What Adorable Behaviors

Sniff, sniff, woof, woof.

Dogs’ noses are super sensitive.

So much more sensitive than a human’s nose.

I don’t know all dogs’ noses are equally sensitive.

Although I tend to see more Shepherd dog breeds working with people in the past, these days I see many smaller dogs are trying to making their way to pass exams to be special dogs to help humans.

They remember all kinds of smells and are capable of distinguishing their previous owners, hunting down criminals, and rescuing people from disaster, and more. Even finding cancer of their owners!? I guess it’s coming from the affection of the dogs in addition to the fact that they have the extra-ordinal ability.

And my previous dog, of course, his nose is better than mine, but I used to joke about if his nose was more sensitive than mine or mine was more sensitive than his.

Anyway, a funny thing was that he used to enjoy having a shower, just one part of his whole bath time; that was only enjoyed having water hitting on his face.

It was like any of you would do in the shower. He would move his head and face toward the showerhead while his eyes closed. That’s what my dog was doing.

Then he would open his eyes widely, feeling so refreshed. I think.

He was pretty amazingly adorable, but just this part.

Other parts, getting into the shower room, which he tried to avoid the most. Washing outside of his ears was probably the next thing he wanted to avoid. Then he had to deal with the dryer while drying his fur. Yap, he would try to avoid like any other dogs.

I guess those 5 seconds or a little more sometimes, were something that he enjoyed among those things he wanted to avoid.

About sensitivity of the dog’s nose, I found this published on Psychology Today based on an interview with Frank Rosell, an author of Secrets of the Snout:

“In general, the dog’s nose is 100,000 to 1 million times more sensitive than the human’s, while the bloodhound has a nose that is 10 to 100 million times more sensitive than ours.”

I don’t really know if it was doing something good to his nose — Getting shower water on his face.

Since he loved it, it must have meant something to him.

Or, just refreshing!

Sniffing was what dogs do.

And it was what he did too, showing his curiosity, affection, and before sneezing.

Sniff while walking the side of the street.

Sniff while walking in parks.

Sniff when my mom was cooking boiled chicken just for him.

Sniff before he climbed into his own bed.

Sniff when a parcel was delivered.

Sticking his head in a shopping bag when he found there was a package of meat.

I had to wipe his nose when he was old. A year before he passed away.

Just want to share my memory with my previous doggie, a golden brown miniature long-haired dachshund. With a piece of olfactory fact.

He passed away a little before his 15th birthday.

He was really a lovely doggie!

Thank you for reading!