Nose

[daz1976 8]

i have a saluki grey she is all eys never seems to use her nose at all,maybe because i have mainly worked her with a slip,my pup also saluki grey only 8 month and still not let him run anything has his nose to the floor all the time,i have an old collie he is 16 now and was brought up ferreting he is excellent with his nose marks up holes follows tracks,i think most dogs if left to mooch will use their nose,i walk a lhaso apso for my elderly auntie a couple of times a week and even that will run round rabbit holes following tracks into bramble etc

[JPTfellterrier 65]

i have a collie grey bull grey...she does like to use her nose quite alot, you can see her nose twitching when we pass a fox run/set or even rabbit for that matter.

 

Ive taught her to "have a look" which means sniff and "sssst sssst" means look. She also knows "Listen" which is obvious what that is

 

i dont understand the listen bit what do you mean exactly,just a question

hehe i dont know if you are taking the piss or not but i shall answer anyway . Say i heard somthing moving about in the hedge/wood etc etc i would say "Listen" and she will prick up her ears and listen to try and hear were it is coming from

me take the piss never if movement in the hedgerow dog will hear it long before you do weather your telling it to listen or not lol

 

truuuue but if she is distracted by somthing else. It does come in handy at times

[artic 595]

I'm not sure what types use their noses to what potential, I can only comment on my two which have saluki,greyhound and deerhound blood. They both will use their noses well and flush like any good gun dog.

 

What I do like about my two, and this was not taught, is the fact that when they run the beam their noses switch off. I don't want no dog running off on scent when out lamping scaring everything back down the holes.

[Ideation 8,217]

i have a collie grey bull grey...she does like to use her nose quite alot, you can see her nose twitching when we pass a fox run/set or even rabbit for that matter.

 

Ive taught her to "have a look" which means sniff and "sssst sssst" means look. She also knows "Listen" which is obvious what that is

 

i dont understand the listen bit what do you mean exactly,just a question

hehe i dont know if you are taking the piss or not but i shall answer anyway . Say i heard somthing moving about in the hedge/wood etc etc i would say "Listen" and she will prick up her ears and listen to try and hear were it is coming from

 

me take the piss never if movement in the hedgerow dog will hear it long before you do weather your telling it to listen or not lol

 

And will probably smell it long before its within hearing! Mind you our dogs use their ears in the bracken! The rabbits try to sneak off under the stuff (laid like a carpet over the hill) and you can see the old collie x bitch stomping about when she can smell them, then stay stock still and cock her ears, waiting to hear the bracken crackle as they try to move away from her without bolting, then she dives on them.

 

I also love watching the dogs work different scents, ground and air, to home in on something. Without our dogs using their noses etc we woudnt catch much daytime round here.

[wuyang 513]

All my dogs have been brought on the same hunting rabbits day and night, although these days its just day day time bushing/ mouching, but i have found that even within the same breed of dog(border collies for example) some do have a natural or stronger drive to use there nose. It always amazes me how you can have two dogs that are trained in the same manner in the same area, but have totally different abilities/ styles of working. One thing i can say about the whippet i had was although he was good with his nose i have never had a working dog with such a sharp eyes for spotting things.

[iworkwhippets 13,187]

My blue whippet bitch, bred and brought on by me, extremely impressed with her, misses nowt, a joy to watch

[watchman 256]

i have a collie grey bull grey...she does like to use her nose quite alot, you can see her nose twitching when we pass a fox run/set or even rabbit for that matter.

 

Ive taught her to "have a look" which means sniff and "sssst sssst" means look. She also knows "Listen" which is obvious what that is

 

i dont understand the listen bit what do you mean exactly,just a question

hehe i dont know if you are taking the piss or not but i shall answer anyway . Say i heard somthing moving about in the hedge/wood etc etc i would say "Listen" and she will prick up her ears and listen to try and hear were it is coming from

 

me take the piss never if movement in the hedgerow dog will hear it long before you do weather your telling it to listen or not lol

 

And will probably smell it long before its within hearing! Mind you our dogs use their ears in the bracken! The rabbits try to sneak off under the stuff (laid like a carpet over the hill) and you can see the old collie x bitch stomping about when she can smell them, then stay stock still and cock her ears, waiting to hear the bracken crackle as they try to move away from her without bolting, then she dives on them.

 

I also love watching the dogs work different scents, ground and air, to home in on something. Without our dogs using their noses etc we woudnt catch much daytime round here.

 

yes im sure this would be the case,just wanted to know how i should teach my dog to listen

[JPTfellterrier 65]

i have a collie grey bull grey...she does like to use her nose quite alot, you can see her nose twitching when we pass a fox run/set or even rabbit for that matter.

 

Ive taught her to "have a look" which means sniff and "sssst sssst" means look. She also knows "Listen" which is obvious what that is

 

i dont understand the listen bit what do you mean exactly,just a question

hehe i dont know if you are taking the piss or not but i shall answer anyway . Say i heard somthing moving about in the hedge/wood etc etc i would say "Listen" and she will prick up her ears and listen to try and hear were it is coming from

 

me take the piss never if movement in the hedgerow dog will hear it long before you do weather your telling it to listen or not lol

 

And will probably smell it long before its within hearing! Mind you our dogs use their ears in the bracken! The rabbits try to sneak off under the stuff (laid like a carpet over the hill) and you can see the old collie x bitch stomping about when she can smell them, then stay stock still and cock her ears, waiting to hear the bracken crackle as they try to move away from her without bolting, then she dives on them.

 

I also love watching the dogs work different scents, ground and air, to home in on something. Without our dogs using their noses etc we woudnt catch much daytime round here.

 

yes im sure this would be the case,just wanted to know how i should teach my dog to listen

true true but i just find it usfull to make a dog focus, terrier does it aswell.Basically everytime the dog pricks up its ears say "Listen"....never used my bitch with ferrets but i supose it could come in handy for ferreting maybes?

[Mick C. 229]

A dog with a good nose is a must to a moocher/ferreter.

 

Most dogs will serve the purpose if given the chance when young.

[whippet08 8]

Whippet x beddy here never been wrong yet