Things are progressing at a nice pace. Heidi for the first time today wore her tracking collar and leash. The collar is German made by Akah, it is soft fleece lined leather, and the leash is also German, made by Niggleoh, which is 20mm wide Neoprene and 12 meters long. Both available from : www.paintandpins.com
The track laid was 50m long, created by using around 170ml of blood and liver drag with deer skin at the end of it. The track had three thumbnail sized pieces of liver along its length to give her some incentive and motivation, which you can see her find, stop and eat. The wind was coming from behind us, which I'm trying to stick to at the moment to encourage her to keep her nose to the ground, and not pick up air scent.
Apart from the start where I give her the instruction 'Track on', I try to remain quiet, so as not to break her concentration. Obviously praising her at the end.
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