If you throw the ball for our dog (malamute spaniel cross), he starts randomly searching with his nose down. Then he'll find the scent, and immediately start an

If you throw the ball for our dog (malamute spaniel cross), he starts randomly searching with his nose down. Then he'll find the scent, and immediately start an increasingly narrow zig-zag pattern until he can figure out the direction, then he bolts straight towards the ball. All done at a gallop. This is even more clear if you roll the ball and it can leave a trail line down the grass.