Do All Dogs Have a Different Scent to Them?

[zoesmom]

Reason I ask:* Whenever we're at the beach, Zoe could be swimming or totally preoccupied in another activity, when all of a sudden, she'll lift her head and sniff the air.* Nose twitching a mile a minute.* I look to the direction in which she's sniffing....nothing.* *2 minutes, Lady (our neighbor) will appear out of the pathway.* Zoe is very consistent about this....and only to Lady, Pua, Anela, Kai (the dogs in our neighborhood).

I know she can smell other dogs, but she doesn't do the nose in the air thing.* If all dogs have a different scent to them, it's amazing how they "remember" the scent and are very selective.* LOL

Your experiences?

[rottnlabs]

Sure they do. When I go visit Essy's breeders crew and I come home, Murray sniffs and looks at me like "you've been unfaithful" but Essy sniffs, gets all butt wiggly excited like she's saying "oh, you saw Cinder, oh and Tilly, oh oh and Muse, etc." She sniffs long and hard like she remembers.

[zoesmom]

Sure they do.* When I go visit Essy's breeders crew and I come home, Murray sniffs and looks at me like "you've been unfaithful" but Essy sniffs, gets all butt wiggly excited like she's saying "oh, you saw Cinder, oh and Tilly, oh oh and Muse, etc."* She sniffs long and hard like she remembers.

LOL.

Funny cause Zoe does not sniff me if I touched another dog. Strange.

[luke from georgia]

that's pretty cool about zoe.
when i used to go to lab adoption days to volunteer, luke would sniff me all over whenever i got home.
he didn't know these dogs, but the smells sure were interesting to him.

[theoconbrio]

Yes. Theo does this, too, mostly with intact males. Sometimes he'll pick his head up at the park, sniff, and then bolt a couple hundred yards to meet Sammy the Rottweiler or Obi the Ridgeback. They must be especially aromatic.

He doesn't sniff me for other dogs too much, but if I'm playing with somebody else's cats he loves to shove his nose in my pants and take a good, long SNIFFFFFFFF. (Embarrasingly, he also does this to the crotches of pregnant women if we're not careful. :)

[Chester B. Dickens]

At dog class, here's the routine. At 7PM, the beginners are having class. SO I'll arrive early, potty Wesley, and stow him in the crate-like back of my SUV-lite. I then go help teach for an hr. We begin by saying hello to every dog -- so there are lots of pets and kisses.

At 8PM, at the novice/open classes, I go get him once the beginners are gone. So I smell like 8-10 other dogs. Every time, Wes will give me that WHO HAVE YOU BEEN WITH?? sniff (and the accompanying accusatory eye) as I reach for him to put his leash on. It's hilarious.

Of course, despite what's going on w/the coats and heinies, ALL their feet smell like cornchips!

[Katy]

(Embarrasingly, he also does this to the crotches of pregnant women if we're not careful. :)

Rio has started to do this too. :-\