Thread: What dogs see...

Originally Posted by Ruff

Yeah... got that... without going into so much depth I think every dog handler would be able to convey the optical aptitude of canines is less than that of humans... it should not be a revolution... unless we start on the premise that they are human and act surprised when it is irrefutably apparent they are not.

Dogs is dogs. nothing more, nothing less.

This might be a bit wine infused and so not very clear... the point I was making... is that as a handler I don't put a lot of store in my dogs eyes at all... I am constantly aware I see more than they do and better... noses on the other hand, is why they are there... that's all I pay attention to... i don;t think there is much to be gained having any great knowledge of their eyesight or how it works other than to know it's not great.

Originally Posted by Ruff

This might be a bit wine infused and so not very clear... the point I was making... is that as a handler I don't put a lot of store in my dogs eyes at all... I am constantly aware I see more than they do and better... noses on the other hand, is why they are there... that's all I pay attention to... i don;t think there is much to be gained having any great knowledge of their eyesight or how it works other than to know it's not great.

I'm guessing it's only better than ours but worse than their noses.
Rabbiting they'll do a locate with the snout (except the brit) then they look, when they do that have the gun up. In fact I'll run with their eyesight is better than we realize.