Things have been slow for training this week since I haven't taken off work early to have the light available. I did give her one baggie without the creance and she went to it almost immediately after making sure the cat wasn't nearby. She missed on the first pass but recovered quickly and got hold of it on the second try.
I took Hazel out to an empty subdivision area near the house where the roads and sidewalks have been in for over 5 years but no houses yet. It's great for teaching your kids to drive and teaching your hawk to launch at birds from a car.
I took along Mr. Frosty and set him up on the curb and drove slowly past. It was her first car ride so she was very distracted by the interior of the car and wasn't looking outside at all. Even when I just pulled up along side Mr. Frosty she would just look at all the controls on the dashboard and I'll be darned if she wasn't trying to figure out how to drive the thing. I'll have to make sure I keep the keys where she can't find them. Anyway, I finally held her out the window and she saw the bird and launched at it. I traded her off and got her back in the car and set up Mr. Frosty again. I figured she would be really anxious to look for it now that she had her claws on it once. But when I drove by she didn't see it and was distracted by everything else. She only finally launched at it when I held her out the window and pointed the car directly at it. I need to figure out how to get her to look off to the side and know that that's her exit. Hopefully the WA car hawking expert will comment on this post and give me some pointers. *nudge nudge, wink wink*
I'll try and give her more car rides to get her used to the car so the newness wears off and she can focus outside of the car.
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