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[StephenV]

Does anyone know if these foul up an average dog's ability to scent out objects in a room? I'm not talking about a professional working dog's ability, it's just something I have noticed with my pet GSD. One of the games she's learned to play is "find it" which involves my hiding an object (such as her collar or a sock or my wallet) in a room while she is in a sit-stay in another room. I show her the article and give her a good sniff, then I come back after hiding it and let her tear off to find it. When she does I reward her. She loves it and has done really well at it. She does pretty well outside with the game too. Last week I put in 2 air purifiers in the house and ever since then she seems baffled when she goes looking for the object. I always make sure she succeeds but she seems to be encountering difficulty. Would really appreciate some input on this?

[butch33611]

We play that with sarge too, I tell my wife to take him outside for a minute, then she brings him back in and tells him to find daddy. He searches me out no matter where I hide. He loves that game. Dont know about the air purifiers though, sorry.

[umzilla]

Not sure how they work, but if they are pulling "impure" air in, and pushing cleaner air out, at a minimum they are moving the scent around...to what extent I couldn't tell you though. Have you changed the object you are hiding, or any other aspect of the game? New meds? Other changes in her life?

It's a fun game for sure - never thought about air purifiers! We don't have any....interesting question.

Christine

[DFrost]

It's not been my experience that an air purifier affects the ability to detect an odor, one way or the other.

DFrost