A (Winchester House) Stairstep Track

11/12/2022 - 9:10 am

Location: Holly Ridge Farm in Ashland, VA

Weather/Conditions: 61 degrees, sunny, minimal wind

Cover: Wet Grass

Age: 1 hr 15 min

Tracklayer: myself

I put in a stair step track with 10 articles and this time used all 10. The stairs probably belong in the Winchester House but that didn't stop Saber. Every other article had food. There was no other food on the track.

Saber had a lackluster start. It wasn't bad but she didn't seem highly motivated. She picked up the start glove and was rewarded. Then she kind of moseyed around the start. She wasn't not working but she wasn't working hard. After she found the article on the first leg she kicked into tracking mode. She indicated most of her articles without prompting. There was a leather square and glove, both without food, that she paused at but required the verbal down command to indicate.

Once she got into the groove her tracking was strong. Her turns were excellent. The track ended with her favorite hat. We played with it and she carried it back to the car.