14C this morning, rained overnight so the grass was really wet, no breeze.
I introduced the concept of "turns" this morning. This is done by making big arcs at the end of a short track. I mark the radius with poles, use lots of food drops and walk across the arc three times before leaving the glove and walking out. We did three short tracks, arc to the right. I don't think that Morley even noticed the change of direction, which is basically what I want to see. However, I'm noticing that she's not spending much time at the beginning of the track, so I'm going to use food drops on the scent pad for a few days to encourage her to spend some time before moving out.
We did have our first potential "crittering" with Morley pouncing where she thought (probably correctly!) that there was a mouse. I'm certain this could become an issue, so I've also started using the words "Find it" when she moves out after a food drop. This way I may be able to encourage her to start tracking if she decides to critter on me.
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