Here is an interesting article I just read... it's not nosework, rather its a Smithsonian article about bomb detection dogs, their training and related topics.
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To think we nosework training fans get a bit panicky if there are more than 25 containers and yet the professional dogs deal with whole hangars full of them.
Another article about Scent and How Airflow Works with lots of interesting diagrams. Of course all this is theory based on what we deduce by the dogs' behavior. We humans with our puny noses haven't a clue. Not really...
Did you know that your dog's scenting ability could be affected by Dental Disease?
If you are as fascinated by this topic as I am... check out the following books:
Inside of a Dog, by Alexandra Horowitz. She provides an analogy between a human's scenting ability and that of a dog, saying "We might smell a teaspoon of sugar in a cup of coffee. A dog could detect a teaspoon in a million gallons of water—nearly enough to fill two Olympic-size swimming pools." The book discusses the senses of a dog and gives you a good idea of how your dog experiences the world.
Scent and the Scenting, Dog by William G Syrotuck.
Soldier dogs: the untold story of America's canine heroes, by Maria Goodavage.
Red Dog Rising, by Jeff Schettler.
K-9 Trailing: The Straightest Path, by Jeff Schettler
There are also any number of good books about tracking...
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