Back on track

It was great to be back doing club training. While Tristan and I continued to train on our own during the break, there's no substitute to working with the trainer and other members. I firmly believe the weather today was ordered just for me. It was beautiful all day long with lots and lots of sunshine.

Tristan did great tracking which was a wonderful surprise and relief as it's been almost six months since he did any. I laid food every five to twelve paces since it's been so long. He had been up to 30 paces. The trainer tracked with him so he had a good start back and it was wonderful to see him do so well after such a long layoff.

We also got some great help with the dumbbell. The trainer played with the dumbbell with Tristan who, of course, acted like he'd never ever think of mouthing it, well hardly ever. He got Tristan very interested in it and kept him moving fast so he didn't juggle it in his mouth. I'll follow these techniques so Tristan will learn to hold the dumbbell calmly but still think it is fun to retrieve.

So now it's travelogue out, training in. Well, maybe not a total supplanting of tales of our jaunts but certainly a change in emphasis back to training. It's great to be back training and learning new things.