Amity Canine

30/08/2022

21/08/2022

Ever noticed those slits at the sides of a dog’s nose? Why do dogs have them?

Once again, nature proves her elegance in the design of our dogs. When we humans inhale and exhale, air comes in the same way it goes out. Any smells that come in through our mouths are forced out as we exhale.

When a dog exhales through his nose, however, the exhaled air is released through those slits and off to the side so that nice, smelly air going into the dog’s nostrils doesn’t get diluted with the outgoing air. Put another way, the slits allow the dog to avoid smelling what he just exhaled.

The slits help the dog hold scent particles in the nostrils even as exhaled air passing out the slits creates a swirling air turbulence allowing interesting odors to be inhaled directly into the centre of each nostril. Since dogs breathe faster when trying to sniff a certain smell, they widen their nostrils to pull in more air which makes it possible for a dog searching for smells to have a steady stream of air coming in for up to 40 seconds, maybe even longer.

The slits also allow dogs to wiggle each nostril independently which gives them the ability to know which nostril a smell entered. This is how a dog can pinpoint where a smell is coming from, and why a dog searching for smells on the ground will weave back and forth as he follows a trail.

We all know the superb smelling abilities of dogs, but let’s use an analogy between scent and sight to really put it into perspective: What we as humans can see at a third of a mile, our dog can see more than 3,000 miles away and still see as well.

10/07/2022

Guess what🤪🤪🤪we have some agility equipment 🤭we are working on getting the rest that we need but now we have more diversity in our classes😁😁 book your first session and join in on the fun🥰😇this is our Morgana having some fun with them😋

23/06/2022

Just a little bit of information that will be helpful too all owners 😁
Once a year with your yearly vaccinations your pup has to go for a check up but if they are on chronic medication they have to go once every 6 months😋

20/06/2022

Do you know at what age you can start taking your pup to training??

At 12 weeks or 2 weeks after their 2nd vaccination

16/06/2022

Do you know the difference between hibituation and desensitization???

Hibituation is to become accustomed or used to something

Desensitization is a psychological process by which a response is repeatedly elicited in situations where the action tendency that arises out of the emotion proves to be irrelevant.

26/05/2022

Jarvis is busy learning to be calm in a walk🐕🚶‍♂️