Why Is Sniffing Essential For Your Dog’s Wellbeing?
What are your top concerns before taking your dog on a walk? Giving your dog a chance to exercise and relieve themselves, right? But there’s a third thing that should be considered an essential part of every walk: sniffing.
According to experts, 20 minutes of sniffing provides your dog with as much enrichment as an hour of walking.
Scent Work also helps dogs to feel calm, as sniffing helps to lower a dog’s heart rate. The faster and more intensively a dog sniffs, the lower their pulse will be. Not only this, nose work teaches a dog how to problem solve.
This is why scent work is successfully used to help anxious and reactive dogs improve their confidence and learn to cope better with potentially stressful situations.