Why giving your dogs sniffer a workout is so useful
👃 Why giving your dogs sniffer a workout is so useful 👃 A dogs nose is so powerful. Factually speaking dogs have around 300 million olfactory senses in their nose, when we have 6 million. This means their sense of smell is around 50 x more effective than ours. Around 40 times more of their brain compared to ours is dedicated to the sense of smell. It is therefore no surprise that most dogs natural behaviours will involve sniffing and hunting, as their key method of understanding the environment. The nose is an important part dogs anatomy, but what makes it so special? Inside the nose of a dog you'll find the Jacobson's organ; this allows smell and taste to combine, which leads the puppy to the milk of their mother. This is a vital part of growth and development as puppies are completely reliant on mum at the point of birth to 14 days old. The nose is even a key part of the puppies rooting reflex alongside heat sensors) which allows them to suss out where his/ her mum is for