[Dailydrool] Scenting abilities

[Esther Strom]

Basil is mostly blind (and deaf), as was Waldo the last year or so of 
his life. The thing I found/find funny about their scenting ability is 
that both of them were able (and Basil still is) to drag me blocks out 
of the way on a walk so they can snarf the tiny bite of pizza someone 
dropped under a car, or tear apart the (empty) McDonald's bag that blew 
out of a trash container because it still smells like fries. But if I 
toss a treat at them and have it drop more than an inch from their nose, 
and they go around in circles trying to find it.

-Esther, Basil, and Waldo ATB

On 9/21/12 10:07 AM, dpmcquade at verizon.net wrote:
> On the blinddogs Yahoo list, there has been some comment on blind dogs inability to scent well shortly after they go blind. It seems to take a while for the scenting to kick in again.
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> As I thought about this, I connected it to our bassets' scenting experiences. I have noticed that at some times they seem to be better than others. Crisp spring or fall days seem to bring out the need to nose, as does rainfall.
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> Have Droolers noticed certain times when their dogs' scenting ability seems to peak--or others when they just don't seem as interested in what their noses might sniff out?
> Pam, food slave to the Dashing Bassets
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