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English translation: scent tracking conditions

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Spanish term or phrase:condiciones olfativas
English translation:scent tracking conditions
Entered by: Sandra Holt

09:57 Aug 8, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Zoology / Caza - perros
Spanish term or phrase: condiciones olfativas
Hola a todos, estoy intentando traducir la siguiente frase y no encuentro una opcion que me guste para condiciones olfativas, alguna sugerencia? Gracias!

Con buenas condiciones olfativas ¿hasta a cuantos metros de distancia puede un perro percibir el olor de las presas en contra del viento
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scent tracking conditions
Explanation:
I think "sniffing or sniffing out" is usually used but this could be another option.

http://www.clickertraining.com/node/1134

"Scent games: Sporting dogs naturally hunt by ground or air scent, but this instinct can be sharpened and put on cue by training three tasks: scent matching, scent tracking, and scent discrimination."

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Note added at 17 minutos (2007-08-08 10:14:49 GMT)
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http://www.doitenterprises.com/rts/index.asp?siteid=544

"In the colonial period, fox hounds, which are scent tracking dogs, ...."
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Sandra Holt
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4 +3scent tracking conditions
Sandra Holt
4smelling capacity
Adolfo Ossi


  

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scent tracking conditions


Explanation:
I think "sniffing or sniffing out" is usually used but this could be another option.

http://www.clickertraining.com/node/1134

"Scent games: Sporting dogs naturally hunt by ground or air scent, but this instinct can be sharpened and put on cue by training three tasks: scent matching, scent tracking, and scent discrimination."

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Note added at 17 minutos (2007-08-08 10:14:49 GMT)
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http://www.doitenterprises.com/rts/index.asp?siteid=544

"In the colonial period, fox hounds, which are scent tracking dogs, ...."

Sandra Holt
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  Janet Ross Snyder
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agree  Bubo Coroman (X)
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agree  John Speese: De acuerdo
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smelling capacity


Explanation:
Sounds better to me. Many Google hits in various contexts.

Adolfo Ossi
Local time: 01:44
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Native speaker of: Spanish
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