In and Out Tracking!

Today was awesome!

I finally took the lead from Jeremy! Erik went off to hide with Papaw Jerry, no Monica. Monica is the person that usually hides for the dogs to track while they are training, our past tracks have included Monica. This means that Blue was tracking Erik's scent only not anyone else! Jeremy got me started off with Blue and off we went! Blue was dead on, he is absolutely amazing! I could not go as fast as Jeremy goes but I was able to read Blue some by myself and some with Jeremy's help - still want a lot more practice doing that - I just cannot express how comforting it is to know that when we get home I have the huge security blanket! I hope we never need to track Erik but I have a ton of confidence in Blue, I just have to work up confidence in me, which will just take practice!

After our morning outside track we went back to the mall did some public obedience work and then off to a mall track. Jeremy expresses how important it is to be dead on when you are in a store because you only have a short period of time for the scent because of the air system's and everything. He set up two small easy tracks and Blue aced both of them! Blue just keeps impressing me more and more everyday!

Hey everyone mom isn't feeling very well so I wanted to talk to ya'll for a minute! Training is hard work! Everyone is tired, including me. I will sit and watch Bob instead of dance around like I normally do! So ya'll getting ready to come to training, get your beauty sleep now.

My blue gets stupid/silly over his ball! He is stepping on my toes whenever he goes after his ball! I am learning to jump on the sofa if Blue come anywhere near me with a ball. I am starting to pet Blue but I pet hard so mom is trying to get me to be gentle. I have no idea why I can't bop him in the head? I bop myself in the head and it doesn't hurt at all! My mom is so strict. I am still trying to poke Blue in the eye but mom keeps catching me. Blue will let me do anything to him and he just licks me to death when he gets the chance it makes me laugh!

Mom finally has Blue doing his tricks! She is going to help me learn to do them! Mom thinks it is funny when we shoot Blue to play dead! I think it is funny when mom tells Blue to bark and he barks! He gets so excited, and when Blue gets excited you have to watch your toes!

I had fun hiding in the mall today! Blue kept finding me, then he was so excited that he acted like a crazy man and I was tethered to him! What was my mom thinking! Ok well we are going to bed so we can work hard again tomorrow! Blue and I are sending ya'll hugs and licks!!!