How scent and airflow work

by | Feb 1, 2013

Now that we’re slowly moving into spring and will be working outside more, here is a link to refresh your memory about how scent and airflow work together in the outside environment....

Pet dogs keep their feet from freezing

by | Jan 6, 2013

Pet dogs keep their feet from freezing By Ella DaviesReporter, BBC Nature Dogs can keep warm on frozen ground, thanks to a specialised circulation system in their paws, say scientists. Researchers in Japan used electron microscopes to study the internal structure of...

Video playing with your dog

by | Jan 6, 2013

Some researchers in NYC need your help! They are studying human-dog interactions and need videos of people playing with their pets. Here is a link: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/12/12/how-do-you-play-with-your-dog/?WT_mc_id=SA_WR_20121219

How We Smell

by | Dec 26, 2012

This is a summary of the acceptance speech made by Dr. Linda Buck (Univ. WA) when she accepted the Nobel Prize in 2004 for her work discovering smell receptors in the brain. http://www.lakeforest.edu/live/files/542-pahomovreviewpdf

This is called odor obedience!

by | Dec 25, 2012

A friend send me this hilarious video the other day — it’s how I hope your dog responds to the target odors after our classes. [raw][youtube id=”cXWUSwu0r9Q”][/raw]

Medical Experience with Canine Scent Work

by | Dec 1, 2012

As a prequel to my interest in the sport of competitive nosework, I first became fascinated by the olfactory abilities of my Bouvier when: As Clinical Director of the Breast Care Center (Cottage Health System), I was asked by several patients to bring my TDI dogs in...