As most of you will know, our dogs’ sense of smell is the most powerful sense they have. Scientists report that a dog’s nose is anything from 10,000 to 100,000 times more acute than a human’s. For every one smell receptor a human has, a dog has at least 50. While all dogs have a more acute sense of smell, not all dogs are created equal. Some breeds are renowned for having excellent senses of smell while others not so much.
The brachycephalic breeds — those with flattened faces such as pugs — have been found to have much less sensitive noses. The breed with the most impressive nose is, unsurprisingly, the bloodhound, with approximately 300 million scent receptors. The labrador retriever, German shepherd and
