 

What kind of issues do you run into tracking? You lose points for the dog air scenting in igp correct? Do any sports use the tactical tracking mentioned above.. ie by any means necessary and not footsteps?

 

Skipping steps, air scenting, nose not deep, circling corners, overshooting corners, change of pace, missing articles. I believe those are the big scoring criteria where you lose points. Bear was pretty methodical and the easy to track. Cion was like a race car in a run way. With Cion specifically, if he hits a corner go fast, he’ll circle. The speed can lead to crooked article indications. He will occasionally start air scenting. I think I’ve come through most of those for his next trial. AKC tracks are laid differently and judged less strictly. They are also adding main trailing, which ytgey can do however they want.

 

 

You could start a new thread with this video alone to show first time owners how differentiate play from over stimulation. He looks great!

 

If you have the camera help I’d love to see how you actually lay the track for your pup first few times .. a lot I see online is blood trails for hunting dogs and a starting box

 

This video from Canemo is a great beginer video on IGP tracking. If you are interested in learning this would definetly be worth watching....

 

Lambie killing aside, he looks fabulous. I might still have to let him come to my board and keep. I miss playing with Shadow.

 

this is inspiring to watch. you're really good with this pup. that last wrestling video is where it's at. we're doing that at home every night =) rosie enjoys it

 

I do ok. I have good management skills and knowing I don’t have to be perfect makes it an easier time. I’m trying to keep this journey pressure free as long as I can.

 

 

 

Kodak almost looks like a bleach blonde! Hope he keeps that hairdo. I like how he flopped into a down in the training vid at 1:22

 

I could be wrong. I like how it appears your shaping that engagement with you it's not about the toy it's about what you have and what you two are doing together. Very nice to see versus reading.

 

There’s a few reasons like anything else. Engaging with me and coming to me vice running away us one. I also get to avoid it ever being I’m coming to take your prize away.