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Friday, October 26th, 2007

Questions on Tracking Situation

Any suggestions re a tracking situation?  Yesterday

was chilly, very gusty winds–to the point that I am

not sure they were really NE as the weather guy

claimed, seemed to be shifting every five seconds.  I

did a four-turn track, and Mac had trouble with only

one.  That time he stopped, then tried to come back

along the leg he had just done, couldn’t seem to pick

up anything.  The winds there were really bad.  So in

the end I pointed out the track to him, and after

about ten yards he picked up the track again and

finished his work–found the glove after the next

corner with no trouble.  Did I do the right thing?
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Friday, October 26th, 2007

Canine Good Citizen!!!!!!

Chopper is now a CGC!!!!!!!

Four dogs tested tonight and two passed, us and Macy, a PWD (that has passed 3 times, she just takes it over and over b/c her handler owns the training club).  The untrimmed PWD in the picture
is Zeus and he did not pass, but he’s just a puppy and he got 5/10.  The fourth dog was also a PWD and she did not pass b/c she was scared of the man that did the stranger test.  Chopper
let the man pet her, inspect her, and groom her!  She even stepped out of place and leaned into him.  For the 3 minute leave, I put her in a down-stay and left her with a little boy. 
He said “she didn’t move a single muscle!”.   She got a chicken thigh and is now working on a new rawhide.

Thank you Kim and Julie and whoever else did all the work with this dog!!!

We plan to start training for the pet therapy club in a few weeks.


Jeanne and I with the AKC paper

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