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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:
- Juanita Wiebe
- City:
- Vernon
- Province, Country:
- BC, Canada
- Type/Breed:
- guinea pig
- Date of Birth:
- September 2003
- Date of Death
- July 13th 2004
- Sex:
- Female
- Height:
- Not Provided
- Weight:
- Not Provided
- Coat Colour:
- Orange
- Eye Colour:
- Not Provided
I'm so sad today, first I lost your friend Louise, and now you've left us. You both got so sick so fast. I'm sorry the medication didn't work, and I'm sorry I didn't hold you for your last few hours like I should have. I thought you would be okay. I'm going to lay you to rest next to Louise today, and you two can play together forever. I miss you so much already. Make sure Louise isn't scared, she always looked to you to protect her. Protect her forever okay?
