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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:
- jennifer oldenburg
- City:
- Eau Claire
- Province, Country:
- WI, United States
- Type/Breed:
- Shih-tzu
- Date of Birth:
- 9-3-93
- Date of Death
- 5-29-03
- Sex:
- Male
- Height:
- 12
- Weight:
- 19.5
- Coat Colour:
- black / white
- Eye Colour:
- brown
Rocko - You are so sadly missed by us all. I am still in shock over what happened that day - I relive the nightmare of it all quite frequently & feel as though I'm to blame. I wish there was something different that could have been done. If there was something we could have done sooner, please forgive us for not knowing.
Now all I can do is remember the good times that we had - going to Murphy's & Kirby's, swimming in the pond, going on those camping trips you pretended to hate, the little demon puppy that you were, the cute pouting episodes you had when you were naughty, playing with Wally, going for walks, being my companion on all the trips we made in the car, going shopping with me when weather permitted. I also remember your big brown eyes & wish I could see them again.
Farewell my good friend. I hope we see each other again.
