Dog sniffs- processing info? What info?
I’ve always seen it said that when dogs are sniffing, they are processing information. Are they really though?? what kind of information?? like it’s not possible they’re leaving each other messages right? are they telling each other that “hey just fyi, I don’t like cats” or what possible information could they be learning from another dogs pee??
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Are you doubting the existence of pee-mail? There is good evidence that dogs can pick up indications of gender, whether the peer is spayed or neutered, age, health, stress level and diet from a good sniff of urine even if it’s dried off. These things are transmitted through the presence or absence of hormones. With five times more olfactory receptors than human beings and additional olfactory organs dogs are sensitive to pheromones in ways that we cannot even imagine.
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