5 Reasons Why Your Dog is Smarter Than You Are

Man’s best friend may be the goofy sidekick, but is it all a lie? Just how smart are these fuzzy slobber machines? What secrets are they hiding?

Liam Hall
3 min readMar 10, 2022
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Dogs are extremely good at understanding Humans

Dogs have evolved from wolves to become the lovable companions we know today. This massive amount of time humans and dogs have spent together produces animals that can understand their owners almost like they are humans themselves.

How many times have you heard someone say “I swear that dog can understand what I’m saying?” The bond that connects a dog to its owner can at times run close to the supernatural.

The Nose Knows

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A dog’s nose is so sensitive that they can tell what direction footprints go by the smell in only 5 steps (Some people probably quicker, depending on when they changed their socks last). In some European countries, a suspect identified by a trained search dog is even admissible in court.

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Liam Hall
Liam Hall

Written by Liam Hall

I like to write about crime, among other things. Studying computer security. Join Medium using my referral link https://zeph456.medium.com/membership

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