Research shows a dog’s sense of smell helps them navigate human behavior and emotion. What do you think? Do you trust your dog in these situations? Dogs DiscoverMagazine
When I was about 12 years old, I was standing in my family’s screened-in porch with our Border Collie, Nibbles, when a neighbor approached. He smiled, asked if my mother was home and then pushed open the screen door. Nibbles went wild — barking, snapping and throwing his full body against the back door.
The neighbor rushed down the stairs and left our property. I had never seen Nibbles act so aggressively. Later that summer, the neighbor was arrested and then convicted on 10 counts of child molestation. Nibbles had sensed something sinister in our neighbor and sought to protect his family. Dogs sometimes don’t like certain people, and their owners can't explain why. But scientists are increasingly learning more about dog behavior and cognition. Since 2005, scientists have studied dogs
, and they’ve gained greater insight as to how dogs collect information to determine when someone is growl-worthy.When I stood on that screened-in porch and watched my neighbor approach, I was primarily relying on visual cues. Nibbles, meanwhile, was sniffing out the situation. A dog’s sense of smell is profoundly more sensitive than humans. Whereas humans have about five to six million smell receptors, dogs
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