Gimme's track was 90 minutes old and 53ยบ. There was a breeze coming off the river at the top of the picture. Gimme was only 35 yards into her track when she came upon the first dog contamination and their car was still there - right beside her track. The owner had been throwing a ball and the first throw put it right next to Gimme's first article. Gimme checked out the dog smells and then moved on, got across the road and was on the track, but would have missed her first article without my help.
She got a little further and then got stuck on Nadine's cross-track and/or the nearby dog contamination. Gimme needed to go between two picnic tables and past a grill, but it was a struggle. One pair of owners (three orange dots) were sitting at nearby tables with their off leash dog. Nadine walked over before we started and asked them to put their dog on leash, which they nicely did. This was probably the hardest part of the track, but Gimme did finally figure it out.
After these challenges, Gimme paid no attention to the contamination on the path near the river, even though it was all over her track for about 80 yards. When we got past the contamination, Gimme went so fast she almost missed an article. In her defense it was laying in a bunch of pine needles, so it may have been hard to smell.
She got through the multiple turns and then had a little struggle with dog contamination right as she needed to cross the road. She finally just crossed the road and then searched until she found the track on the other side, despite two cars parked there. From there to the end, she just aced it.
Clearly with all the contamination provided by other park users, we didn't really need to set cross-tracks. Gimme did a good job, despite the challenges.
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