Which Dog Breeds Have the Best Sense of Smell Top 10

A dog’s sense of smell is somewhere between 10,000 and 100,000 times more acute than ours. And the area of a dog’s brain that analyzes olfactory information is 40 times larger than that of a human. RANK 1 - The Bloodhound - The bloodhound is the preeminent tracking dog for hunting as well as search and rescue. Their large, floppy ears waft scents from the earth up to their noses as they track their quarry, while the heavy folds of skin over his neck and shoulders trap scents near his nose. The nostrils of the bloodhound are large and wide open to absorb the maximum particles possible. The bloodhound has the most olfactory sensors of any breed, with some 300 million scent receptors. RANK 2 - The Basset Hound - Just behind the bloodhound in tracking ability is the Basset hound. Like the bloodhound, the long, low Basset, just 14 inches at the shoulder, has large ears that carry scents up from the ground, while a fold under his chin, called the dewlap, traps scents near his nose. Relative to its siz