krawnden 1,036 Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 A thing called a noseWhat 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 They can only follow a line that's there. Mine will often be up ahead of me then disappear into the distance. Yet they find their way back across ground that I haven't walked on, regardless of wind direction. 1 Quote Link to post
nothernlite 18,089 Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 They follow there own scent at times 1 Quote Link to post
jukel123 8,473 Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 Be interesting to disrupt a dog's sense of smell and see if it can find its way back as easily. It may well be scent that they use to locate their owners but I'm not sure. Some dogs are uncanny at finding you and some are rubbish. Just from observation,I think there is something else involved. 1 Quote Link to post
desertbred 5,490 Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 (edited) A lad of here slipped one of my dogs for me he had walked four large fields and I had moved two more fields over from where they had left me, He slipped the dog it lost its quarry after a chase, we were watching from a good vantage point with binoculars it then set off running across 6 large fields at full tilt and came directly to where I was no ground trail followed apparently , could have been wind born scent dont know but even after a long course they always return even if you have moved. Many a time when I was a kid at school my parents moved house but I always managed to find them Edited October 3, 2015 by desertbred 3 Quote Link to post
buster gonads 862 Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 Many years ago i lost a dog while out catching Hare's, we were about 5 mile from home and he,d only ever been there in the car, it was a Friday evening, anyway long un short, he walked back in on the Saturday afternoon and must have crossed the A1M to get there, since then i,v always walked my dogs to and from our local haunts. Quote Link to post
flipbull 1,139 Posted October 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 Be interesting to disrupt a dog's sense of smell and see if it can find its way back as easily. It may well be scent that they use to locate their owners but I'm not sure. Some dogs are uncanny at finding you and some are rubbish. Just from observation,I think there is something else involved. A 6th sence? Quote Link to post
john the log 91 Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 sounds like the fecker is cross homing pigeon , Quote Link to post
low plains drifter 10,685 Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Paper trail Quote Link to post
low plains drifter 10,685 Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 A thing called a nose What if the wind is wrong? cut back on the beans and greens 2 Quote Link to post
Maximus Ferret 2,063 Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 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 Mine do this too when they're finished a chase in the woods. At least my sons bitch and my Hancock bitch do. My deer cross bitch sometimes gives a deep sort of questioning bark and I give a toot on the acme silent to let her know the direction . She's getting better as her scenting improves. Mine seem to return to where they left me and trail it from there. 1 Quote Link to post
Maximus Ferret 2,063 Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 (edited) I just dont think as simple as ...a thing called a nosehad 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 A friends dog used to come to my house when my bitches were on heat, a distance of around 3 miles with the Lincoln Skegness road in between. Again he had only ever been over in a car and if my mate visited when my bitches were on heat, as soon as he got home the dog would know and would set off for mine. Edited October 4, 2015 by Maximus Ferret Quote Link to post
green lurchers 16,730 Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 speedy scenting Quote Link to post
skycat 6,173 Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 I often noticed when watching young dogs course on unfamiliar ground, going a long way on the back of a hare, and out of sight on the fens ... they would always follow their exact line back, regardless of where their owner was standing. If we had moved a bit, only a hundred yards or so, the dog would then make its way from person to person to find its owner. Once the dogs had gained a bit more experience, even if they hadn't been on a piece of ground before, they'd be less likely to have to follow their own line back, and you could see them being more aware of their surroundings, looking around them as they came back so as to find their owner more quickly. I noticed this particularly with my own lurchers and especially if they had caught: they seemed to be in more of a hurry to deliver the goods back to me than if they came back empty-handed. Sometimes I even watched the beggars attempting a quick cast round for another one to put up especially on ground they knew well. Quote Link to post
Phil Lloyd 10,738 Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 How do they know, ?.....they just know.... 2 Quote Link to post
shealy 176 Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 A man of few and wise words Quote Link to post
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