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Sydney
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His current rating is 3.45 out of 5 with 91 vote(s).
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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:
- Jackie Dube
- City:
- Montreal
- Province, Country:
- QC, Canada
- Type/Breed:
- Golden Retriever
- Date of Birth:
- March 1995
- Sex:
- Male
- Height:
- Not Provided
- Weight:
- 90
- Coat Colour:
- Gold
- Eye Colour:
- Brown
Hi, this is our dog Syd. He is a rescue dog who came to live with us when he was 3 years old. He lives with 4 cats, but has only one that returns his affections and he can call his own (Snickerdoodles). He enjoys bobbing for grapes in his wading pool on hot summer days and lounging in snowbanks during the winter. He dislikes bananas and going downstairs to the basement with less than 2 people for protection. He considers himself to be an active dog as long as these activities do not interfere with the 14 - 18 hours of sleep he likes to get every day.
