tracking dogs
Canines that pursue
Tracking dogs are dogs trained to follow scent trails, used to locate missing persons, fugitives, or game.
The term covers various specializations: some dogs track human scent on the ground, others detect airborne scent.
Bloodhounds are the archetypal tracking dogs, but many breeds serve this function.
Police brought in tracking dogs to search for the escaped prisoner.
- bloodhoundScent-tracking dog breed
- scentAirborne odor detected
- scent trailLingering smell pathway
- houndHunting dog breed
- trailPath through wilderness
hot on the trail · hunt · sniff · nose · search · search and rescue · rescue · lost hiker · pursuit · handler · leash · fugitive · K-9 unit · wilderness · police · cadaver · missing · paws
- Manhuntfugitive, manhunt, wanted poster, most wanted, pursuit
- prison escapesjailbreak, breakout, escapee, tunneling, disguise
- working dogspolice dog, guide dog, K9, herding dog, detection dog
- boar huntingwild boar, boar, razorback, feral pig, tusks
tracking dogsguard dogs
Canines trained for protection
watchdogs · attack dogs · companion dogs · lap dogs · patrol dogs
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