Carly and young Lab Maeve

Maeve is 20 months old from SAR lines. She rocked these - her first fire trails, with owner Carly an experienced Lab owner and trainer. Maeve is a very motivated young dog. She also has nice training and is manageable at the start when we are trying to keep her from watching Kerry or lunging too much. On her second fire trail I used an area I didn’t know well and Maeve had a little driveway cross and some hard surface which was good to her as there was good veg and a nice building edge. We used sidewalks with veg edges for her two night tracks. On the first Kerry was close and she easily picked up the scent pool. At her age she’s got some good street smarts and other training so is a good learner. On the second she came to see me then re-acquired the trail where Kerry had dragged her hands along the shrubs and touched the sign post. Thanks Kerry!