Dogs can see magnetism (probably) - the sixth dog sense

We know that dog sense of smell are incredible, but did you know that dogs have magneto reception? The ability to sense the Earth's magnetic field? Science discovered this incredible dog fact while investigating lost dogs. They can literally see magnetism around them, but do they know it?

Sit down every week with The Dog Scholar to unpick a new big question about dogs. Prof Sab brings the latest scientific research, Danny and Jamie bring 20 years of experience working with and training thousands of dogs. Takeaway fun facts, bust your own long held myths, and get to know humans' best friends in a completely new way.

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Benediktová, K., Adamkova, J., Svoboda, J., Painter, M. S., Bartoš, L., Novakova, P., ... & Burda, H. (2020). Magnetic alignment enhances homing efficiency of hunting dogs. Elife, 9, e55080.

[thecurationspace]

thank you for bringing more episodes! well-produced & informative

[lynnpritchard]

One of my gsd was blind for last year of her life blind, she was great she still had good life.

[gaynorsanders]

Great to see you back guys! A great episode. I was particularly interested in what Jamie was saying about Sherlock’s superb memory retrieve, why he missed the turn one way but not the other, was it sight, smell or the ‘magnetic magic’?!🤔

[sharonwhyte]

So great your back ❤ fabulous episode. So looking forward to what’s next 👍🏻💕

[lynread]

Welcome back looking forward to more episodes 😊. Often wondered how dogs have found their way across country but think I'm with Jamie here.. A bit sceptical about magnetic lines.. And if all dogs have this why are there so many lost dogs?

[JoJo_GSD]

Brilliant episode 👍🙌
On the magnetism subject..if Dogs (amongst other species ) can sense earthquakes & tremors, maybe they could also feel the magnetism in their sensitive paws/pads?🤔 Our dog always acts out of character before a tremor etc & pants constantly along with pacing for a short while in front of our family, then when he appears to have let us know, he goes & lays down in his cage..

[vickyrowsell]

One of my dogs will constantly find me. Often starts at a different point to me with my husband and she finds me and has always found me even when I’ve continued walking. My other dog doesn’t bother, isn’t worried about losing me.

[miriamnewbury]

We have mainly flagged garden rebel does only poo on the pointing lines going on direction only . I thought he had ocd.

[philcourteney]

Our lads piss aligned north/south, but that’s primarily because our fences are too 😂

[alright..alright]

"Never in the early 80s/90s you wouldn't see your dog all day, but he would come home for tea" Maybe back in those days, dogs were exposed to less electromagnetic radiation than nowadays. Think about it, nowadays, dogs must almost always be exposed to artificial electromagnetic fields from all of our devices. Saying that, I believe that the major factor would be that they used to have a chance to really be dogs and learn to navigate the world by themselves.

[AngelinaBayuela]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ el holandés lo está pasando pero en grande qué alegría verles a todos bailar más bien bailar y disfrutar muchas felicidades para todos y un beso enorme para el bebé

[johnathandaviddunster]

Has anyone seen a dog step in dog poo ???🐕🦮🐕‍🦺🐩