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A dogs’ sense of smell overpowers our own by orders of magnitude-it’s 10,000 to 100,000 times as acute, The ability for a dog’s to use their noses in relation to vision would look like this: what you and I can see at a 1/3 of a mile, your dog could see as well at more than 3,000 miles away.

The part of a dogs brain that is designated to analyzing smells is, relatively speaking, 40 times greater than ours.

Dogs possess up to 300 million olfactory receptors in their noses.

In researching a dog’s ability to smell, there are so many things that I’ve found interesting but a few things really stand out: That includes everything from the Grand National Champion to the “rescue” dog from the shelter that you may or may not know exactly what their genetic lineage even consists of. The reason I say this is simply because a dogs ability to use their noses effectively is just so great despite pedigree’s or titles.

In fact, as it relates to the actual ability for a dog to find or locate game that may otherwise be lost, I not only disregard the specific breed to a great degree, I also put aside pedigree because I really think that most dogs are capable. So, if inherent traits truly impact and influence a dog’s ability to be a competent game finder or game recovery dog, the nice part is that I really don’t believe the specific breed matters nearly as much. I truly believe in the importance of selecting the “right” genetics to match your hunting needs, lifestyle and maybe most importantly – your training style.

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I thought these articles were full of great information, and in fact they make a point that I believe in completely, with regards to the impacts and connection of genetics and what makes up a dog. Looking back on the Gunner Kennels’ blog, I thought it was interesting to find that two of the last six articles specifically address or discuss breeding or breeds. I also hope that I made it very clear that training a game recovery dog is something that is not only effective and efficient, but relatively simple… or dare I even say “easy”?

Deer drive with dogs series#

In the Part One article of these series for Gunner Kennels, my hopes were to make the point that when it comes to tracking – or what Dog Bone prefers to call “game recovery” – most dogs already have most of what’s needed, from a “nuts-and-bolts” aspect inside of them.