Do male dogs know when a woman ovulates?

[rudyrudy88]

Aren't male dogs more aroused than usual on the day a woman ovulates?

 

[pes]

Maybe, but since it is a different species, it has no relevance to them except maybe analyzing the scent.

 

[k9Queen]

I 100% believe so. Like 2 or 3 days before I start my period Diesel will non-stop want to be in my guts. Some days he will just ignore me, not those days.

 

[Vasilisa]

I also think that they smell (different) than usual. But I don't know if they "understand" it that way..

 

[Jmmp2803]

Probably but I don’t think they know what it means

 

[thickknotlover769]

They definitely do. Women produce certain pheromones when they ovulate that even we men pick up on subconsciously. Dogs have powerful noses so of course they’d pick that scent up

 

[dartel]

Women produce certain pheromones when they ovulate that even we men pick up on subconsciously.

Well that's bullshit. There's no such thing as human pheromones. There's evidence that there were some time in the past, but no specific chemical compound has been isolated as an existing pheromone. We've evolved to be visually attracted.

 

[biele]

I think that depends on your behavior when you ovulate. So if they can associate your changed smell with your increased sexual activity they most like will have some clue

 

[pes]

We've evolved to be visually attracted.

Evolved quite poorly. The visual aspect does not do the attracting for me.
Yup:

Nope:

 

[Estafantom]

Well that's bullshit. There's no such thing as human pheromones. There's evidence that there were some time in the past, but no specific chemical compound has been isolated as an existing pheromone. We've evolved to be visually attracted.

Still service dogs can be trained to smell sugar levels, when seizures are going to happen and many more. They are capable to smell a difference, but if not linked to any learned and useful behavior for them, they will most likely not pay attention to it.

 

[saddlebum66]

Aren't male dogs more aroused than usual on the day a woman ovulates?

There is nothing in a dogs genetics that would give him an association of that scent with sex, unless he'd been trained to that. So no. Its not built-in.