He wanted to see if his dog would save him
- Thread starter Phil C. McNasty
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Dogs main sense is smell. If these where friends then the masks where useless from a dogs main sense. Have them overloaded with cheap colonge etc and might be a fair test.
You dog know those guys where there entering the house minutes , at worst seconds before the video picked it up.
Your dog knew they were coming ages ago. Like, while you were still debating socks. Depending on wind and open windows, a dog can detect a human scent up to 20 minutes to an hour before the doorbell even thinks about ringing. If they walked past your block? Yup, your dog clocked them like a snout-based security system.
How fast can a dog detect a human by smell?
Faster than your internet loads a meme. Trained pups can pick up a fresh human scent in under five seconds. Untrained ones still notice quickly — they just don’t file a report with tail-wags and barks.
What’s the range?
In dream conditions (open field, cool air, little wind), a dog can detect you from up to 20 kilometres away. That’s like smelling a breakup text coming before it’s even sent.
On a regular Tuesday inside a house? Expect your pup to notice someone from 100 metres to a few kilometres out, especially if the wind’s doing the gossiping for them.
And how do they do it?
Dogs have around 300 million scent receptors. You have 5 million. So while you’re smelling “human,” they’re smelling:
- Your shampoo (and the regret behind choosing lavender)
- The pizza you brushed off your hoodie
- The exact path you took to get there
- Your fear, excitement, guilt, or post-burrito panic
They don’t just smell you. They build a smell-based biography.
Bonus Bark-ology:
- Bloodhounds can follow scent trails days old.
- Medical dogs can smell disease before tests can.
- Military K9s track down explosives by scent alone.
- And yes — dogs smell time. As in, how long ago you walked by.
Conclusion:
You didn’t bring the guests into your house. Your dog watched their scent walk in first, judged them silently, then decided whether to wag, growl, or hide your sock.
Your dog smelled them before they even got to your street—long before they dropped a nervous fart or adjusted their zipper.
A closed door to a dog’s nose? That's foreplay. Scent slides through cracks, under the frame, riding the air like a lover slipping in without knocking. Think of your pup as the kinky seamstress of scent: tight work, no stitch missed, and always nose-deep in someone’s dirty laundry.
By the time the doorbell rings, your dog’s already undressed their scent, sniffed out their sex life, their shame, and the burger they lied about not eating.
Your walls don’t block smell. They spread their legs and let it waft.
