January 5th, 2025

 We went back up to one of the High Schools near us since it was a Sunday. Hoping for less distractions than the parks have had. We practiced with some articles outside by the car. It took him a little longer to engage than he was when we played in the house. We were quick with this. A couple of bops with the article and then moved on to tracking. **edit these were recorded prior to getting our article feedback from MaryAnn. 

Tracks were longer based on the feedback we got.

Track 1 was double laid 40 yards with food drops 18-20 inches. He seemed pretty eager to start the track and was pulling me towards the start flag. This was exciting since sometimes he kind of acts indifferent to tracking. I want this to be fun for him. Starting point had numerous treats waiting, the end did not have an article as instructed. Small pile of treats were at the end vs an article. 

Track 2 was double laid 50 yards with food drops 15-18 inches apart. He again pulled me to the start flag. He did stop a couple times to look at who knows what. Once I did have to toss some food down to get him going again. The other times he started back on his own. Again, no article at end just a pile of food.

Track 3 was double laid 60 yards with food drops 12-15 inches apart. There was a difference with the food closer together. He seemed to keep his head down for almost the whole track.