A dog's nose KNOWS!


A dog's sense of smell is about 1000 times more powerful than a humans.

All dogs have a powerful sense of smell, but some breeds are better at sniffing out things.

Dog teams often search up to 10 times faster than manual deminers and can sniff plastic mines that are invisible to metal detectors


The dog’s sense of smell is highly refined and inherited from its ancestor, the wolf. In the wild, canines depend on their nose to locate food and communicate. By merely smelling a drop of urine, a dog can determine another dog’s sex, diet, health, and emotional state.

The structure of a dog’s nose gives it a sense of smell that's thousands of times better than a humans. A dog’s nose has 200 million nasal olfactory receptors. Each receptor detects and identifies the tiny odor molecules that constantly fly off different objects.

Dogs can be trained to sniff out landmines. The explosive materials in landmines put off molecules into the surrounding air. A trained mine detection dog is able to detect the scent of the explosives and indicate the origin of the scent to its trainer.