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Lilly
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Her current rating is 3.82 out of 5 with 38 vote(s).
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All about Lilly
Pet Tip
Dog is a Crotch Sniffer – Pet tip 245
Most dog owners are aware that dog noses are extremely sensitive. This is due to the quantity of olfactory or ‘smell’ receptors in a dog’s nose. Whereas humans have around five million olfactory receptors, dogs have two hundred and twenty million. This makes their noses exponentially more sensitive than a human’s. Most times a dog’s sensitive nose works to our benefit. All kinds of dogs are used as service dogs to help humans find missing people, sniff out explosives, drugs etc. They can smell people coming from quite a distance and alert us to their presence. There are some embarrassing occasions however, when a dog’s nose is just too sensitive from our human perspective. Most notably this occurs when dogs try to sniff humans in their private areas.
This behaviour is a common one in dogs and equally common is the fact that it upsets most dog owners. The reason some dogs sniff at a human’s private parts is the same reason they sniff the private parts of other dogs. We know that when they smell other dogs in this way they can tell the sex, rank (is the dog more dominant or submissive) age and other information about the dog.
- Owner:
- carol bravo
- City:
- Kitchener
- Province, Country:
- ON, Canada
- Type/Breed:
- Pomeranian
- Date of Birth:
- Not Sure
- Sex:
- Female
- Height:
- Not Provided
- Weight:
- 7
- Coat Colour:
- black
- Eye Colour:
- brown
Lilly joined our family in August 2003 and is now a sister to Libby that has her own site here as well. Lilly was found on the streets of Niagara Falls and once I came across her picture and story on Petfinder.com I knew she was the best final addition to our family. She has adjusted really well with her new sister and the both of them are just sweethearts. I can't imagine people that can do that and not go looking for their pet, it's unbelievable but it's their loss.
