acts like blood hound

[tomsdog]

My 9 and 1/2 mo. old female acts like a blood hound. When ever I take her out side or she is on my screen porch, she constantly sniffs the air. When I walk her she will spend most of the time sniffing the ground. I realize all dogs sniff for the scent of other dogs, etc., but she seems to take it to an extreme. Is just a puppy thing?

[Judi W]

Scent is the most highly developed sense in a dog. She is learning about her environment through her best tool for doing so. This is usual and an efficient way for her to discover things.

[damp]

Why not use her joy of “sniffing” and canalise it into some kind of “nose work”???

[Samantha]

My 18 month old neutered male is a real sniffer. HOwever I must say when out walking I have tried to train him not to randomly sniff, but when we are relaxed at home he is always sniffing. We reckon he could beat the pigs in France at sniffing out truffles and we could make a fortune. I agree with the previous post, why not train for some tracking trials - you might have a tracking champion on your hands.

PS. We call our boy the Snorty Pig as he makes a funny snort snort (oink oink) sound when he sniffs sometimes.

Bye

SAM from Australia