Tassie Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Coco passed her TD 6 this morning. Pixie dance all round still can't believe it!!! Yay for the TDX. On to Ch now!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezzyno.1 Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Huge contratulations Kathq for your TD 6 pass....well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Fox Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 (edited) For anyone interested in what Sch/IPO tracking looks like these vids are a good example: Sch1 - 100 point track Same dog, Sch3 - 99 point track Edited May 18, 2013 by RidgieMal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathq Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Huge contratulations Kathq for your TD 6 pass....well done Thanks guys, can't believe we're up to a 7 already :). Guess we had better do some practice for those starts. Feels like its come in a rush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podengo Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 (edited) A friend just found this on Google Play - thought I would share here as I'm sure some of you will get as excited as me about it! Dog Tracks - Android Apps on Google Play I have been talking for ages about how awesome it would be to have a tracking app integrated with a map, and apparently this one is just that! Supposedly using the GPS on your phone it draws a line on a map showing where you laid a track and where you put the articles, how long it took you to lay it, etc. Then it draws a 2nd line when your dog is tracking and marks the articles they indicate. Waiting to hear how it works for my friend before buying it, but it looks very cool - particularly if you're out laying tracks for multiple dogs and tracking at all different times. Edited May 19, 2013 by DiscoDobe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Thanks for that DD. Must have a look. When I remember it, I use Runkeeper - but I can't get a side-by-side comparison - have to sort of flick from one screen t the next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Congratulations everyone Pele and I passed track 3 at the weekend and have our TD title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Fox Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 A friend just found this on Google Play - thought I would share here as I'm sure some of you will get as excited as me about it! Dog Tracks - Android Apps on Google Play I have been talking for ages about how awesome it would be to have a tracking app integrated with a map, and apparently this one is just that! Supposedly using the GPS on your phone it draws a line on a map showing where you laid a track and where you put the articles, how long it took you to lay it, etc. Then it draws a 2nd line when your dog is tracking and marks the articles they indicate. Waiting to hear how it works for my friend before buying it, but it looks very cool - particularly if you're out laying tracks for multiple dogs and tracking at all different times. That app would be fantastic. couldn't find it on iPhone but just downloaded this one instead https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/track-notes/id574205805?mt=8 Doesn't have the maps, but still good for record keeping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Fox Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Coco passed her TD 6 this morning. Pixie dance all round still can't believe it!!! Congratulations everyone Pele and I passed track 3 at the weekend and have our TD title Well done to both of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathq Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Congratulations everyone Pele and I passed track 3 at the weekend and have our TD title Congratulations!!! There's no feeling quite like it is there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podengo Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 A friend just found this on Google Play - thought I would share here as I'm sure some of you will get as excited as me about it! Dog Tracks - Android Apps on Google Play I have been talking for ages about how awesome it would be to have a tracking app integrated with a map, and apparently this one is just that! Supposedly using the GPS on your phone it draws a line on a map showing where you laid a track and where you put the articles, how long it took you to lay it, etc. Then it draws a 2nd line when your dog is tracking and marks the articles they indicate. Waiting to hear how it works for my friend before buying it, but it looks very cool - particularly if you're out laying tracks for multiple dogs and tracking at all different times. That app would be fantastic. couldn't find it on iPhone but just downloaded this one instead https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/track-notes/id574205805?mt=8 Doesn't have the maps, but still good for record keeping The iphone version of that is due to be released later on this year :) I might buy it tomorrow and test it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Fox Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Awesome, let me know how you go with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afkar Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 (edited) I love the sound of that tracking app. It would be so useful especially when you end up detouring from the original idea of a track due to discoveries of hazards when actually laying it & with more than one dog to do at a time. I am going to go & check it out further. Thanks for the "heads up". Actually I have just given into temptation & bought it. Will post on how it goes.. Edited May 26, 2013 by afkar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyBlue Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 She finally did it!!!! After two years and several health and training setbacks I got my first Tracking Champion yesterday!!!! Dyson also completed his test 4 yesterday. Two for two :-) it was a very good day. It was a day for the black labs at the GSD trial yesterday with 7 in total, 5 entered and 4 passes. Good luck to all those competing today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podengo Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 She finally did it!!!! After two years and several health and training setbacks I got my first Tracking Champion yesterday!!!! Dyson also completed his test 4 yesterday. Two for two :-) it was a very good day. It was a day for the black labs at the GSD trial yesterday with 7 in total, 5 entered and 4 passes. Good luck to all those competing today. Awesome!!! Huge congrats!! How was your final track? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue & Waldo Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 She finally did it!!!! After two years and several health and training setbacks I got my first Tracking Champion yesterday!!!! Dyson also completed his test 4 yesterday. Two for two :-) it was a very good day. It was a day for the black labs at the GSD trial yesterday with 7 in total, 5 entered and 4 passes. Good luck to all those competing today. WELL DONE!! So pleased for you. What a road it has been for you! Well done for keeping on working! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podengo Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 I have been slack with tracking training lately - there hasn't been much to work towards and obedience/agility took precedence! We will have our first working trial in November though, with a UD-level track, so we should really get to work on fine-tuning our tracking. Any ideas for upping accuracy in our tracks? I am confident that Elsie can get around a UD track, but will lose marks for a bit of casting and for going wide on corners. I want to aim for high in trial! Short grass? Long grass? Lots of food? Track into the wind? Long straights? Lots of corners? Help meeee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyBlue Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Awesome!!! Huge congrats!! How was your final track? :D WELL DONE!! So pleased for you. What a road it has been for you! Well done for keeping on working! Thanks. DD - we were in a paddock with a huge number of sheep body parts. She started off really really well she even picked up the bag with the article before I'd opened it and was headed off to the start! Once I'd got her back and let her sniff it she just headed straight out. First corner was a bit of a mess. She found a sheep leg (which I initially thought was an article until I looked closer ) then kept wanting to go back to finish it. I screwed up and didn't trust her indication at the corner, she indicated it a few times and I had a fairly good idea it went left but she was also pulling hard to go right (back to the first lamb leg) and there were bits of carcass I could see to the left too so I wasn't sure that she was tracking - hindsight tells me I should have gone with it anyway. The rest went really smoothly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathq Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 She finally did it!!!! After two years and several health and training setbacks I got my first Tracking Champion yesterday!!!! Dyson also completed his test 4 yesterday. Two for two :-) it was a very good day. It was a day for the black labs at the GSD trial yesterday with 7 in total, 5 entered and 4 passes. Good luck to all those competing today. Congratulations!!!! What an awesome weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathq Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 We had our first go at a 7 this weekend and for about 1180 meters she was brilliant then 20 meters before the hide in the middle of a herd of cows she did a hard left and kept going. I couldn't see the tracklayer either. Gut wrenching is about the best way to describe it when called back by the judge and pointed out the hide will take a few days to get my head around it I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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