Tiffany, Tracker Dog

Tiffany has qualified for her Tracking Dog title. We were at Monarto on Saturday, up before the crack of dawn to get there by 7:00am. Tiffany was the first to go on her track, where she had to find a total stranger. It was cold, wet and windy, but Tiffany got down to business straight away and took off along the first leg of the track. She got the first corner and then found the first sock giving a good indication of the find. ( She pounced on it, shook it and then threw it at Keith). On the second leg she was a little upwind but got back on the track despite Keith trying to keep up. The second corner was near trees and Tiffany went sniffing a little, but got back to work and found the second sock. The last leg was a gentle curve that Tiffany followed and found the tracklayer at the end of it. She was rated Very Good.
I did my Track 4 test. It was later in the day, still cold but the sun was out.  I had 4 turns to track, and I got a bit tired towards the end. The wind blew the scent around and I wanted to wind scent, but I still managed to find a sock and I worked my way round the course and found the track layer at the end. I must have walked 3 times the distance as I was quatering a lot, and that was what got me so tired. I was given a Pass for the test, so I need only 2 more tracks to get my Tracking Dog Excellent title.

Secret Location

Here we are at a secret location. It has to be a secret because we are not supposed to be there. We did not see the 'no dogs' sign until we were leaving. It was on our travels home from Halls Creek to Alice Springs on the Tanami road. A long time ago a meteorite hit the ground and made a big hole, and that is it behind us.
We are home now. The trip down the Tanami was good, we started out, went to sleep, woke up for a bonio at lunch time and a leg stretch, went back to sleep until evening when we had a run and our dinner. Next day was the same and then we were in Alice Springs. Well the humans thought it was a big deal, and as long as they are happy, we are happy.
Home now, able to run about, play with toys and go outside without supervision, so life is pretty good. Minty and Maggie are home too, so it is back to being just the two of us at play time.