All Things Ellie Tuesday

Ellie, being a beagle, is a scent hound. 

It is said that beagles have approximately 225 million olfactory receptors, compared to humans' 5 million.  Additionally, they possess a larger olfactory lobe in the brain, enabling them to detect scents at incredibly low concentrations, approximately 10,000 times more sensitive than humans.

This explains what happened Sunday morning.

When we are leaving Ellie alone in the house for a while, we always like to leave her a treat.  Usually, I scatter this on the floor so she has to use those wonderful olfactory receptors to find all her treats.  This is good stimulation for her and keeps her occupied long enough for us to get in the car.

We were preparing to leave for church Sunday morning, and I had placed her bowl with her treats on the counter, along with her dental chew.

This is what I saw when I came back to the kitchen:

I especially loved the sideways look.  I have seen Ellie in action enough, trying to steal food, to know that her long tongue can reach out and capture things I would have thought impossible.

Fortunately, she only had a couple more minutes to wait until everything in the bowl was hers to enjoy!