It is amazing what dogs are capable of doing. They surprise us more and more every day. See 5 unexpected things that dogs can smell.
1.Bacteria
Since the 1970s, bee keepers have trained dogs to find diseased beehives before they have a chance to infect other, healthier swarms. The dogs can do this simply by tracking the scent of the bacteria that causes the disease known as “American Foulbrood”.
2.Drowned Bodies
Water search dogs are often used by police in the USA to locate and recover drowned corpses. The scent of drowned bodied is released into the water currents, which then end up being released into the air. The dogs—which can work either from the shore, from a boat, or even while swimming in the water—track this scent to its strongest point, the body itself.
3.Diabetes
Dogs can also be trained to alert their diabetic owners whenever their blood sugar rises to dangerous levels.
4.Bed Bugs
The cases of bed bug infestations are growing. So pest control services in exchange for a hefty fee let a trained dog sweep the house for bed bugs, letting you know before you purchase a new property what sort of problems you might have to deal with. Apparently, the accuracy rate is as high as 96 percent.
5.Minerals and Ores
The government in Finland financed a program that taught dogs to detect valuable sulphide-containing rocks. When the rocks break apart, they release a smell not unlike rotting eggs, which the dogs can track easily. So easily, in fact, that, during one hunt a dog found a deposit of “great economic significance.”
