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Dogs and Open Car Windows
from:Experts estimate that dogs can catch a whiff of something that's one million times less concentrated than what humans can detect. With so much sniff power, it's hardly surprising that they stick their heads out car windows. They could care less about the scenery. What they're after are smells. If you're driving through town at 30 miles an hour and your dog has his nose out the window, he knows where the bakery is, where the butcher shop is, which street leads to the local McDonald's, and maybe even what the mayor had for breakfast.
Dogs assume a characteristic expression when they put their faces into the wind: Their upper
lips curl, their noses wrinkle, their eyes partly close, and their ears fold back. It looks as though they're experiencing a moment of ecstasy (which they probably are) but mainly they're concentrating. It's as though they're closing down all the rest of their senses to focus on this one.
There's a world of fascinating scents outside the car. This dog loves to hang her head out the window and sample every one of them. All dogs, from huge Great Danes to tiny terriers, have extraordinarily acute senses of smell. Their scenting ability is enhanced when they are moving quickly, which is one reason that they take advantage of open car windows.
Smells are so important to dogs that they have two separate systems for detecting them. One is the nose system. It consists of a huge amount of tissue called olfactory epithelium, which is loaded with scent receptors. This area takes up about 1/2 square inch in humans, but up to 20 square inches in some dog breeds. As air moves over the tissue, odor molecules settle in millions of scent receptors. The more air flow there is, the more scents dogs detect. A Dog's sense of smell is enhanced when they're moving quickly. In the evolutionary scheme of things, this probably made them better hunters because they could load up on scents while chasing prey.
Dogs have a second smelling system that's headquartered in their mouths. Near the upper
incisors is a tiny duct that leads to a specialized gland called Jacobson's organ. It's designed to capture and interpret the most primitive types of smells. Dogs depend on it to identify other
dogs, choose a mate, and smell prey. When dogs scrunch up their faces in the wind, it looks like they're catching flies, but what they're really doing is catching scents.
The Submissive Dog
The submissive dog, like the fearful dog, will try to appear smaller, but will rarely raise his hackles The submissive dog will either scoot along the ground in a sit position to get closer to the dominant entity or roll over on the ground to expose his belly and genitals, displaying vulnerability to the aggressor The dog may even urinate during this display The head of a submissive dog is held.....More on Bull Dog Pit Psychology Training
Dogs and Open Car Windows
Experts estimate that dogs can catch a whiff of something thatand#39;s one million times less concentrated than what humans can detect With so much sniff power, itand#39;s hardly surprising that they stick their heads out car windows They could care less about the scenery What theyand#39;re after are smells If youand#39;re driving through town at 30 miles an hour and your dog has his nose out the window, he knows whe.....More on Bull Dog Pit Psychology Training
More Dog Sounds And What They Mean
Soft whimpering: and#39;I hurt!and#39; and#39;Iand#39;m scaredand#39; The average person is most likely to hear this at the veterinarianand#39;s office, when the dog is suffering, or when a submissive dog is in a strange place that appears threatening This is really a carryover of the mewing sound that young puppies make when cold, hungry, or distressed Louder, more prolonged whining sound: and#39;Please give me and#39; or and#39;I want .....More on Bull Dog Pit Psychology Training
How Dogs Use Their Tails As Signals and Gestures Part 2
Tail position is an important indicator of social standing and mental state of a dog There will be some variations, of course, depending upon the natural tail position of the dog: a West Highland white terrier will carry its carrot shaped tail higher than a golden retriever its flowing, feathery tail, and a greyhoundand#39;s relaxed tail position is lower yet Almost horizontal, pointing away from.....More on Bull Dog Pit Psychology Training
10 Dog Barking Moments What Your Dog Is Trying To Say
1 Continuous rapid barking, midrange pitch: and#39;Call the pack! There is a potential problem! Someone is coming into our territory!and#39; Continuous barking but a bit slower and pitched lower: and#39;The intruder [or danger] is very close Get ready to defend yourself!and#39; 2 Barking in rapid strings of three or four with pauses in between, midrange pitch: and#39;I suspect that there may be a problem or an intru.....More on Bull Dog Pit Psychology Training
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