Good nose, much info. Poop smell bad only for human, dog not care.
They have a lot of brain and nose real estate dedicated to processing such smells for useful information and also stronger stomach acid and enzymes in the digestive system to make ingesting poop much less threatening for a typical dog vs. the average person. So they typically benefit from such investigations whereas people would get not much info from such behaviors but would be way more likely to get some awful disease. Better for us to have a body that says “uhhh don’t do that” whereas they have instincts that tell them to go right on ahead.
Believe it or not, a properly functioning anus and a healthy digestive tract don’t usually have a fecal smell at the anus, even in humans with our giant glutes. It can, but as long as the above caveats are in place, and the human in question is paying attention to their cleanup post dookie, it isn’t poop that you’ll smell if you have to get close. You’ll smell ass but that isn’t the same as poo.
And that’s from someone that did twenty years wiping asses for a living, including having to get very close to said asses on occasion.
A dog? No big glutes. So, unless they have some issue making their poo messy, there won’t be enough clinging onto the anus itself for the smell of poo to be dominant. You can test it. Dogs have no shame most of the time, and will sit on your face with zero warning. Won’t smell of poo as the primary scent. A human nose likely won’t smell it at all.
What you would smell is the musk from their anal glands, plus their own base smell.
A dog would indeed smell some lingering poo smell, if any poo lingered. But it wouldn’t be fresh, steaming poo smell. It would be dry poo smell, which lacks the volatile components that make shit stink as opposed to just smelling strongly the way some things do. It’s like the difference between a compost heap when you just turn it, vs the smell when it’s turned into soil.
Human poo, if dried long enough, just smells like a slightly musky, slightly earthy chunk of something organic. It loses the scatole and indole that make poop smell like shit. And, yes I actually ran into a couple of instances where poop had dried like that on a person. I was fucking furious. But I’ve also done laundry where someone missed a sizable piece and it got dried out in the hamper, and it really isn’t bad smelling. It isn’t even particularly strong, and when I wasn’t smoking, my nose could pick up smells most of my coworkers couldn’t.
Butt! Dogs have different brains than us. Poop smells aren’t inherently bad to them. Ever seen a dog sniffing, and then rolling in, poop? Squirrel, deer, cat, whatever. It’s just an intense thing for them, not one that repulses them.
Did I just subscribe to anus facts?
That’s like asking a Sommelier why they drink wine since it all just tastes like vinegar.
If your nose was as refined as a dog, you’d appreciate the musk of a good asshole.
TIL my nose is as refined as a dog.
No you’re just pervert
So is the dog.
All dogs are crazy perverts, they got no shame
Sounds like enlightenment to me.
OMG is he that alleged butt sniffer that was just arrested?!
I think that last line fully describes everyone who voted for Trump…you even got a name drop of Elon…nice work…no sarcasm in this just much appreciation
You’d also think they would not eat random literal shit, but here we are.
I’ve had dozens of dogs in my life, I spent a decade being a dog foster mom, I’ve never had one who eats poop, I know some do but I think it’s a weird stereotype that “dogs” like all or even most do
I didn’t want to imply it’s an universal truth - but it happens. Both of mine do. Only select poops tgough (the more disgusting, the higher the chance though).
I had a dog that would be running clear of the poos and would make sure to steer and step on it. Also on multiple occasions we got her eating poo.
That was only in her rebel teen age, between 6 months and a bit over a year. Then she reduced to the point she stopped, but the fame stayed.
Not a big deal unless she jumped on our laps with dirty paws and tried to lick our face. Being a great dane, it was hard to not let her. If you don’t know what a great dane is, it’s one of those dogs that are closer to a poney than a German Shepard.
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Good or bad it’s our perception. For them it’s not good or bad, it’s reading a family three and lots of other stuff
They smell their asses then they know where they’ve been, what they eat, who their family is.
It probably doesn’t smell good but it’s not like they can ask each other questions like “Hey are you a prey animal? Do you eat dogs? Are you one of ours?”
I mean I think they figure those things out off sight and initial body language etc… generally they do the sniffing asses after they’re already pretty confident it’s a dog. I think more of “how’s your mood right now, are you healthy, what are you up to”. I don’t now fully what information they get, but it’s stuff we don’t really think about.
And part of the conversation is how the other dog reacts to the sniffing, takes their own turn, another reaction.
Dogs communicate primarily physically.
They know their shit and ain’t afraid to show it!
It’s because dogs are gross and stupid. You can try to change my mind on this, and you will fail.
Humans are worse. Dogs, and many other animals, simply follow their instinctive behavior. We, as humans, have the ability to reason and still do all the gross and nasty shit we do.
