RESOURCES: track maps, where to purchase stuff etc

1. Biothane tracking lines: https://www.palominelines.com/

2. Harness: https://nordkyn.com/product/adjustable-tracking-extended-padding-4/. NOTE: Your tracking harness should be unique and not used for any other dog sport, including other scent related dog sports. It should most definitely NOT be the harness your dog wears for walks.

3. Stairstep track: NOTE: can start with first turn to right or left, and should be trained both ways.

3. Start tracks--more advanced dog

4. Start tracks--beginner dog who IS making turns: The dots are NOT food drops, but rather the handler's path from track to track. Should the dog choose to follow the track to the next start flag, that is fine, but then they MUST indicate the article using the same indication they are trained for at the end.

5. Cross track training track (TDX only)

6. Starter, and first step of introducing walked steps, tracks. For the second track, it's 10 scuff steps, 3 walked with a food drop at step 2, scuff another 10, walk 3 with food @ 2. Food will only appear in the walked sections.

7. Article indication practice, thank you Betty Swenson: Gather 10 diverse articles. No food in any of them. Put 1st one on ground, scuffed 5 steps, put down #2, scuffed 5 more steps, put down #3, etc until all 10 in a row on ground. Put harness & line on dog, walked her up to 1st article, gave down cue as soon as she sniffed it. Gave treats from pocket, moved on to next one, repeat all the way down the line to #10, which she got to play with. Left articles in place. After playing with last article, put it back in place & went back to #1. NOTE: DO NOT DO THIS BACKWARDS--start over from #1. Repeated process except this time waited a beat to see if she would lie down on her own, which she did 7/10 times. Repeated again, dropped on her own 9/10 times. Quit

I kind of like this - hoping it helps her connect her article indication with her tracking