SEVILLE, Ohio — There are jumping dogs who can leap through a hoop. Diving dogs who will soar off a dock after a favorite toy. Those who fetch with ease, and those who know a long list of tricks.

A dog’s sniffer is their best, favorite, and most-used tool. In perfect conditions, your pup can scent things from up to 12 ...

Nosework, also known as Scent Work, is a sport in which a dog fully relies on his own sense of smell, turning a dog’s favorite activity — using its nose — into a fun game. In training and in ...

GILLETTE — Dogs from Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Iowa and more were at the Cam-plex Wyoming Center recently for the first American Kennel Club scent work trial held in Wyoming. Hosted by the ...

Scent training could make pet dogs better behaved, suggests a study by Aberystwyth University academics published in Animals. The research suggests that pet dogs trained to detect smells have improved ...

FOR ABOUT A YEAR, Larry and I have been taking a scent work class. This class focuses on using the dogs' scenting abilities, hence the name. The dog's nose is its most powerful organ, with a sense of ...

Dogs experience the world through scent in a way that’s almost alien to humans. Their noses have up to 300 million receptors, compared to our five million. That makes their perception of odor ...

According to a recent study, dogs trained to detect scent may be able to identify significantly lower concentrations of odour molecules than has previously been documented. According to a recent study ...

Editor's Note: Longtime F&S whitetail columnist Scott Bestul passed away on April 19th, after a long battle with cancer. In memory of him, we will be republishing some of the Bestul's best work. Today ...