Curiosity in a dog is a sign of social health and well-being.

Anxious or sick dogs are not curious.

The more a dog is interested in exploring freely and sticking his or her nose in your business, the more the brain is working with full uses of its senses.

Zinnia is perhaps the most curious dog I’ve ever had. She wants to know about everything and her head usually appears in any conversation or private activity.

God help me, I’ve started to explain what I’m doing to her.

Dogs are naturally curious animals.

They have no qualms about sticking their noses into everybody’s business. She loves to sniff, lick and paw at objects to find out what they are.  She loves to follow spiders and ants across the floor and eat them.

They are especially curious about new things to eat and smell.

A dog’s curiosity is enabled by the fact that they have a very strong sense of smell and sight. Dogs are able to pick up on things that humans cannot, such as minute smells and very high and very low-pitched sounds.

Dogs are often curious about things we can’t see or hear.  She also loves to greet the UPS or FedEx driver, and if possible, to get inside the cab where she knows the biscuits are kept.

Whenever a package or something new comes into the house, Zinnia wants to check it out, to sniff it, and explore it, usually the smell.

Amazon packages, for instance, often come from far away warehouses, Zinnia wants to know where. Today, Maria came into my office to talk, and in a few seconds, Zinnia’s head popped up to see what was going on and if anything had to do with her.

She listened for a couple of minutes, and then went back to sleep.