In dogs, the sense of smell is extremely sensitive, they can distinguish the smell of a two-week old left on the object lying under the foliage or snow. But, like every living being, the dog has its own favorite smells and those that do not like it.
Dangerous for the smell of dogs aromas
Dissatisfaction with dogs can cause those smells that irritate the mucous membranes of the eye, nose, larynx, and the sensitive nose of the animal reacts sharply to them.
- To understand what smell does not like dogs, it is enough to remember how some animals react to drunks, the smell of alcohol is unpleasant for them. Pet even can refuse to go for a walk with a drunken owner.
- Knowing what kind of smell the dogs do not tolerate, the attentive owner will protect the animal from it. Of domestic odors, dogs do not like the sharp smells of acids , such as acetic acid.
- Unpleasant and even destructive for a dog can become the smell of ammonia , sniffing it - the dog can completely or partially lose the sense of smell.
- The toxic smell of chlorine is also the smell that a dog fears, it can contribute to a complete loss of a scent in an animal. Especially strictly follow that sniffing of hunting dogs , whose working abilities can be irretrievably lost.
- Negatively perceive dogs and the smell of citrus , so the cynologists often use it for training purposes, adding granules with aromas to special collars.
- Sometimes there is a need to drive the dog away from anything, knowing what odor frightens off the dogs, without harming their sense of smell, you can easily do it. For simple daring of a dog from some object or place, it is enough to mix snuff with red pepper , this mixture is harmless for the animal, will cause only a sneeze, but the dog will bypass this territory by side.