In contrast to sight hounds, scent hounds don't have to be particularly fast to aid in hunting.
Not exact matches
Hunting
hounds are selective, using their remarkable
scenting ability to catch mainly those weak, old, ailing and injured wild mammals — just as wolves and other wild canines
do when hunting.
The basenji is a medium - size
scent hound of African origin with a short, sleek coat, which he grooms meticulously with his tongue and teeth, as a cat
does.
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.
Usually the answer has to
do with the fact that beagles are
hound dogs —
scent hounds.
This breed tends to wail at the
scent of something strange, however
does not bark as many other
hounds do.
This is a
scent hound and loses interest in whatever he is
doing quickly.
While sight
hounds track prey by always keeping them in sight,
scent hounds can simply follow their noses so it doesn't matter if they lose sight of their quarry.
He is a
scent hound, developed to hunt with his sense of smell, medium sized (from 8 to 16 kilos, or 18 to 35 pounds), usually tricolor, and although they
do not bark much, they are incredibly vocal!
Being a
scent hound, I
do know something about aroma!
Although we don't exactly know what other breeds are in the mix, he is a
scent hound at heart - he loves to follow his nose, especially in the woods.
He learned to wear a harness,
do tricks, and not «bay» (a deep, prolonged howl, as of a
hound on the
scent) while indoors.