Question does keep a dog inside bother their sense of smell?

[Blake Williamson]

So the old timers say don't keep hunting dogs inside bc it effects their nose far as abilty to smell things and pick up on them. Any truth to that?

[Henna Sag]

I never heard of that my dogs stay inside and they hunt and run test. So I think that is just a old wise tail

[matador1]

My squirrel dog stays inside and hunts fine.

[Blake Williamson]

My Great Grandfather when he was living use to always tell me that he would never keep his bird dogs(English Pointers) inside bc of it effecting their nose. Then the other day I was at a store and a old man was talking about bird dogs and deer dogs what not and said the same thing.

[js]

It does not affect my wiemer that I use to blood trail with that I can tell

[ransco33]

I don't think it affects their sense of smell at all. My dog is inside 90% of the time and has one of the best noses I've ever seen on a retriever. It's next to nothing for him to take out on a 100 yard completely blind trail through the woods and come back with the duck.

[claimsadj]

Of course not, that's one of the craziest things I've heard in a while.

[Anatidae]

I suppose it would depend on what the inside of your house smells like.

[bigwater]

Dries their nose out. Can't smell as well