8C this morning, very heavy dew, but absolutely no breeze, very nice tracking conditions.

I laid two long tracks, both somewhere close to 200 feet, I think. This is still only 1/4 of the distance that will be required for a TD track, but we're doing well. In addition to the difficulty of the new distances, I also increased the distance on food drops to 10 paces, and only walked normally, no shuffling today. So, a little less scent, less food and more distance. I wanted Morley to really understand that this is about the track and not the food.

She found all the food drops on the first track, but was so eager to follow the second track that she missed the first 3 food drops. She hesitated a bit when she didn't find the food drops, but still worked well. After that she settled in and did a really nice job, deep nose, pulling into the harness. I'm now holding back on following her until I feel her pull hard, she needs to take the responsibility for the job now.

Her confidence level is looking very good, she starts off eagerly after each food drop and is doing a down automatically when she finds the glove.