How Do Dogs Know The Difference Between A Man And A Woman?

[Suetheramble]

Rescue dogs are sometimes advertised "not happy around men"

[Buenchico]

You're mixing up dogs with cats, Seekerz!
;-)

[grasscarp]

So the short answer to this question is A dog nose

[seekeerz]

Nope, Chris ....my cats smarter than me, too !

[Peter Pedant]

The crusaders noted that the Saracens had trained dogs to smell out Christians. If it were true, it could have been on dietary differences - Muslims used garlic and Christians ate pork.

[Buenchico]

Seekerz:
My cat is so smart that a few minutes ago she saw a mouse and immediately knew what to do. The mouse is now definitely dead.

(That's 'cos she chewed through the cable, rendering my cursor motionless; I've just upset her by stopping her from doing the same thing to my reserve one!)
;-)

[seekeerz]

Love it !! thanks Chris xx

[HowardLink]

They are in different smells.

[lankeela]

I don't think its anything to do with smell, I think its to do with stance and demeanour - generalising I know but most men are bigger built, deeper voiced and more 'masculine' than most women, and I'm sure if a man were more feminine in his ways a dog would not be so unhappy. Obviously if a woman has ill treated or scared a dog the reverse would probably be true. Dogs react more to people's actions than their physiology.

[heathfield]

I'm not sure you're right, Lankeela...

[wildwood]

A bit off the question, but dogs also use vision and hearing to recognise people. When we had a dog she used to hear me walking up the path at the side of the house, no way she could see me. One day I had a small injury to my knee and must have limped a bit, until she could see me she barked like a maniac.

[Suetheramble]

grasscarp has another point can dogs smell artificial hormones? Dont suppose anyone knows the answer to that one!