If you are a dog owner, you must have been through that embarrassing situation where your loyal friend starts sniffing someone’s private parts – maybe yours or a visitor’s. This can be uncomfortable, but for dogs, this behavior is completely normal. The good news is that there is a simple explanation for this curious habit.
The Super Sense of Smell of Dogs
Dogs have a sense of smell that can be up to 100,000 times more powerful than that of humans. While we mainly rely on sight to understand the world around us, dogs use their sense of smell to explore everything around them. For them, sniffing is like reading a page full of detailed information about who you are and how you are feeling.
A dog’s nose is so powerful that it can detect smells in minimal concentrations that would be undetectable to us. This explains why your canine friend is always sniffing the floor, objects, and, of course, people.
