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Scent and the Scenting Dog | 
 enlarge | Authors: William G. Syrotuck, William G. Sjrotuck
Publisher: Barkleigh Productions
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 50806
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4th Rep
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 112
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.3
ISBN: 0970049420
Dewey Decimal Number: 636
EAN: 9780970049421
ASIN: 0970049420
Publication Date: January 2000
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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
2 out of 2 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
1 out of 1 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
34 out of 35 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
21 out of 21 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
26 out of 26 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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