We tried a "just to see" urban track today for Tascha and Emma. New to urban work, this was the first time out with almost no snow or ice. Wanting to 'see' how Emma worked on the hard surface, with more articles, and extremely high winds, and Tascha wanted to see how well she was 'reading' Emma. As much was 'new' and difficult, we did not age it more than 15 minutes and laced hard surface with tiny, tiny chicken pieces. She ignored most of them.
They have already completed three legs, working on the fourth. The start was on dead grass, up over a hill, along edge of pavement, with a cloth article. Then they turned out across driveway, working along a curb to more bare pavement, and back on grass before making the next turn (above). Emma has just crossed a patch of pavement on her second last leg nearing a plastic article.
Emma's last corner was on grass and she's already moving out towards the final article (leather) on pavement. She had the most problem on her last turn on grass and the transition to the hard surface, but she kept working until she 'got' it! Tascha gave her all the time she needed.
And here is Emma dancing on one leg, ears flying! She indicated her last article and then wanted badly to play with it and chase it. Such a fun little dog!
They have already completed three legs, working on the fourth. The start was on dead grass, up over a hill, along edge of pavement, with a cloth article. Then they turned out across driveway, working along a curb to more bare pavement, and back on grass before making the next turn (above). Emma has just crossed a patch of pavement on her second last leg nearing a plastic article.
Emma's last corner was on grass and she's already moving out towards the final article (leather) on pavement. She had the most problem on her last turn on grass and the transition to the hard surface, but she kept working until she 'got' it! Tascha gave her all the time she needed.
And here is Emma dancing on one leg, ears flying! She indicated her last article and then wanted badly to play with it and chase it. Such a fun little dog!
