One of the most positive pictures on any road is a dog sticking its muzzle out of an open car window. Moreover, the speed of the vehicle is not important: in traffic jams, four-legged friends of a person study the surrounding cars with interest, and on the tracks it is as if they catch the wind with their mouths, wings and ears.
Do all dogs love to stick their heads out of the car window?
Dogs can be compared to small children - their attitude towards cars is also very different. Some animals cannot be dragged into the car - they whine, behave restlessly in the cabin and feel immensely relieved when the door is opened. Other dogs remain completely indifferent and indifferent in any situation and do not change their behavior in the car. And there are funny four-legged animals who simply adore traveling by car, especially if the owner opens the window. Interestingly, the breed and size of the dog has little or no effect on this love of breeze travel.
Interestingly, a cat sticking its head out the window of a car is quite a rare occurrence. The most they can afford is to press their nose against the glass.
Smell
The main organ of the dog's senses is smell, acquaintance with new objects or people, they begin with sniffing. If something exudes a strong odor, the dog will identify the object before it even sees it. Therefore, if a window is open in the car, the animal will definitely stick its nose there, because from the street into the salon an uncountable number of aromas that a person is simply not able to distinguish. So the main reason why the dog is looking out the window is to get to know new smells.
Thermoregulation
It is believed that dogs do not have sweat glands. In fact, they are available and are divided into two types. On the pads and on the tip of the nose there are common sweat glands that secrete liquid sweat, while on the rest of the body they produce a thicker substance that forms a natural protective layer on the skin. That is why the regulation of the dog's body temperature occurs mainly due to the evaporation of moisture from the mucous membranes of the mouth. So an open window is an additional way to cool off.
Some dogs get rocked in the car. Many puppies with the development of the vestibular apparatus are cured of this ailment, while others continue to suffer all their lives.
View from the window
One of the versions why the dog looks out of the car window is the usual curiosity. After all, there are people who love to look at the changing landscape through the side window of a car. However, there are two facts against this assumption. Firstly, those dogs that do not have good eyesight, with no less pleasure than sharper-eyed relatives, look out the window. Secondly, from bliss, many animals simply close their eyes, and sometimes even a kind of smile appears on their faces. Maybe they just like the wind and speed, like people who like to get out waist-deep from the hatches of cars, for example?
