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Why are dogs noses cold?

Updated: 11/7/2022
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Dogs have cold noses because when they breathe they exhale water vapor through their noses. The vapor condenses on their noses and cools them down, similar how sweat cools down a human's body.

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There not really cold their wet it means that their hydrated. If your dogs nose is not cold and wet then it needs water.

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