Did you know that the nose is the greatest asset of a dog? The sense of smell is the most sensitive sense of mans best friends. This sense coupled with the excellent hearing ability is what makes these animals excel as hunters.
Some breeds are purposely developed to be hunting dogs because of their excellent scenting abilities. Breeds of hounds are capable of finding a wounded prey by sniffing blood dropped by the animal several meters apart. This would make you wonder at the scenting ability of the pet. Do dogs sniff a lot because they are honing the already powerful scenting ability? Dog have many common and not so common habits that amaze humans. Nevertheless, a dog owner would still wonder at the dogs inclination to sniff.
The ground, the grass, the food and especially the feces will be sniffed by the dog. The pet really is really fond of sniffing as after sniffing humans, it will be seen sniffing the rear ends of other animals too. Something must encourage the dog to sniff. We know that dogs are energetic and inquisitive animals but because they dont have hands their noses will be used to satisfy their desire to know everything about their surroundings.
Dogs are hunters but they are hunted as well. The nose is the dogs greatest asset that will not only find the location of prey but most importantly an asset that will be efficient in detecting danger. A dog merely have to sniff the air to know the imminent danger from predators.
Dogs use an excellent method to communicate with each other very well. We know how dogs efficiently use different movements of their body to transmit a message to other dogs. However, it cannot be doubted that the dogs nose and consequently sniffing, have played an important role in dog to dog communication. Have you noticed how dogs would sniff each others rear end? The doggie smell secreted by the dogs glands that is unique to every dog is used by dogs to identify each other. Dogs sniff a lot and their sense of smell is far superior to what humans have. A rescue dog would sniff for people buried in rubble and in avalanches. Dogs are now being used to detect cancer in humans. Now we understand why our dogs sniff a lot.
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