Dogs may also be attracted to scents associated with recent activity, changes in personal care products, or the presence of other animals. Their noses are especially sensitive to odor differences that humans may barely detect.
Importantly, a dog sniffing someone’s private area does not automatically mean that the person has a medical condition. The behavior is common enough to have an ordinary explanation: dogs investigate unfamiliar or interesting scents using their noses.
I Finally Had to Find Out
For the longest time, I thought my dog was simply being nosy.
Every time I came home, he would run toward me, wagging his tail like he had been waiting all day. But instead of immediately wanting to play, he would stop in front of me and start sniffing.
My hands.
My clothes.
Sometimes even my shoes.
At first, I laughed about it.
Then one afternoon, I started wondering:
