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11 Responses to What Is A Human Equivalent Activity To A Dog Sniffing Each Others Behind?

  • jjjjjjjj says:

    Staring.
    A dog’s sense of smell is their most dominant sense, which would be akin to our sense of sight. Therefore, when they sniff another dog’s behind they are taking in as much information as they can about that dog with their most dominate sense. When we stare at someone we are taking in as much information about them with our most dominate sense, that of sight.

  • ♥ Liz ♫ says:

    I think it’s shaking hands

  • Jennifer K says:

    Shaking hands? Or maybe saying Hi, my name is………….. what is your name? Let us know how the bet goes…. I am curious.

  • Shepherdgirl § says:

    Shaking hands

  • iliana says:

    a hand shake!

  • trebs says:

    Air Kiss

  • Sari says:

    this is how dogs communicate so don’t worry

  • Leslie L says:

    Shaking hands and saying howdy.

  • The PENsive Insomniac says:

    I would have to say it is a greeting in the dog culture similar to “Hello, my name is…What’s yours.”This is my way of answering. Hope it helps.

  • FunkyMom says:

    Well, I read this a LONG time ago (can’t remember the book) and did a report. Sniffing the behind tells another dog about the other: where they are from, are they in heat; basically your typical intro…hi, how are you, are you single, where are you from?
    My dog is about 3 feet tall, 95 pounds. I have seen him squat down for a female jack russell he liked a lot!
    THUMBS DOWN? I didn’t mean he “squatted” on her, just was accomodating to the sniffing! He’s rather aware of his size!

  • smurfy b says:

    It’s a simple ‘look-over.’ Dogs can’t just look at each other and tell if it’s a boy or a girl. They can, however, smell things in the same way we look at things. A dog’s sense of smell is terrific. That charming ‘smell my butt’ thing communicates a dog’s gender, health, age, etc. It’s the same as you seeing someone and noticing clothing type, hairstyle, gender, and age.

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