June 15th, 2010
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Some dogs are so affectionate that they’re not content with licking your face. They also want to share your more private smells which can prove embarrassing for you or an unsuspecting visitor.
Men and women alike are victims of this socially awkward behavior. Dogs do this out of a natural instinct to learn about this person (in the same way they sniff each others behinds) and out of habit. Keep in mind that dogs have a very strong sense of smell so they can learn a lot about a person through sniffing. This strong sense of smell also leads to another reason canines might sniff that private area – because some dogs can actually sense prostrate cancer. They can detect a problem just sniffing people but, according to a recent study, can actually pick up the scent of chemicals associated with early prostrate cancer in urine. Kelly is a pet writer. She lives in the Boston area with her three pit bulls and one neurotic cat. |
Interesting info….please note that the word is prostate, not prostrate. Thank you.
I believe this is true with other ailments as well. I know that my darlling baby boy, The Rufus Puppy knew that a friend had diabetes and he did.
Prostrate means to throw yourself down on the ground in humility. I think you meant ProsTATE instead of ProsTRATE. A “little” different!
Thanks for the tip!
Its not Prostrate but Prostate. Although it could lay you out flat.
So, what does the owner do when his/her dog is sniffing
down there on a male visitor?
when a dog sniffs human private parts how do they react if that person had cancer or something wrong with them
prostate
Ok – a line is getting crossed here… this verges on medical malpractice…. if ANYONE gives ANY credence to the nonsense this “pet writer” puts out there, there is going to be a rash of upsets and needless doctor visits and medical enquiries (if not procedures). IS ANYONE with any sense out there? Not whoever is paying this “pet writer” to spout claptrap – that’s for sure (LOL!). On ther other hand, anyone foolish enough to fall for this DESERVES to be discomfitted a bit…. but (I have to say it!) I hopre they aren’t procreating! They might make another “pet writer” – geesh!
yeah, dogs detect many things, when I began getting my niece from her mother, our chihuahua would go straight to her and bury his nose in her hair and keep moving through out her head. Now remind u she was not even 3 yet, we picked her up and checked her head and found she had lice real bad. So every time we got her again and he did that, we had to vinegar her hair.
Another time with our chihuahua, was when my mom was asleep in the afternoon, and she was pretty sickly, she remembers floating up a tunnel and seeing all the dead loved ones feet and them looking down at her, all of a sudden, Romeo ( Chihuahua) jumped right on her chest and woke her up. She says she believes her heart stopped and he kick started it back. Dogs are truly amazing…she also has a Pug.
I take issue with this article, in that she says that can sometimes sniff out prostate cancer.
That’s very limited.
I have heard they can sniff cancer in OTHER places on the body. If this is true, it should be included in her comments.
Lance, Get your medical/legal fields straight. This article is not Medical Malpractice, for Pete’s sake!
I am any ANYONE who has seen on television a dog sniffing a few patients (this would be the dog’s first meeting with the patient), and the dog going right to where it is already known that a person has cancer buried deep within their bodies.
It cannot be that common; nevertheless, I saw this a few years ago.
Ok, ok, we get it the word was misspelled… I think the writers point was overlooked and the focus is on a misspelled word. We have a Lab/Newfoundland mix and at 10 months and weighing in at a hefty 110 lbs, is constantly embarrassing my children with his as we like to call it “getting to know you”greetings. But the more you explain and the more they observe him with his behavior they’ll be the first to explain to new visitors, “Don’t be scared, Joe’s just trying to get to know you.” But thank you writer…your article was appreciated and very much related to.
Kelly might be a knowledgeable writer, but there is no such thing as prostRate cancer. It’s prostate, dear. Prostrate is what you are when you lie down.
Late last year my dog started sniffing me every night after I got in bed. Then she would sneeze and curl up by my shoulder or below my knees, never in the abdominal area.
In March I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer, of which I had no symptoms, and had it removed in May. The day I came home she sniffed me, licked my face and gently curled up along my abdomen.
I’m definitely going to pay a little more attention to her behavior in the future.
Ok, now tell me why my dog wants to lick me?