Sentences with phrase «using scent tracking»

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Systematic tracking entails following an animal, using clues and signs like spoor (tracks, scent or droppings), displaced stones or trampled grass for guidance.

Finding places where the two species overlapped was so difficult that the researchers used a specially trained scent dog to track down pine marten scat in gray squirrel — populated areas.

They first estimated the changes in concentrations of flower scents as a result of air turbulence and chemical interactions using a computer simulation, which allowed them to track the concentration and movement of multiple plumes of scents from different flower beds over time.

Using their noses comes naturally, so tracking or playing scent games can be very rewarding for dogs.

Dobes have been used for police work, coursing, scent tracking, diving, therapy, search and rescue, as well as guiding the blind.

Bloodhounds are often used for this purpose since their long floppy ears actually help fan scents closer to their noses, thus making them experts at tracking various scents.

Ground scenting is what we are used to seeing Bloodhounds do in the movies — their nose is tight to the ground and they follow a track.

The physique of the dog makes him the perfect tracking dog — the nose with large, open nostrils helps him detect the scent; his large long ears help in sweeping the ground; and the shawl, the wrinkled flesh under the lips and neck, is used to catch the stray scent.

Performance events help evaluate the abilities of the dog - depending upon the kind of event - its ability to use its nose to track a scent, to jump, to climb, to turn quickly, to swim, to run for long periods, to accept and respond to instruction, and more.

Once she is fully trained, she only will be used to track scents and will not be trained to attack.

In general, hounds were bred to help humans pursue and catch quarry, either by using exceptional sight and great speed (sight hounds) or by tracking scents (scent hounds) or both.

If you're not a hunter, but you want your pet dog to participate in activities that put his or her tracking abilities to good use, you might get involved in Earth Dog trials where enthusiasts challenge their dogs to follow scents into tunnels to find the den of prey.

Just as in the movie Cool Hand Luke, scent hounds can be used to track people who have escaped from jail, as well as to find lost children or others who have disappeared.

According to Clarissa Von Reinhardt, dogs generally use their eyes first (the less tiring), followed by ears, nose to follow scent, and finally nose to the ground to trail / track.

Its extraordinarily keen sense of smell is combined with a strong and tenacious tracking instinct, producing the ideal scent hound, and it is used by police and law enforcement all over the world to track escaped prisoners, missing people, lost children, and lost pets.

If your dog loves to use his nose to follow interesting scents, tracking and nose work (a relatively new dog sport) may productively channel his desire to sniff.

The Gundog Group includes dogs used for hunting game birds, scent tracking and retrieving game.

Owners who do tracking with their dogs find joy in seeing the dogs at work using their innate scenting skills.

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The Beagle, a scent hound, originated in England in the 14th century and was first used to track rabbits.

He specializes in teaching behavior modification, tracking, and scent work through the use of positive reinforcement - based operant conditioning.

The Neals have three tiger quolls whose behaviour is monitored and whose scat is used to train a team of dogs to learn the scent, so that next time there is a quoll sighting (and there have been several) the dogs may be able to track down the elusive tiger quoll.

He uses this ability to track down smells, including Ilia's Scent, and the scent of the Ordonian chilScent, and the scent of the Ordonian chilscent of the Ordonian children.

Knowing the hunters would be using a pet creature to track the scent of my footsteps, I decided to start the match by walking up a river, hoping the water would hide my tracks.