I believe my maps for the last 3 tracks were messed up label wise.  I'm blaming back meds on an empty stomach.


This is Thursday's article track.


This one is from Sunday.  Those were 2 tracks that Edgar enjoyed and was dead on.

Short, but back meds on an empty stomach.


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  1. Anne (Mila)January 5, 2026 at 2:41 PM

    Hi Beth - Happy New Year! I'll just reply to this one since it seems bundled with a couple of the other posts. Sounds like some mixed results, but overall maybe some positives - pleased to hear it! And great that the article track was reinforcing for good ol' Edgar! I'm glad you worked one into the rotation :). It's hard to give feedback on the others without a bit more detail. Sounds like one was mostly positive (yay!) and one maybe overfaced him (not yay!)...that said, now you know what he is not ready for and that tells you that whatever the overfacing track had may need to be broken down some into separate components with lots of reinforcement.

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  2. JenJanuary 5, 2026 at 5:57 PM

    Happy New Year! Sounds like you've been getting out and getting some of the rotation in - nice job. For the day you overfaced the track, what components seemed to be a challenge for him? As Anne mentioned, with more detail we may be able to provide some suggestions on how to address/train those components. For your article track, is Edgar automatically indicating or are you giving a command? When I do article tracks, I love to drop the article behind me as I walk on and then we run it a 2nd or 3rd time. I find it to be a great way to practice repetition and notice on the repeat runs, that the dogs will bound ahead and auto-indicate or indicate more quickly each time. Give it a try sometime!

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    1. UnknownJanuary 7, 2026 at 6:29 PM

      Jen and Anne, the day became warm and the track had become too old. Also, my tracklayer didn't do a 90 degree turn but an acute. I was ready to throw out an article when Edgar hit the second leg.

      Edgar was sitting on his article track without prompting.

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