Dog Food

How do dogs taste food?

How do dogs taste food?

How does dogs' sense of taste work?

For comparison, humans have 9000 taste buds on their tongues, whilst dogs only have 1700. We estimate that dog's sense of taste is just one-sixth as powerful as ours. That being said, your dog is still able to taste sweet, sour, salty, umami and bitter foods.

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