How Do Dogs/ Lurchers Find Their Way Back To Us ?

[flipbull 1,139]

Was just sitting here thinking about how my pup (13 months) finds it's way back to me (without whistleing/calling) and come across this http://www.canidae.com/blog/2012/04/how-do-pets-find-their-way-back-home.html . If I take my pup to a place he hasn't been before (say on friends permission) and he has a long run, and the longer he is gone then it gets me thinking is he gonna come back as he doesn't have a clue where he is. But he always returns. Just wondering what other peoples thoughts are it. Here is a paragraph from the link, which I think I have heard about before somewhere.

 

This is a topic I’ve always found intriguing. It’s one thing for a pet to find their way back home over short distances, but it’s another thing when they set off to find their owner in a completely different state or town they’ve never been in. One story recounts how an Irish Terrier dog named Prince went searching for his owner, a soldier serving with the British army during WW I. Prince had grown so depressed when his owner was shipped overseas to France that he stopped eating. Finally, he ran away from home. No one knows how Prince was able to cross the English Channel, but once he was in France, he started searching for his owner in the war torn land with bombs and bullets whizzing all around him. Prince found his owner in Northern France in a foxhole.

 

 

 

[terryd 8,711]

very very interesting. Somes dogs seem to have a great sense of direction and you never have to worry about losing them as they all ways seem to know where you are. Mine when he was 5 months took after some some sheep (gloss over that bit) I couldn't find the sod any where and I gave up and was standing by the wood edge and I heard a rustle and looked over the hedge and there he was some how he made a bee line straight back to me through really deep cover and several fences. Obviously nothing compared to these animals that cover vast distances but nature is a wonderful thing.

Edited October 2, 2015 by terryd

[Flacko 1,755]

Was he in a stop end ? Lol

[fat man 4,741]

  On 02/10/2015 at 20:02, flipbull said:

Was just sitting here thinking about how my pup (13 months) finds it's way back to me (without whistleing/calling) and come across this http://www.canidae.com/blog/2012/04/how-do-pets-find-their-way-back-home.html . If I take my pup to a place he hasn't been before (say on friends permission) and he has a long run, and the longer he is gone then it gets me thinking is he gonna come back as he doesn't have a clue where he is. But he always returns. Just wondering what other peoples thoughts are it. Here is a paragraph from the link, which I think I have heard about before somewhere.

 

This is a topic I’ve always found intriguing. It’s one thing for a pet to find their way back home over short distances, but it’s another thing when they set off to find their owner in a completely different state or town they’ve never been in. One story recounts how an Irish Terrier dog named Prince went searching for his owner, a soldier serving with the British army during WW I. Prince had grown so depressed when his owner was shipped overseas to France that he stopped eating. Finally, he ran away from home. No one knows how Prince was able to cross the English Channel, but once he was in France, he started searching for his owner in the war torn land with bombs and bullets whizzing all around him. Prince found his owner in Northern France in a foxhole.

 

 

 

Did prince bolt him or had he to be dug to,lol sorry could not resist.

[Wales1234 5,563]

Same as they find quarry they scent you I would of thought I was out this morning lost both lurchers so just sat down !! After about half hour turned around and could see them both coming back sort of hunting me

[flipbull 1,139]

  On 02/10/2015 at 20:35, fat man said:

 

  On 02/10/2015 at 20:02, flipbull said:

Was just sitting here thinking about how my pup (13 months) finds it's way back to me (without whistleing/calling) and come across this http://www.canidae.com/blog/2012/04/how-do-pets-find-their-way-back-home.html . If I take my pup to a place he hasn't been before (say on friends permission) and he has a long run, and the longer he is gone then it gets me thinking is he gonna come back as he doesn't have a clue where he is. But he always returns. Just wondering what other peoples thoughts are it. Here is a paragraph from the link, which I think I have heard about before somewhere.

 

This is a topic I’ve always found intriguing. It’s one thing for a pet to find their way back home over short distances, but it’s another thing when they set off to find their owner in a completely different state or town they’ve never been in. One story recounts how an Irish Terrier dog named Prince went searching for his owner, a soldier serving with the British army during WW I. Prince had grown so depressed when his owner was shipped overseas to France that he stopped eating. Finally, he ran away from home. No one knows how Prince was able to cross the English Channel, but once he was in France, he started searching for his owner in the war torn land with bombs and bullets whizzing all around him. Prince found his owner in Northern France in a foxhole.

 

 

 

Did prince bolt him or had he to be dug to,lol sorry could not resist.

 

Didn't want to tell you the end..... when prince found him it yapped that much they where both shot dead the noisy fooker

[nothernlite 18,089]

A thing called a nose

[flipbull 1,139]

  On 02/10/2015 at 21:20, nothernlite said:

A thing called a nose

Prince must of had a big one then.

[nothernlite 18,089]

  On 02/10/2015 at 21:31, flipbull said:

 

  On 02/10/2015 at 21:20, nothernlite said:

A thing called a nose

 

Prince must of had a big one then.

is your pup called prince as well

[flipbull 1,139]

  On 02/10/2015 at 21:37, nothernlite said:

 

  On 02/10/2015 at 21:31, flipbull said:

 

  On 02/10/2015 at 21:20, nothernlite said:

A thing called a nose

Prince must of had a big one then.

is your pup called prince as well

 

Ha ha, no he don't yap

[MIK 4,763]

  On 02/10/2015 at 21:20, nothernlite said:

A thing called a nose

What if the wind is wrong?

[nothernlite 18,089]

  On 03/10/2015 at 01:57, MIK said:

 

  On 02/10/2015 at 21:20, nothernlite said:

 

A thing called a nose

What if the wind is wrong?

feck you've got me there will it not scent the ground using its nose and before you say if it was raining and windy they have a great sense is smell

[MIK 4,763]

I just dont think as simple as ...a thing called a nose

[RossM 8,149]

  On 03/10/2015 at 04:47, MIK said:

I just dont think as simple as ...a thing called a nose

 

 

f****d if I'z nose?...........

[nothernlite 18,089]

  On 03/10/2015 at 04:47, MIK said:

I just dont think as simple as ...a thing called a nose

 

had a we collie cross that was only ever at my mates house in tbe back of my van One day it got out its kennels and made its way to my mates house which was 4 miles away across many main roads never walked it there once