tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837788668443543592.post6846251796770696399..comments2024-02-05T13:39:43.501+01:00Comments on Kenzo the Hovawart: Preparing to move beyond the first track: studying body languageTeam Kenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06113604410676702370noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837788668443543592.post-80538751528417610182010-05-12T19:37:16.433+02:002010-05-12T19:37:16.433+02:00@JJ
Isnt their scent great? They can distinguish t...@JJ<br />Isnt their scent great? They can distinguish the older from the newer scent and thereby know the direction of the track. We don't have to learn them anything here, they do it by nature. You hardly ever see a dog track the different way. Even when they have lost a track, Then re-find it after a turn or circle and walk the wrong way down the track, it takes just a couple of footsteps and they turn into the right direction. Love it when they do that, it is so exciting to see.<br /><br />Have to do some research on the universal signals, will come back to that. <br /><br />It is like you say when you dog looks back to you and say "i'm doing it" we don't have a clue what they are experiencing. When you lay a track you know where it is, and then also understand better what your dog is trying to tell.Team Kenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06113604410676702370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837788668443543592.post-67670373014901522612010-05-11T23:30:58.725+02:002010-05-11T23:30:58.725+02:00After having finished the secton in Stanley Coren&...After having finished the secton in Stanley Coren's book about how dogs' noses work, it's actually even moroe interesting to read this, because in my head I'm picturing little skin cells and bacteria running around, evading capture via the wind. <br />So, when you train a dog to track, does he have to be trained to follow from oldest to newest scent...? I know that most dogs already know how to do this, but then again... I don't know. For me, you're the expert!!<br />Why is it that while most dog body language is mostly universal but tracking language is individual? I'm thinking something among a dog's individual personality.<br />But... are there any universal-type signals in tracking, such as your example tail wag/air sniff?<br />I'm curious. My dog scents all the time, but I've never formally made a trail for him to follow, so I don't know what he's doing. (Although, he gets really intense and always looks back at me like "I'M DOING IT! I'M DOING IT!")<br />=] <br />I'm excited to try both of these installments. Hopefully I can actually set aside a whole dog-day this weekend.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01519840534826809959noreply@blogger.com