your dog thinks you smell like love 🐶


When scientists trained 12 dogs to lie still in an MRI machine (without any sedation!), they found something cool:

👉🏽 The reward center of every dog’s brain lit up more for their person’s scent than for any other smell.

That means your smell = love, trust, and safety.

And other scientific studies are fueling the Let Them Sniff Movement that’s taking over dog world. New research shows that sniffing doesn’t just entertain dogs, it changes their brains, making them more optimistic and calm.

In this week's podcast episode, I break down why:

  • Sniffing lowers your dog's heart rate and cortisol.
  • Two weeks of scent training made pet dogs more optimistic than 2 weeks of obedience training.
  • Scent-based games to calm hyper dogs (yes, even crazy doodles!).

Watch → Let Them Sniff: To Your Dog, You Smell Like Love (or listen on Apple)

Let your pup's nose lead the way today, [FORMATTED_FIRST_NAME GOES HERE]!

xo

Tori + Burt

P.S. This new podcast is really growing! If you have a minute, the best place to leave a review for the show is Apple Podcasts! These ratings and reviews help me reach more pet parents. Here's what Emily wrote this week (thank you so much!!):

Find Episode 6 wherever you listen:
👉🏽 Dog Enrichment Podcast on Spotify
👉🏽 Dog Enrichment Podcast on Apple
👉🏽 Dog Enrichment Podcast on YouTube