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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:
- Diana Julian
- City:
- Churchville
- Province, Country:
- NY, United States
- Type/Breed:
- Keeshond
- Date of Birth:
- November 1994
- Date of Death
- August 2009
- Sex:
- Male
- Height:
- 3
- Weight:
- 59
- Coat Colour:
- beige white gray
- Eye Colour:
- brown
My beloved Kirby - my home is not the same without you. For 15 years, you make me laugh, made me feel good to come home, always by my side and always happy to see ME. I miss seeing your smiling little face, your demanding ways when you think you're the boss, and how you lined up my nieces and nephew when they were too loud and unruly. You're my little guy and I will always miss you. Love you mom
