Pets can be difficult to understand. However, there are some pieces of information that can be useful when trying to establish a good relationship with them. One of the most relevant is knowing what dogs hate smells to avoid uncomfortable situations for him.
What are the smells that dogs don’t like?
The sense of smell of the dogs is between 10,000 and 100,000 times more acute than that of humans. It is due to their receivers olfactory. While people tend to have about 5 million olfactory receptors, the canines can reach 300 million.
The result of all this is that dogs perceive odors more nuances than humans perceive.
1. Citrus
Humans tend to really like citrus smells, such as orange, lime or tangerine. However, the same does not happen with the dogsgiven that with his developed smellcitrus fruits even provoke them respiratory tract irritations.
2. Vinegar
It is more than known that the vinegar it’s a smell disgusting for dogs, since it is usually used to scare them away of those places where are not well received or to prevent urinate in unwanted places.
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3. Alcohol
He antiseptic alcohol It’s one of the smells further hated for the dogs and, in fact, it can be very harmful its cutaneous use in pets. The same happens with the antibacterial gel and with alcoholic beverages, especially those with a high alcohol content.
It is alcohol, precisely, that is to blame for the canines cannot tolerate certain cosmetic products, such as perfume, nail polish or nail polish remover.
4. Cleaning products
Some products of cleaning they are very annoying for the caninessince they give off smells very powerful. Furthermore, they are dangerous for your healthsince they can cause irritations in their ways respiratory.
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5. Spicy
The smells of spicy foods are not a dish of good taste for canines. This is due to some compounds naturally present in all these foods: the so-called capsaicinoids.
6. Mothballs
This is one of the most dangerous for the dogs. The mothballs They are often used to keep moths away from clothes. However, its intake can cause very serious damage in the canine and even the death.
Source: Ambito
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