As we have mentioned on other occasions, the sense of smell it is the most privileged sense of the dog. Through it, you can discover objects and people buried under meters of rubble, detect diseases and perceive the presence of some people without even looking at them. This extraordinary ability is surrounded by curiosities that are worth discovering.
• The dog's nose has more than 200 million olfactory receptors, while the human being only has five.
• His nose is up 10.000 times more powerful than that of man.
• El vomeronasal organ is the maximum responsible for the dog being able to interpret through the smell hormones released by living things. It is located in the vomer bone, between the nose and the mouth.
• Olfactory ability largely depends on the race. For example, the Labrador and the German Shepherd detect the presence of drugs more easily than other breeds.
• Dogs can pick up odors in a space of up to 200 cm², while the human being only reaches a distance of 3 cm².
• Thanks to its smell and its place of origin, the St. Bernard has a special ability to locate people lost in the snow.
• Dogs have two different routes right under their noses, allowing them to breathe and smell separately; in this way they perceive in detail the particles that the air contains, recognizing them perfectly. They go through this process continuously, as they inhale and exhale air approximately five times per second.
• It is thanks to your sense of smell that feel anxious when going outside, since they perceive a large number of different aromas in a few seconds. They are overstimulated in front of the universe that opens before them.
• Through their most privileged sense, dogs can recognize different diseasessuch as cancer or diabetes. In fact, studies show that they are able to detect a hypoglycemic attack even before it happens.