19/08/2026
What a fantastic trailing session we had on Monday evening! We had a new location and that meant new terrains and new spaces to explore! Plus, we had a beginners pet and man trailing assessment!
Team Tia kicked us off. Hot off the success of passing their beginners trailing assessments last time, they were on fire! We tested Tia with some open spaces, which didn’t phase her at all. She sniffed the ground where Billy had sat for a few seconds and successfully navigated an open park to find him! She was brilliant! She did wonder about taking her owner on a little shortcut over the mere, but found her way around the water instead 😂 very hard for a water-obsessed spaniel, but brilliant to see she retained focus to find her lost person despite such a high temptation of a dive!
Team Flint had their pet and man trailing assessments and smashed them! This team have grown so much and are navigating through adolescence, which carries a lot of big feelings. Flint can find other dogs distracting but he is now so quick to refocus back on his trail - and his second trail had pushbikes and dogs to navigate. He was superb and I’m so proud of his journey! What’s also lovely to see is the time his owner takes to allow him to process and work things out. We can often feel pressed to rush our dogs but this owner never dogs, which gives Flint the space he needs and a reason why they are such a brilliant team!
Team Billy are on fire at the moment! The motivation is high and it’s lovely to see. Billy worked on open spaces, which is something that he has struggled with - not that you’d know today! He went accurately across the open spaces and then around the mere to find his lost dog and person. His owner is so attentive at going with him and helping him keep moving if he does get stuck and he did wonderfully today! Really successful, especially at the open spaces!
Well done teams!
We still have one space left for Sunday’s Moreton Corbett session if you would like to join us!