Here are the actual pictures from the certification this morning. Charlene snapping the tracking harness on O’Stara.
Starting out on the track:
At the end of the track with AKC Tracking judge Walt Stewart. Walt is probably telling Charlene not to invite O’Stara’s other Mom (me) to the AKC Tracking test.
Heading back and O’Stara noticing someone watching.
Hey it is my other Mom!
Way to go O’Stara!
Julie—great shots…beautiful area. I hope you got close-up pix of O’Stara headed towards her other Momma!
She really is one cool dog!
Those last two shots are “I see Momma Julie!” and “I’m gonna get Momma Julie!” good thing we were done. 🙂
FYI, we won’t try to get into a test until next year, February at the earliest. We might be better off waiting until the cover is high in mid to late spring though (harder to see people then!) danged heat cycle is likely to interfere with that plan though.
We are doing agility this weekend. keep your fingers crossed that Ostara will overcome my pressure and will work with some enthusiasm. Poor girl- momma Charlene is just too darn intense! (tracking is much better since I learned to shut up and let the line slack)