Biomechanics Of Track And Field
When tracking, dogs and their owners work together towards a common goal, that is, following a scent trail to find an object or person. Learning to track helps develop a working relationship between the human and the dog. The human learns to communicate his desires to the dog and the dog learns to follow commands and communicate its findings to its owners. It is a mentally stimulating activity for dogs and can help to build their confidence.
Dog are Built for Tracking
By nature, dogs are much more adept at distinguishing odors than humans. Both humans and dogs have bony, scroll-shaped plates, called turbinates, in their noses. The turninates have a thick, spongy membrane that contains most to the scent detecting cells, as well as nerves that transport information to the brain. In humans, the area containing these odor analyzers is about one square inch (about the size of a postage stamp). If you could unfold this area in dogs, on the other hand, it could be a large as 60 square inches (about the size of a piece of printer paper). The actual size of this area depends on the size of the dogs nose, but even flat-nosed breeds have a better olfactory sense than humans. In addition, dogs' brains are built for identifying smells. In fact, the area of a dog's brain that is devoted to analyzing smell is about 40 times larger than that of humans.
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