Top 10 Scent Hunting Dog Rankings: Best Scented Hunting Dog Breeds
Everyone knows that dogs are famous for their outstanding sense of smell, especially some breeds whose sense of smell is thousands or even tens of thousands of times stronger than humans, so many dog breeds have been trained as working dogs to help the police with rescue, tracking and detection work.
10. American Foxhound
The American Foxhound originated in America, with its front legs straight, paws like foxes, and hard, full pads. This breed is known for its sensitive sense of smell, energetic personality, and strong destructive tendencies, so it's not suitable as a companion dog.
9. English Pointer
The English Pointer is a medium-sized sporting dog with well-developed muscles and agile, powerful movements. This breed is physically fit, with a sensitive sense of smell, but can have an attack tendency towards humans, so it’s not suitable for keeping as a pet.
8. German Shorthaired Pointer
The German Shorthaired Pointer is a dog with a sensitive sense of smell, intelligent, friendly and helpful, this breed of dogs can get along well with children or other pets, and can fulfill the role of a guard dog.
7. Dachshund
Dachshunds are short-legged dogs with lively and cheerful personalities, cautious and confident, and are very happy dogs. They have long bodies and short legs, which look like a sausage. Don't look at their appearance as strange, but their sense of smell, tracking and hunting ability is very strong.
6. Labrador Retriever
Labrador Retrievers are known for their gentle nature, high intelligence, and popularity as pets. In addition, they also have good sense of smell, after training, they can be used as guide dogs, search and rescue dogs and subway police dogs.
5. Belgian Malinois
Belgian Malinois is a fierce ancient breed, known for its sensitive sense of smell, high alertness, brave and fierce, persistent and excited, good obedience, strong adaptability, and is favored by police and military in many countries of the world.
4. German Shepherd
German Shepherds are very intelligent, with agile movements, capable of performing tasks in various environments. This breed has strong sense of smell and work ability, so it’s widely used in military and police.
3. Migeu Hunting Dog
The Migeu Hunting Dog is a medium-sized hunting dog, with a small body size and quick reaction, friendly personality, easy to train and capture, a very popular family companion dog. This breed's sense of smell is better than many dog breeds, and after training, it will become a super-powered drug-sniffing dog.
2. Beagle
Beagles are originally designed as walking hunting dogs, known for their sensitive sense of smell, gentle character, cleverness and ability to track and capture badgers, foxes, rabbits and other small animals.
1. Bloodhound
Bloodhounds originated in Belgium, and are the oldest and purest breed in the world with the most sensitive sense of smell. Research shows that it can track smells over more than 14 days.
