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dog is always lost and another is always to the front, is it Audio
Coordination!?
I’m not a scientist, but I can assure you, some pups from one litter will
have better Audio Coordination than others.
No matter how big you’re mouth, lungs and grunt; decibels won’t matter to a
pup that doesn’t have audio coordination. Pup just doesn’t register the
difference.
How does pup distinguish the direction of sound? The same way we do.
Basically the mila whatever second it takes for sound to travel from one ear
to the other. Sound entering our left ear first is sound coming from the
left. A few inches of space between the ears make the difference.
Efficient sound sensing design comes with two ears!
How important is this Audio Coordination, for the sporting field dog; its
big time important and that’s not over sizing it!
Surround sounds that are common in every field, wind, air traffic (jets and
planes and road traffic) rain, thunder, ducks, crow, geese, turf and echoes,
you get the point! Guy’s, that’s a lot of noise beyond your voice. For
pup, it’s a full time job! All that other wind-whipped noise and that’s
without whistles, beepers and bells!
It’s easy to see what a puppy looks, feels, runs and points like, but we
can’t tell for sure how the unseen hips, pups nose, audio and optical
coordination will develop, if ever. We can see the results of all this
coordination with more solid sure points at a greater distance. Dogs the
cast out front to our voice consistently and dogs that mark more downed
birds.
The rustic sophistication of all this, puppies born with a healthy dose of
audio coordination will have a higher credit score! We can trust them more
at an expanded range whatever the landscape.
Maybe one of the best attributes to audio coordination is a built in “lost
resistance.” Meaning our hang-loose spirit remains intact as the shadows
lay that much longer.
By: Dennis Lutynski of Skydance kennels |
