Have you ever noticed your hound may not know how to sense the direction of where a particular sound is coming from? Could it be the shape of the ears on a Basset hound? Although I read somewhere that is is not the shape of our ear rather it is a calculation we do regarding the difference in the time of the sound between our two ears. Still, I wonder.
My hound is whistle trained and very responsive to the different signals. However, I've noticed that she seems to have to look around until she has a visual on me before she responds. I've designated a specific spot for her to run to if she cannot find me when I whistle. It's at the door of the screened-in porch. In the house, when I whistle, she often scampers from room to room looking for the source of the whistle.
Any comments on this ....
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My hound is whistle trained and very responsive to the different signals. However, I've noticed that she seems to have to look around until she has a visual on me before she responds. I've designated a specific spot for her to run to if she cannot find me when I whistle. It's at the door of the screened-in porch. In the house, when I whistle, she often scampers from room to room looking for the source of the whistle.
Any comments on this ....
?