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Scent and the Scenting Dog | 
 enlarge | Author: William G. Syrotuck
Publisher: Arner Pub.
Category: Book
Buy New: $19.95
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 1089613
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Pages: 102
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 091412403X
EAN: 9780914124030
ASIN: 091412403X
Publication Date: June 1972
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Condition: Published by Barkleigh Productions, ? 2000, pbk, 110 pages
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Product Description
Unveil the mysteries of Scent! Now you can understand how and why a dog can work scent. This fascinating book explains the composition of scent, how it works in the dog's nose, and what affects scent and much more! The Sense of Smell Anatomy and Physiology Theories and Odor The Human as a Scent Source Transmission Atmospheric Factors and Airborn Scent The Ground Scent Picture Working on Dog's Scent Snow Experiments
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Super! June 27, 2007
LINDA GRAY (Tiverton, RI USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Good book that makes it easy to understand the complex nature of tracking human scent. Opened my eyes and gave me a new prespective!
Excellent Book February 7, 2007
Kenneth C. Janiec
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is an excellent book for anyone involved in tracking with dogs.
Best Text Available on Scent April 20, 2001
Timothy A. Tieken (Buckley, Washington USA)
36 out of 37 found this review helpful
I was first introduced to Scent and the Scenting Dog in 1973 when I went through the Seattle Police K-9 Academy. I found it to be the only text to present the facts of scent and scentwork in a scientific manner. The underlaying source information is footnoted and verifiable.This book presents the facts of scent and avoids simplistic methods. It demonstrates to the practitioner the scent evidence available to the dog under differing circumstances and what methods of application/training are likely to succeed. It also describes the physiology of the dog's olfactory system, giving the reader a factually based understanding of the dog's ability and power to receive scent. It is as accurate and valuable today as when it was written. I relied upon this book as a police dog handler, and retained it as a text when teaching future handlers through a 20 year career.
Scent and the Scenting Dog June 14, 2000
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
This was a great book for theory. Helps you to understanding what you might be seeing when those seemingly unexplainable things happen on the track. It won't teach you to track at all, but it will help you understand the mechanics of your dogs senses and scent. This was the missing link for me.
Invaluable source for search dog handlers. April 16, 1999
DJenk85953@aol.com (UK)
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
Thorough and easy to understand explanation of human and vegetative scents, their relevance to search dog training, and the ways their properties affect searches and are affected by influences such as heat and snow. A well researched and presented argument for air searching over tracking and trailing. I'd like to see a similarly clear and easily understood essay by Mr Syrotuck on passive and pro-active narcotic dog training. I found this manual fascinating and full of invaluable information.
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