Tracking with the PEEBs

February 18, 2026 Millie -- Article track. Overcast, 58 degrees, moderate breeze. RH 80% Little age (<15 minutes) Article track laid exactly as described in training guide. Criteria were that she stop in front of the article and down within 2 seconds. In this exercise she scored 9 out of 10. But... She is down, but not fully committed. She is ready to bounce up as soon as I move. I guess I have to be quicker at dropping the high-value treat on the article to nail her in place. She recognizes the exercise as the exercise--I want to get it to carry through to more general situations. The trouble seems to be getting the behavior so ingrained that when we are actually tracking she does it automatically. Good, but we have to keep working. Next time Starts. Brigid --Aged track (2:15). 270 yards, 3 turns. Overcast, 58 degrees, moderate breeze. RH 80% Grass and bushhogged weeds, damp. She started well--we went in at 90 degrees to the first leg, but she made the correction immediately. The f...

February 14 Millie--obstacles--changes of cover--short grass to long grass to woods; I also wanted to get her out on what little snow/ice was left. 370 yards, 4 turns. 1:15 old. Primary purpose was to give her something relatively easy after three weeks off. Three articles plus start. Fair start, good attention to track. Two turns needed little or any searching at all; two required work, but she got them in the end.  Since I have been laying all the tracks myself, I'm not sure if I have been cuing her. Stopped at each article, but did not go down. February 16 Brigid--long track exercise (535 yards). Old Longwood Golf Course. Overcast, 47 degrees, moderate breeze. Ground damp-wet after soaking rain the day before. Because of the lack of a long stretch (the golf course was littered with fallen branches or trees), I had to do this exercise with six turns. Age 40 minutes. Food drops every 30 yards to provide motivation. Granted the relatively easy conditions (aside from the Force 4 win...