What does a dog rely on to discern the direction and how to find a home?

First of all, dogs rely on their sense of smell, can distinguish most of the directions, dogs' sense of smell is much more sensitive than humans, so the nearby smell can lead the dog to find the direction of home, and then the dog's eyesight can also help the dog to find the direction of home, and finally according to research, the dog's eye can rely on the direction of the magnetic field to find the location of home.

Dogs generally rely on smell to identify directions, and like most animals, they rely on smell to remember the direction of their home and distinguish between companions, acquaintances, and strangers.

Dogs rely on smell to identify directions. Generally, dogs will mark the roads they have walked. You can find a home by your own markings.

Unlike people, dogs do not distinguish things through their eyes, dogs mainly distinguish things through their sense of smell, which is why dogs often sniff on the ground. A dog's sense of smell is about 1,200 times that of a human, and adult dogs have more than 5 million olfactory cells. Most dogs can smell at distances of more than 200 meters.

Dogs that have been trained to do so can even smell more than 1 km away.

The results of relevant studies show that there are only 5 million human olfactory cells, covering a small part of the upper nasal mucosa, with an area of only about 5 square centimeters; The dog's nose has many wrinkles, so the surface area of its nose has increased a lot, and the dog's olfactory cells are about 12500 200000, and some breeds have more numbers, for example, the olfactory cells of a sheepdog have 2200000 olfactory cells, and these olfactory cells occupy an area of about 150 square centimeters in the nasal cavity. With so many olfactory cells, dogs are at least a million times more capable of smelling than we humans.

Dogs mainly rely on their sense of smell to identify directions. Dogs also have an incredible sense of smell, they rely on their sense of smell to collect different scent information, and can distinguish and identify it, sometimes it leaves its own scent in a certain area, so that when it returns, it can always confirm its location and find its home.

How do animals find directions? Millions of king-spotted butterflies fly from the United States to the mountainous mountains of central Mexico every year to breed, and migratory birds that fly thousands of kilometers to find their way to their habitats, do they also have maps and compasses?

Dogs rely on their sense of smell to find directions. On the way out for the dog, it will smell some special smells, and when it comes home, it will find its way home according to these special smells.

Dogs rely on their sense of smell to distinguish ah, their sense of smell is generally very sensitive. And the familiar taste, he will have a strong memory point after staying for a long time, and he can find it through his own reaction.

The dog is determined by smell, because it has been at home for a long time and is familiar with the smell of home, so once it is lost, it will use its sense of smell to find its way home.

Sounds and smells are okay, when I call my dog, his ears will move slightly, and he will come immediately after hearing me tell him to be stunned and listen to the direction of the sound, and there is something hidden in the house, and he can still find out if he doesn't make a sound, that is by his sense of smell.

Generally, dogs rely on their sense of smell to identify directions, dogs will urinate in places they pass by, by smelling their own urine, to identify directions, and by relying on their ears.

Most dogs have a very sensitive sense of smell, so they can find their way by smelling and hearing.

The dog's eyes see things spherical, and they are black and white. So the eye is only a small part.

Many dogs rely on their sense of smell for customs inspection, drug detection, searching for people, etc., so this is an important basis for them to identify the direction.

Then there is hearing, dog ears are particularly easy to use, (vertical ears dogs are more sensitive) many dogs' ears follow the sound. Quickly identify the direction of the sound**.