Sentences with phrase «for scent hounds»

For scent hounds, the AKC offers a number of different events meant to hone and showcase your dog's ability to hunt.

Not exact matches

When a hound opens — the hunters» term for barking on finding the scent — the others should fly to him, and when the scent is certain in their minds and to their noses they should all pursue it as one with great drive and cry, and should push their rabbit to a definite end — to a kill or to ground.

Bloodhounds or Scent hounds are well known for their ability to follow a scent that might be hours or even daysScent hounds are well known for their ability to follow a scent that might be hours or even daysscent that might be hours or even days old.

These large dogs are scent hounds; Bloodhounds were originally bred to hunt large prey, but nowadays they're known for being one of the best breeds of police dogs - and also one of the laziest dog breeds.

Bavarian mountain hounds are German bloodhounds, capable of tracking a cold scent for hours, even days.

Scent hounds will follow a trail for days.

Interestingly, owners of breeds which were originally bred for hunting (including terriers, retrievers, scent hounds and related dogs) were found to be offered the greatest protection from CVD.

For example, the Dachshund shares many characteristics with terriers, yet AKC placed it in the hound group, perhaps as much because of a misinterpretation of the breed's German name as its scenting ability.

Basset hounds, who are known for their slow moving and sweet tempered personalities, are scent hounds that can use their nose to find various things.

It belongs to the miscellaneous class under the hound breed family which is notable for their excellent hunting skills emphasized by their incomparable scenting power, speed, and or stamina.

It belongs to the hound breed family which is notable for their exceptional hunting skills greatly emphasized by their incomparable scenting power, speed, and or stamina.

Derived from a number of scent hounds, they resemble ancient stag hounds of that region in every way except for their dwarfed legs.

Many people have never heard of this type of hound dog breed but the Harrier has been used as a scent hunting dog for more than 100 years in England.

And in the old days, before there were fences, and scent hounds would follow game animals for miles (such as hunting for raccoon, bear, deer, or boar), the dogs would eventually find their way back to the camp where they started out.

Next in line, for the hardest dogs to housebreak are many dogs in the scent hound category.

It belongs to the hound breed family which is admired for their incomparable hunting skills emphasized by their excellent scenting ability, outstanding speed, and or great stamina.

The Basset Fauve de Bretagne exhibits many qualities typical to the hound type, having a strong instinct for hunting and scenting as well as an ability to flush game.

In contrast, scent hounds — such as beagles and bassets — are bred for hunting and tend to have a harder time with obedience training.

It's the fact that they're part of the hound group that doesn't quite work for me; they're hunting dogs that depend on their sense of smell to follow a scent and hunt their prey.

It belongs to the hound breed family which is admired for their incomparable hunting skills magnified by their outstanding scenting power, speed, and or stamina.

Special Interest: Like every other hound - dog, when the Basset Hound catches an interesting scent, he is inclined to track as far and for as long as he can.

Some breeds as a whole take longer to reach social maturity (golden retrievers, labrador retrievers, standard poodles), while others are more open lifelong in general (scent hounds as a group tend toward being dog social lifelong as a function of how they were bred to work in groups for humans).

It is thought that the friars of the Abbey of St. Hubert were responsible for crossing strains of older French breeds to create a low - built scenting hound that could plod over rough terrain while followed on foot by a human hunting partner tracking rabbit and deer.

Beagles are scent hounds, bred for many, many generations to follow a scent.

It belongs to the miscellaneous class, under the hound breed family which is remarkable for their exceptional hunting skills typically emphasized by their incomparable scenting power, speed, and or stamina.

Long ears on a scent hound are not just for looks, the ears actually serve an important function.

What scent hounds lack in speed, they make up for in endurance, often following prey for long periods of time.

Larger scent hounds, with their longer legs, are usually used for horse - mounted hunters, while the shorter, slower dogs allow hunters to follow on foot.

Some scent hounds put their noses to good use at airports and sea ports, checking incoming passengers and packages for contraband.

It belongs to the hound breed family which is admired for their outstanding hunting skills magnified by their exceptional scenting power, speed, and or stamina.

Coonhounds are scent hounds bred for hunting racoons.

Scent hounds have been an instrumental part of hunting for hundreds of years.

They are variably classified as scent hounds or terriers as they were used for hunting both above and below ground.

They're scent hounds used primarily for hunting rabbits to larger hares.

Beagles are considered «scent hounds» that rely on their noses for hunting.

For instance, scent hounds may be challenging to train because these dogs have a history of being selectively bred to track scent.

The argument for keeping them in the hound or scent hound group is that they were originally bred as hunting dogs and are similar in many ways to the Basset Hound and the Bloodhound.

Regardless, scent hounds were built for endurance, so they could follow a trail for long distances and over rough terrain.

The hounds come in many sizes and in two basic types — scent hounds, who follow their noses anywhere, and sighthounds, whose gaze lingers on the horizon in the search for game.

Filed Under: GBGV, Nose Work, Nose Work & Tracking Tagged With: k9 nose work, nose work, scent hound, scent work, sniffing for odor

For more information on all of the scent hound trials, search for a club near yFor more information on all of the scent hound trials, search for a club near yfor a club near you.

They are able to follow any scent including that of a human which is rare ability for hound dogs.

Bred to work with their noses, it's natural for hounds to be distracted by scent.

Following are some tips for dealing with scent - obsessed hounds.

This scent hound, used primarily for hunting rabbits and hares, has a sassy side.

It fits right in with that that this breed is also known to the Kennel Club for being scent hounds.

While the Pharaoh Hound is known by most as a sight hound the American Kennel Club also classifies this amazingly graceful dog as a scent hound and with both of these classifications it makes this dog a particularly good candidate for hunting companionship.

Both hound types were selectively bred to hunt a wide variety of animals: Sighthounds were used to find and chase down large game such as deer, elk, moose, and wild boar; small hounds used scent to chase prey into the ground; and medium - sized hounds utilized both sight and scent for smaller game like rabbits and foxes.

Bennett comes across as remarkably relaxed, good - naturedly tossing off stories about getting stuck in an elevator for an hour with a terrified client who had never been in one before; about chasing a seller's escaped basset hound («be careful — they get a scent and they're gone!»)