Do you know why your dog sniffs?
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You know that your dog is an outstanding companion but are you aware that because of an brilliant scenting ability your pet can be an efficient detector too? The sense of smell is the most sensitive sense of man’s best friends. This sense coupled with the brilliant hearing ability is what makes these animals excel as hunters.
Hunters would know that the tracking abilities of the hunting dog is attributed to a fantastic extent to its scenting ability. Hounds for instance can track and find a wounded animals even if the track has gone cold. Dogs really do have powerful scenting abilities. Can this be the reason why the dog is often seen sniffing? Dog owners are already aware of the ordinary and the not so ordinary habits of the pet. Nevertheless, a dog owner would still wonder at the dog’s inclination to sniff.
You would see the dog sniffing the ground, its food and its own and other dog’s feces. The pet really is really fond of sniffing as after sniffing humans, it will be seen sniffing the rear ends of other animals too. You can’t help but reckon what lures the pet to sniff. Dogs are very curious animals thus they have the tendency to investigate their environment and in the absence of hands the nose will be the dog’s most brilliant tool.
Dogs hunt their prey but they are hunted by their predators as well. With the heightened scenting power of the dog, the location of a prey and the presence of a predator will be revealed. A dog merely have to sniff the air to know the imminent danger from predators.
Dogs have a unique way of communicating with other dogs. To communicate with other dogs as well as with other animals, dogs use varied movements of the different part of the body. But, it cannot be doubted that the dog’s nose and consequently sniffing, have played an vital role in dog to dog communication. Are you not puzzled at the dogs’ tendency to sniff each other’s backside whenever they meet? Nature has gifted dogs with a smell distinctly their own to be used as an identification not unlike humans thumb print. Although a dog‘s scenting ability is far superior to what we humans have, dogs are still seen sniffing a lot. A rescue dog would sniff for people buried in rubble and in avalanches. Studies have also verified the dog’s ability to identify people with certain types of cancer. Now we know why our dogs sniff a lot.
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