She started out very well, without her usual zigzag on the first leg, and found the first article easily. She took a few moments to make the first turn. From there she only had 15' before the road crossing - she barely paused. She found the second article and then moved on to make the turn through the ditch into the grass. This is where she started having difficulty.She missed the dogleg turn and got sucked to the green grass in the shade of the trees (red dotted line). She indicated loss of scent right where the red dotted line turned away from the trees. I organized her search, hoping to help her find the track. At the next bend she got serious about moving toward the real track and actually worked her way over the to the article. You know how she is about articles.
From there she couldn't decide what to do. I think she was confused by our backtrack on the track and couldn't figure out how to go up track. I did get her to go a little bit and then she indicated we needed to cross the road. As I followed her, it became apparent she was on the last leg of the track I laid for Cricket the week before - I could see she was dead on the final marker I used as tracklayer.
We took her to the midpoint on the second leg to restart and I slowed her down as she turned off the pavement. She actually rounded the dogleg (blue dotted line). She spent a moment searching for the article I picked up when she found it before. Then she moved on. She rounded the next turn, taking a pretty straight leg toward the mid-leg article. She nailed it from there to the end.
In her defense, Gimme always has a hard time through the summer. We've gotten good results from bee pollen, but I have no source this year. My honey guy lost many hives last year and has to keep/use all the pollen he has. I have a couple other sources I'm looking into. Cross your fingers.
As it turns out, we didn't track on 6/25. Nadine had a major flat tire and couldn't get out of the garage. There's always next week.
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