Which breed of dog has the keenest sense of smell?

Answer 1

Traditionally, bloodhounds, but good sniffer dogs of many different breeds are used, beagles are a popular choice. I remember reading of a German shepherd who was the best sniffer dog in the US. All dogs have a an extaordinary sense of smell - about 500 times as sensitive as humans. That German shepherd was something of a freak,and was about 1000 times more sensitive. He was fed a special diet and housed in purified air.

Answer 2

Dogs have an excellent sense of smell. They smell induvidual parts of things. As a simplified example: Where we might smell something and recognize it as lasagna, a dog would smell it as each thing in the lasagna. They would recognize the milk, the oregeno, and so on.

Answer 3

The Bloodhound is known to have the keenest sense of smell among Dog Breeds. Their scent-tracking abilities are widely recognized and they are often used in search and rescue operations.

Answer 4

Do all the dogs have the same power of smell or theres a special dog who have the strongest smell?

The dog with the most sophisticated olfactory capabilities is the Bloodhound.

Answer 5

The Blood Hound is reputed to have the best sense of smell

Answer 6

an average dog has 10,000,000 smell cells and humans only have 1,000,000 smell cells so yea they can smell good

Answer 7

Many whales are included in the list of animals with a bad sense of smell. Most birds also have a poor sense of smell as well.

Answer 8

Dogs are known to have a good sense of smell. If a dog does have a bad sense of smell it is probably the individual dog not a breed.

Answer 9

There are actually many animals that do not have a sense of smell at all. These include: toothed whales, most birds, and lower invertebrates.

Answer 10

i think a skunk, I THINK.