Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Quote: matthew thurston
.... My dog has almost always had a problem going too fast. Begining tracks were circular, and each step was baited. I let him run around and eat the bait until he got back to the pad where he started then he was calmly pulled away. He did this slow and rythmically. We progressed from there, but again he is moving too fast. ... He starts the track and charges off, and (mostly) stays on the track but he doesn't check each step ..... Afterward, if I bring him back to the start of the track and do it over again, he does an almost perfect track. Nice and slow, checking all steps, & rythmic. ....
Quote: susan tuck
... After I lay my track/tracks (depending on what I am working on), while ageing, I take my dog for a good 20 - 30 minute walk, it stretches his legs, gets a tad bit of the piss & vinegar out ....I make it a pretty good walk at a quick pace. At the end I put him in his box, offer a little water, then take him out and go tracking. ....
This suggestion was one of the big helps for me when I was first doing FST. I think it was Will who mentioned a little workout first with a dog who zoomed along like that and checked "most" of the steps. This is not a young dog, either -- just all het up about tracking, I guess! It's one of his favorite things.
Matthew,
It sounds like your starting to have some success. Why do you want to change things so fast? Give him a chance to succeed without being confused before you change things.
Another thing that occured to me is wind direction. If your dog is still in the learning phase of tracking I would make sure I'm tracking with the wind at my back. It could be that you unintentionally taught him to smell air and ground at the same time and he knows pretty much where he's going so he goes fast and then hits a corner and before his nose catches up to his body he's overshot the corner.
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Oh yeah, wind direction....very important. Something I like about these threads is it takes you back and makes you remember this kind of thing, thanks to the help of many.
Matthew,
It sounds like your starting to have some success. Why do you want to change things so fast? Give him a chance to succeed without being confused before you change things.
Another thing that occured to me is wind direction. If your dog is still in the learning phase of tracking I would make sure I'm tracking with the wind at my back. It could be that you unintentionally taught him to smell air and ground at the same time and he knows pretty much where he's going so he goes fast and then hits a corner and before his nose catches up to his body he's overshot the corner.
Yes, I had considered wind direction. I have been keeping it to my back the best I can. And I only mean to extend and ad right angles once he is consistantly tracking well with what we are doing now. And then fewer, longer, tracks after he's doing that consistantly. Of course the key word before advancing is consistancy. This is the first dog I've ever attempted any tracking with and I appreciate everyones help.
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Re: I need some sport tracking tips
[Re: susan tuck ]
#221824 - 12/30/2008 09:17 PM 
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It's one of his favorite things. 
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