A Catalog of Sniffing and Scenting Behaviors in Dogs*

An Ethogram is a catalog of species-specific behaviors. Sue has created a Nosework-specific Ethogram by watching hundreds of hours of footage of dogs searching during scent sports and categorizing the most common discrete behaviors.

A dog sniffs all day long, taking in odors everywhere. Their sense of smell so much greater than ours that their olfactory world is fairly unfathomable to us. Entering their olfactory world and becoming End-of-the-Leash-Ethologists can make us better dog owners, trainers, observers and ultimately help us communicate better with them.   

Whether you are a scent-sports participant or just a dog enthusiast!