Welcome to RDOC Tracking Class

Today was an interesting day. Really good dogs tracked well, and then…didn’t. All of them, except Lilah. I have an apology to make: I...

Here’s how the horses liked after we left. Perhaps we were their exercise regime for the day!

Those were the things I was thinking about as I watched both classes this week. I think I’ve reminded you taking a step, no matter how...

Many years ago I was judging the Cardigan Corgi National Specialty Tracking test at Oatlands in Leesburg. It was 9 degrees and windy,...

When do you back up an add more food? How do you do it? How should you think about it? If you are heading towards a challenge….should...

All the dogs looked great today. Some homework for each of you… Pam & Melissa: Welcome! We are very glad to have both of you, and both...

Usually my blog posts are well thought out….I‘m writing this one as I think about it, so it might be clear as mud….. There comes a point...

Something to think about.... As judges, we often place articles in such a way as to help the dog, or reward the dog, for completing a...

Apparently Frost Flowers are a rare sight. We saw hundreds on Saturday, and fewer (but still over a hundred) on Sunday. Clint and I...

Last post for the day. Many of you appear to worry about the food on the track. I’d like to encourage you to stay the course and trust...

Observing behavior is more than watching. Find a safe, level place to track. Put in a one turn track. Now go get your dog. Get to about...

I’ve often talked about how tracking made me a dog trainer. Recent conversations with several of you have encouraged me to reflect how...

It is SUPER important that the reinforcement comes from the track, and not from you, as much as possible (when training articles, that's...

In decades in dogs, I've had the dog who got along with everyone, and the dog who would do serious harm to any dog who entered his 3 foot...

Biothane tracking lines: https://www.palominelines.com/ Harness: https://nordkyn.com/product/adjustable-tracking-extended-padding-4/. ...

WOW. This is amazing--it's so easy to communicate with all of you now. I told Kelly and Valerie each something that I think I'd like to...

If any of you want to follow Gusto and I as we train VST, we are listed in the Wednesday class group, and I will be posting there.