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 Yippee!  We found out a couple of days ago that Millie has gotten into the TD trial in Rochester next weekend. We had a good full-length, full-age blind session two days ago, so I think she's ready to go. The cover is listed in the Premium as "Hayfield", which is exactly all we could have hoped for. A couple of more practice sessions in the next few days, and then rest for the balance of the week.
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      I'm picking up the thread here after several months without posting. We have worked steadily all summer, Ilsa on alternating non-vegetated surfaces and contaminated public lawns, and Millie on rotating components of TD work -- stairsteps, long-aged tracks, long distance (500+) tracks, with TD-like tracks thrown in. Millie had to take a few weeks off for minor surgery, but on the whole each has worked 2-3 time a week since May. New Feature . What has taken me so long to get September up is that I have been struggling with the twenty-first century. I have decided to try to post both maps and, more challenging, a few videos of their tracks. I have by no means posted every video I've taken; this month I have posted links to 2 each for Millie and Ilsa. It has been a real learning experience trying to get their videos off of my computer and downloaded. Apparently the only real way to do this is through youtube . Not that any of you might be tempted to do so, but I'd prefe...