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  2. Dog odor - Wikipedia

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    Dogs also have numerous apocrine glands in their external ear canals. In this location, they are referred to as ceruminous glands. The ear canals also have numerous sebaceous glands. Together, these two sets of glands produce natural ear wax, or cerumen. Micro-organisms live naturally in this material and give the ears a characteristic slightly ...

  3. Tracking (dog) - Wikipedia

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    Specifically, scent tracking ability of a dog depends on whether or not an individual deposits their scent in the air or on the ground. An air scent is when human odours of sweat, cells, gland secretions, or toiletries circulate freely in the open air. [ 6 ]

  4. Dog sense of smell - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Dogs' sense of smell also includes the use of the vomeronasal organ, which is used primarily for social interactions. The dog has mobile nostrils that help it determine the direction of the scent. Unlike humans, dogs do not need to fill up their lungs as they continuously bring odors into their noses in bursts of 3–7 sniffs.

  5. Violet gland - Wikipedia

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    A Rhodesian Ridgeback (sex unknown) with "stud tail": the violet gland lost hair and appears as a dark dimple. The violet gland or supracaudal gland is a gland located on the upper surface of the tail of certain mammals, including European badgers and canids such as foxes, wolves, [1] and the domestic dog, [2] as well as the domestic cat. [3]

  6. Preorbital gland - Wikipedia

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    Pheromone-containing secretions from the preorbital gland may serve to establish an animal's dominance (especially in preparation for breeding), [4] mark its territory, or simply to produce a pleasurable sensation to the animal. [5] Because of its critical role in scent marking, the preorbital gland is usually considered as a type of scent gland.

  7. Dog Expert Demonstrates What Bloat Looks Like and Why ... - AOL

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    Garret Wing is a dog expert and owner of American Standard K9. He shares incredibly useful and helpful tips on his social media channels about any and all things related to dogs. In this recent ...

  8. Scent gland - Wikipedia

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    The fossa has several scent glands. Like herpestids it has a perianal skin gland inside an anal sac which surrounds the anus like a pocket. The pocket opens to the exterior with a horizontal slit below the tail. Other glands are located near the penis or vagina, with the penile glands emitting a strong odor. Like the herpestids, it has no ...

  9. Dog anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Dogs have ear mobility that allows them to rapidly pinpoint the exact location of a sound. Eighteen or more muscles can tilt, rotate, raise, or lower a dog's ear. A dog can identify a sound's location much faster than a human can, as well as hear sounds at four times the distance. [41] Dogs can lose their hearing from age or an ear infection. [42]