Been awhile since I could orchestrate a decent tracking challenge for Liesel Weapon. Kat Roos laid a nice long track for her to navigate today: 2 miles aged over an hour. Double blind (I had no idea where they went). Track went up a steep grade then down the other side -- down a dirt road -- over a well used bridge -- through brush down to the river bank. Took Liesel about an hour to complete (would have been faster if her human anchor didn't slow her down on the steep terrai

This is how adults play hide and seek with their K9s... K9 Reese is a 4 month old golden who had zero issue finding POIs hiding in unique places tonight. Reese's handler is injured so I had the privilege of working Reese while her owner watched...first location the POI ran and hid in multiple elevated hiding spots in a playground. Reese navigated her first fence crossing and did great getting back on scent after being (gently) tossed to the other side. Later on after it got d