Have you ever wondered if your dog's senses are different than yours? Well, it's not that silly to think about.
Dogs do have all 5 senses just like we do: sight, smell, touch, hearing, and taste.
Dogs sight is far stronger than humans, though humans are better able to distinguish colors.
It was once believed that dogs were colorblind, but research has determined that it isn't true.
On the other hand, dogs can detect motion much better than humans.
Their night vision is several times better.
There's not even any contest between a dog's hearing and a human's hearing.
Dogs can hear at four times the distance humans can hear.
You might be able to detect a sound from 100 yards away, but dogs could hear the same sound from a quarter mile away.
Dogs experience touch all over their bodies the same way that a human can.
Dog and humans also have similar degrees of a sense of taste.
Our opinions do vary.
Humans avoid things that smell bad, but dogs relish the taste of smelly stuff and the smellier, the better.
Now let's talk about the sense of smell.
The sense of smell is no contest.
The dog wins hands down! It is estimated that a dog's sense of smell is 100,000 times more powerful than a human's.
When you come home, your dog takes a sniff and knows where you've been, what you've done, and who you've talked to.
In the dog's opinion, humans are smell impaired.
And we are, as compared to our dogs!