YOU SAID:
A female dog on the footpath.
INTO JAPANESE
警察は犬にその臭いをかがせた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The police set a dog on the scent.
INTO JAPANESE
警察は犬にその臭いをかがせた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The police set a dog on the scent.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.