DOG NOSES, ETC.

At least, that's the way most doxie lovers I know feel.  No matter what kind of day you've had, isn't it fabulous to come home to an overjoyed doxie, greeting you with that windshield-wiper tail going double time, a smile, a bark, and a good face licking (if you get down close enough).

And, if you happen to come in the door WITH FOOD, well . . . that seals the deal!  We know how great food smells to us, so I can only imagine how good it would smell if our noses were even one fourth as sensitive as a dog's.  I wonder how much Duke would eat if we just let him "have at it" and eat all he desired.  We'd probably have a very sick dawg on our hands. 

"While a dog's brain is only one-tenth the size of a human brain, the part that controls smell is 40 times larger than in humans. A dog’s sense of smell is about 1,000 to 10,000,000 times more sensitive than a human’s (depending on the breed). A human has about 5 million scent glands, compared to a dog, who has anywhere from 125 million to 300 million (depending on the breed). Ever wonder why your dog's nose is wet? The mucus on a dog's nose actually helps it smell by capturing scent particles. When a dog’s nose is dry they may lick it to aid them in scent . . . While a human will smell something like spaghetti sauce as one smell, a dog smells each individual ingredient. Unlike humans, dogs can move their nostrils independently, allowing them to know what direction a smell is coming from."  --http://www.dogbreedinfo.com