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Dogs see their world through smell – and scientists are starting to translate it like never before

By Jacqueline Boyd, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University

Scent is how dogs largely experience the world, a lot like the way we humans rely on sight. We know little about how dogs interpret scent, but thanks to a recent study, we may be getting closer to understanding what a dog’s nose actually knows.

Dogs are primed to detect smells. The average dog’s nose has more…

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