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This video guide will show you about the incredible powers that all dogs have. Today you will learn about their power of super smell!
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Have you ever wished you had a
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superpower? Well, guess what? Your dog
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already has one and it's built right
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into their nose. So, today we're going
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to dive into the absolutely incredible
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world of a dog sense of smell and find
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out just how powerful that super sniffer
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really is. And to really get to the
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bottom of this, we're looking at some
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amazing work from the experts over at
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Doggozilla magazine. I mean, they've
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done such a great job breaking down the
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science and just the pure wonder behind
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your dog's number one sense. So, let's
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jump in and see what they figured out. I
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mean, come on. You've definitely
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wondered about this, right? How in the
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world did your dog find that one treat
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you hid in a completely different room?
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Is it magic? Well, no, it's not magic,
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but it might as well be. It's a
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superpower, and it all kicks off with
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some truly mind-blowing biology. Okay,
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so every good superpower needs an origin
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story, right? And for our dogs, that
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story begins with the incredible,
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incredible anatomy of their nose. Trust
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me, it's way more complex than just a
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cute wet snout. All right, let's get
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right to the source code of this power.
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You ready for this number? 300 million.
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That is how many olfactory or scent
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receptors a dog can have packed into its
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nose. Just try to wrap your head around
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that number for a second. It's it's huge
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and it is the absolute key to how they
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see the world. Okay, now here's where it
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gets really wild. Look at this
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comparison. We humans, we have around 6
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million of those receptors. And you know
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that sounds like a decent amount, right?
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But then you see their 300 million. It's
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just no contest. And then, and this is
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the kicker, the part of their brain
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dedicated to processing all that
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information, it's 40 40 times larger
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than ours. That's not even a fair fight.
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It's like comparing a supercomput to an
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old school pocket calculator. And as if
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all that wasn't enough, they have a
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secret weapon. Seriously, it's called
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the Vulmer Reneasal organ. You can think
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of it like a a second nose. And its
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whole job is to detect things like
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pherommones and other chemical signals
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that are totally invisible to us. It's
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how they get all this extra social data
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about other animals. It's just
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incredible stuff. So, you have all this
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amazing hardware, but how do they
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actually use it? Well, here's the
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crucial part. A dog's nose is designed
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to do two things at once. It separates
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breathing from smelling. So, while we
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have to stop smelling when we breathe
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out, they don't. They can just
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continuously pull in scent particles for
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analysis non-stop. It's like this ultra-
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high efficiency odor processing machine
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that literally never powers down. But
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you know, even Superman has his
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kryptonite. Even a superpower is
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affected by the world around it. So, how
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does this amazing ability actually hold
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up against the forces of nature? Well,
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let's find out. Let's step into what
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we're going to call the scent gauntlet.
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So, there are basically four big forces
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that decide how far a scent can travel
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on any given day. You've got the wind.
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That's kind of like the courier carrying
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the scent along. Then there's the
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weather, which can act like an
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amplifier. The terrain is the obstacle
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course the scent has to get through. And
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of course, the scent source itself.
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That's all about the signal strength.
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And here's a perfect example of how that
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works. You know those humid, damp days?
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Well, that moisture in the air actually
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grabs on to scent molecules and helps
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them hang around longer. It basically
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acts like a natural booster for your
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dog's sniffer. So yeah, on a humid day,
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they can pick up trails from much
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farther away. Pretty cool, right? Now,
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while pretty much all dogs have this
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incredible power, some breeds, well,
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they're different. They've been
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specialized over centuries to become
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true masters. We're talking about the
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olfactory Olympians. These dogs are in a
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league of their very own. And first up,
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let's talk about the Tracker, the Blood
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Hound. This dog is the undisputed
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heavyweight champion of this scent
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world. I mean, even their long, droopy
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ears are part of the superpower. They
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literally help sweep scent particles up
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from the ground right towards their
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nose. And get this, they can follow a
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trail that is over 130 hours old. That's
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more than 5 days for miles and miles.
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It's the stuff of legend. Next, we have
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the detectives. We're talking about your
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working breeds like German shepherds,
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labs, and spananiels. These guys are
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masters of what's called airsenting.
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They can pluck one specific smell out of
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a whole cloud of different odors. This
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is exactly what makes them so perfect
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for things like search and rescue where
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precision is everything. But hey, what
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about our short-nosed buddies like pugs
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and bulldogs? Okay, so their anatomy
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means they aren't exactly built for
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tracking marathons. But don't you forget
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their sense of smell is still light
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years ahead of ours. They experience an
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incredibly rich, detailed world of
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smells, just in a more up close and
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personal kind of way. So now that you
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know all this, what do you do with it?
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How can you actually engage with your
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dog superpower? Well, it's time for you
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to step up. You're the sidekick in this
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story, and you can help them use these
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amazing abilities. Let's talk about how.
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Okay, here's a super easy one. The find
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it game. It is one of the best ways to
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give them some mental exercise because
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it taps right into their natural
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instincts. Just let them see you hide a
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treat, give the command, find it, and
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praise them like crazy when they get it.
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As they get better, you can start hiding
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it in other rooms. And believe me, a few
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rounds of this can be more tiring than a
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long walk. And it's so so rewarding for
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them. You know, there's this quote from
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the Dogazilla article that I just love.
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It says to transform your daily walk
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from a march into a sniffari. Think
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about that. Instead of just dragging
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them from point A to point B, let them
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lead with their nose for a while. This
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snifari lets them, you know, read the
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local news, see who's been around. It
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makes their walk so much richer. And
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honestly, it makes for a much happier
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and calmer dog. Okay, but a tool this
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powerful, this sensitive, it needs to be
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taken care of. As the sidekick, it's our
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job to protect the asset, right? We've
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got to keep that super sniffer in peak
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condition. So, you really have to
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remember how sensitive their noses are.
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I'm talking about things we barely even
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notice, like strong cleaning chemicals,
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plug-in air fresheners, perfumes, even a
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lot of essential oils can be totally
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overwhelming for them, maybe even
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harmful. So, it's really, really
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important to be mindful of all the
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scented stuff we have around the house.
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So, what does a healthy nose look like?
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Well, it's often cool and a little
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moist. But hey, don't panic if it's dry
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after they wake up from a nap. That's
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totally normal. What you do need to
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watch out for are the things that stick
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around. You know, cracking that just
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won't heal, any kind of colored
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discharge, that's a big one, or any
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sores. If you see any of that, yeah,
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that's your cue to call the vet. And
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hey, if this stuff fascinates you as
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much as it does me, you have got to go
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check out doggozilla.com.
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Seriously, they've got tons of great
6:37
articles, cool dog videos, and even an
6:40
awesome dog podcast. It's just a
6:42
treasure trove of information. So, let's
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wrap it up with this one thought. Your
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dog's greatest, most powerful sense is
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their sense of smell. It's how they read
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the world. It's it's their language. So,
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now that you know a little more about
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it, the question is, are you speaking
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their language?
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