Different conditions this  morning: no dew, temp around 20C and a tiny breeze from the NW. So, I laid all three tracks south to north so the breeze would bring scent back into Morley's nose and not drift it too far away from the track.

She watched intently as I laid the first track. I did food drops about every 4 paces again, shuffling on the track to lay extra scent. She pulled me to the track, put her nose on the scent pad and started working immediately. I did less verbal encouragement this morning, wanting her to work without "help" from me and I worked a tiny bit further behind her, putting pressure on the harness when she did. This track was about 60 feet long.

The next two tracks were about 80 feet, food drops every 6 paces or so, and for those two tracks, the first food drop was a couple of feet out from the scent pad to encourage Morley to figure out the direction of the track on her own. She pulled me to both tracks, put her nose deep and found the direction easily. From a position just back from her tail, I can easily hear her nose working.

I'll keep the food drops closely spaced together this week to encourage a deep nose and to keep her from straying too far from the track. Next week, if she starts to miss food drops in favour of the track itself, I'll lengthen the spacing between food drops.