Scent trail
An olfactory trail is a trail that is laid out as a trail by a tracker using a drip can in order to train a working dog to track work using its sense of smell .
The liquid in the jug, which is applied drop by drop, gives off a pleasant scent for the dog .
The olfactory trail was used, for example, to train reporting dogs .
The train laid out during drag hunts is also an artificial scent trail that the hunting dogs follow. It consists, for example, of diluted herring brine or an aniseed solution .
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Web links
- Anton Schoberwalter: "On the field of honor" , accessed on March 26, 2020.