WHAT TYPES OF SMELLS ARE MOST INTERESTING TO DOGS

Interesting Types of Smells to Dogs

Canine dogs have a particular advanced sense of smell that is even more developed than humans . Dogs , in any breed , have scenting organ located in its mouth that transmits necessary information to the dog 's brain This ability enables dogs to detect even the slightest scent in the environment . In contrast with human who has only about five million scent receptors , dogs have about 200 million that surpasses the ability of humans to detect different scents available in the environment . Dog 's nose has moisture that

enables them to trap scent molecules that enables it to discriminate different scents . ADDIN EN .CITE Anonymous3AnonymousDog Sight and Smell2007November 16 , 2007Dog Training and Dog Breedshttp /www .dogsmania .info /2007November 16http /www .dogsmania .info /http /www .dogsmania .info /English (Anonymous , 2007

One particular interesting scent to dogs is urine . To dogs , urine scent is like a fingerprint among humans . It embodies different information which includes the sex and age . Dogs that sniff trees , electric poles and fire hydrants are gathering information by reading the other scents left by dogs . The urine of an in heat female dog for example contains pheromones than dogs that are out of season . ADDIN EN .CITE Anonymous3AnonymousDog Sight and Smell2007November 16 , 2007Dog Training and Dog Breedshttp /www .dogsmania .info /2007November 16http /www .dogsmania .info /http /www .dogsmania .info /English (Anonymous , 2007 ) Other scent signals includes the anal glands , stool and saliva which all contains olfactory information that dogs are very interested to get a hold of . That is why dogs who are introduced to other new dogs are keen to smell the back ends to get information on another dogs ' age , sex and relationship . Even the scents of other dogs reveal its confidence and social status among other dogs

Another interesting scent to dogs is human scent . Dogs are able to distinguish human scent due to the remnants of skin cells and human tissue particles . ADDIN EN .CITE Anonymous3AnonymousExpert Mine Hunters2003Novembe r 16Norweigian People apos s Aidhttp /www .npaid .org ?module Art icles action Article .publicShow ID November 16http /www .npaid .org ?module Articles action Article .publicShow ID 3930http /www .npaid .org ?module Articles action Article .publicSho w ID 3930English (Anonymous , 2003 ) With the help of the dog 's memory dog remembers the different smell of people introduced to them . A particular kind is the smell of a dog 's owner . It conveys a sense of comfort and safety for the dogs to remember of its owner . Body odor enables dogs to detect the mood of people . Some researchers determined that happy tears ' contains different chemicals than angry tears and experts believe dogs can determine the difference . Perfume cigarette smoke , deodorant , and other odors that linger on skin and clothing , combine to make up a person 's individual smell . Dogs can be sometimes confused when its owner for example , changes some of the odors it primarily has . ADDIN EN .CITE Kryptiks11143Kryptiks , L White , S .How Dogs Communicate with ScentNovember 16 2007http /kryptiks- lair...