All too often we hear a handler say, "I can't track here, you fouled the area," assuming then that the dog will not be able to pick up a track. It is actually the handler that is not able to work not the dog.
There are many good examples that paint a picture of this.
One would be a pack of dogs or wolves that come into an area where a herd of deer have been. They sniff around the area and they find the droppings of a deer that is weaker or not as healthy as the rest. They gather this information through their scent ant their capability to distinguish one scent from all others. They then track the herd.

These creatures are tracking a deer over terrain that has possibly been crossed by other deer, squirrels, dogs, people, rodents, but they are able to draw that scent of the very deer they targeted and separate him through subtle communication and take him down.

There is much more to it than this, but if they can separate and recognize illness from strength while on the run just from scent, do you honestly believe that you can foul an area with scent which is the average thing these creatures separate and distinguish?

The world of scent is an amazing and magical world and for the most part gravely misunderstood.
There is a simple formula and it works. We give seminars to individuals, law enforcement agencies or Search and Rescue groups, on this subject.
Arrangements can be made to set up these seminars at a client's establishment or at our facility.

©Mike McConnery/Baden K9 Incorporated,04/08/89

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