The Dog Training Review

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Did you know that the nose is the greatest asset of a dog? The sense of smell is the most sensitive sense of man’s best friends. Dogs are renowned for being excellent hunters because of their heightened senses.

Hunters would know that the tracking abilities of the hunting dog is attributed to a great extent to its scenting ability. Breeds of hounds are capable of finding a wounded prey by sniffing blood dropped by the animal several meters apart. This is how powerful dogs noses are. Can this be the reason why the dog is often seen sniffing? Dog have many common and not so common habits that amaze humans. However, dog owners are still puzzled by the pets tendency to sniff.

You would see the dog sniffing the ground, its food and its own and other dog’s feces. Dogs are seen sniffing humans and dogs are observed sniffing the butts of other dogs. You can’t help but think what lures the pet to sniff. We know that dogs are energetic and inquisitive animals but because they don’t have hands their noses will be used to satisfy their desire to know everything about their surroundings.

Although dogs are hunters their lives are also in danger from their predators too. With the heightened scenting power of the dog, the location of a prey and the presence of a predator will be revealed. Dogs in the wild only have to sniff the air to know the presence of predators in the area.

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. It seems that dogs are aware of their powerful scenting abilities so that they do a lot of sniffing to convey their message to other dogs efficiently. Have you noticed how dogs would sniff each other’s rear end? Nature has gifted dogs with a smell distinctly their own to be used as an identification not unlike humans thumb print. Although a dog ‘s scenting ability is far superior to what we humans have, dogs are still seen sniffing a lot. The inclination to sniff is a valuable asset of rescue dogs as with this ability, a lot of people have been saved from death. Dogs are now being used to detect cancer in humans. We can now understand the reasons for the dog’s inclination to sniff.