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I may be wrong, but I believe what John E says is that dogs are following ground disturbance mostly. When anyone walks across the ground, they break blades of grass and disrupt dirt. I'm sure everyone here knows the way a fresh cut lawn smells, and what freshly disturbed dirt smell like. That is the smell the dog is likely tracking, just on a much smaller scale than a whole yard of cut grass or a big hole dug out of the ground. It can smell the broken grass blades and disruptions of dirt.
I think he makes the point that anyone can follow a track made by someone walking across a lawn covered in dew. The footprints in the grass are highly visible. To a dog, those footprints are going to glow with odor from broken grass and disturbed dirt. Assuming scent free rubber boots, would a deer spook over that disturbed grass and dirt smell. Maybe. Maybe not.
I think he makes the point that anyone can follow a track made by someone walking across a lawn covered in dew. The footprints in the grass are highly visible. To a dog, those footprints are going to glow with odor from broken grass and disturbed dirt. Assuming scent free rubber boots, would a deer spook over that disturbed grass and dirt smell. Maybe. Maybe not.