Why do dogs sniff everything?
The Sniff Detective
Why do dogs sniff everything?
You've seen it happen: your dog stops mid-walk, nose to the ground, sniffing the same boring patch of sidewalk for what feels like forever. What could possibly be so interesting down there?
Inside your dog's nose is a superpower you don't have. Dogs own about 300 million scent receptors — you have maybe 6 million. If your nose is a flip phone, theirs is a supercomputer.
