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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:
- Kim Langille
- City:
- Riverview
- Province, Country:
- NB, Canada
- Type/Breed:
- Brown Tabby
- Date of Birth:
- March 17, 1988
- Date of Death
- November 25, 2002
- Sex:
- Male
- Height:
- 22
- Weight:
- 12
- Coat Colour:
- Tabby
- Eye Colour:
- Green
Norman was diagnosed with an agressive cancer in his mouth. He went from his normal bouncy Tigger-like self to a very unhappy kitty in three weeks.
Norman was born on March 17, 1988, so he had a good 14 years being spoiled rotten. He was the cat that sold me on cats - he was truly an ambassador for the breed, turning many cat-haters into cat owners. He identified with dogs since he spent his first six months of his life living with them -- he walked on a leash, he fetched a ball, he came running when you came home.
He is survived by his furry brother, Eppy, who will be an only cat for a while.
He will be missed but his memory will live on in the hearts of those who knew him.
