The person or loves dogs, or not. The reasons at this dislike can be much. One of them - a smell. With the fact that dogs quite unpleasantly smell, having especially become wet, even zealous admirers of this species of animals cannot but agree. And there is it for pretty simple reason.
To embrace a wet dog - that still pleasure. And business even not in crude wool, and in a smell which from it proceeds. Strange, apparently, circumstance. The dog in itself almost does not smell, water does not possess any smell too, but having met with each other, they make this unforgettable aroma called in the people simply "dog". The reason of emergence of this smell is quite obvious.
Hair of a dog is covered with the special oily secretion produced by skin glands of an animal. The purpose of this secret is creation of the protective film designed to preserve a woolen cover against bacteria, influences of the external environment including from soaking. This lubricant covers all hair of a dog therefore some note that after fuss with animals they on hands have certain fat substance.
Secretion-lubricant
When moistening wool the organism strengthens work of glands responsible for formation of this protective film not to allow a dog to get wet completely. And this secret also possesses that characteristic psiny smell. If the dry dog only slightly that is called "pripakhivat", the become wet wool the aroma is capable to bring down from legs not got used to this smell of human. So, neither the animal, nor his owner, nor especially lack of hygiene is guilty that the dog stinks of a dog. It is only one of the signs peculiar to this group of animals. By the way, the person in this plan is not innocent too. And it on a body has special glands producing zhirnovaty secretion for skin greasing which has quite specific aroma too. Another thing is that people sniffed to own smells for a long time and practically do not feel them. Besides people do not possess so many dense vegetation, and it is much easier for them to wash away the lubricant during acceptance of a bathtub or a shower.
Subjectivity of perception of smells
It is also impossible to forget that the feeling of a range "does not smell - smells - or even stinks at all" — a thing quite subjective. Taking into account that the sensitivity of a dog nose in dozens if not in hundreds of times surpasses sensitivity of noses human, is not present any guarantee that the aroma proceeding from a human body is not painful for an animal. And if to a natural smell of human skin purely theoretically at dogs throughout the millennia some habit could be developed, then they hardly managed to get used to aroma of modern cosmetic products. And it is quite probable that the person who just left a shower for the representative of a sort dog stinks worse than the most terrible dog. Therefore you should not be such categorical and to sniff towards a wet dog. Can her there is a wish make the same, but out of a step she simply does not afford such behavior.