<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">This is a good post. No seizures, no nothing. This morning I was feeling exceptionally good and it was lovely out and I went to the Farmer's market and on the way back passed the soccer field at the Jr High and an idea began to form in my strange little brain.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I came home and dug out the tracking flags, the harnesses, the articles and some cheese. I went back to the soccer field and laid about a 300 yard track with turns and I put a little bait out just in case.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I came back and got Nigel, the steps to get him in and out of the Van, and his cart. Also Conley.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Nigel, before he went down in the rear, was already titled in tracking and working on his TDX and VST.He was a phenomenal tracker and loved it passionately. It has been two years since he went down, two years since he tracked.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I got him out of the Van and he looked confused. I got him in the cart and just about then he turned and saw the first flag. Nothing wrong with his memory. I barely got the lead on before he made it to the start, inhaled the scent and took off. He was so excited. He blew one turn but came right back and found it. He ate some of the cheese but was too excited to wait to eat the rest. He went through knee-high water pulling that cart and hustled right along to the end where he got maxim praise, shouts of joy, side-thumps and kisses.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Then I took Conley on another track, shorter, more cheese, one turn. Admittedly he has not tracked more than once or twice and now I remember why. He has no work ethic. Well he may, but not for tracking. Constantly he turned to look at me and ask "Tell me again why we're in the middle of this field smelling grass?"</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">But the point is, that seeing Nigel so incredibly happy, so excited, so motivated again, was good for both our souls. I had forgotten what fun it was, and how proud he could be. What a good dog he is, and how hard he tries. We'll be doing it more often, even if he isn't eligible for another title.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">MomPerson to Nigel the Nose, Conley, Llewis and Doc</div>
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