Why do dogs smell each other’s butts? It turns out the reasons are more complex that you would think. This dog behavior is one of the animal kingdom’s more interesting forms of chemical communication. Not only that, but they have a secondary olfactory system called the Vomeronasal or Jacobson’s Organ that has its own fascinating structure and abilities. It links directly to their brain!
This video not only explains the array of information a dog collects about another dog, but how they do it.
Want to know more about a dog’s nose in detail? Then you’ll want to hear and see what Alexandra Horowitz has to say about how dogs “see with their noses” and how the dog’s nasal architecture reveals a whole world beyond what humans can see.
A Pug patiently ignores a cat who decides to pounce and chew on him while he’s trying to eat a tasty treat. The cat pulls on the pug’s ear. Then he jumps on his back. Then he grabs the dog’s rear leg! Throughout it all the Pug doesn’t take his eyes off the prize treat….
A Minnesota bachelor party’s weekend canoe trip took a turn they weren’t expecting when they spotted a dog in deep trouble. Mitch White and 10 of his friends were paddling up the Minnesota River when they saw a St. Bernard buried up to his head in the mud along the banks of the river. The…
Three tiny puppies and four adult dogs are safe after their family left them behind when they were evicted from their home. Stray Rescue of St. Louis’ dispatch team received a call with a message from a Good Samaritan, “The family was evicted and the landlord left the door open, but they just won’t leave….
The engorged ticks that covered an abandoned dog’s face made it hard for him to see. He had been left by the side of the road to become a meal for the blood-sucking parasites. But luckily a kind couple called Dog Rescue Shelter Mladenovac, Serbia for help. When rescuers arrived the poor little dog was…
Nurse Amber Streid was among the Good Samaritans who stopped to try and save a puppy running on a Los Angeles freeway recently. In harrowing video, the dog is dashing down the highway. One pickup truck slows down on the shoulder to try and get a hold of the dog and another car pulls up…
A French Bulldog puppy gives his big Rottweiler brother a “scare” when he gets dressed up as a spider and chases him around the house! In a sweet video shared by their human, the puppy is dressed un in a Halloween costume that makes him look like a black spider. The Rottweiler is in a…
