Short clip of a close up of a Dalmatian nose, air scenting. The clip is caught after several minutes of a stationary posture, movements only in the head as the Dal makes a 180 degree sweep of the landscape. The weather has just changed to give a thaw; the temperature is about 3 degrees C and the young 8 month old Dal is almost overwhelmed by the air scent. The canine olfactory system comprises approximately 200 million olfactory centres which allow the dog to analyze the landscape. This young Dal will often pose in a typical stance to air scent What is unusual today is that she is doing it almost next to me so that I can film her. She usually does this at a distance. The second thing that is different today is that there was almost no wind; usually this Dal will head into the wind to do th
Comments are closed.