Scents That Dogs Can’t Stand
First on the list of smells that dogs hate are cleaning products. To be honest, we may understand why dogs don’t like household cleaners – I mean, not that we like them due to their unpleasant strong scent.
Mothballs are some form of pesticide, and not only do dogs hate them, but they are also very dangerous for your dog, especially if he eats one. They are poisonous even for us.
Well, the reason for that is that dogs find the smell of alcohol highly unlikable. They don’t like being near areas where there is even a small amount of the smell of alcoholic beverages or rubbing alcohol.
Some of your favorite and essential products have smells that dogs hate. Your nail polish and nail polish remover consists of chemical compounds such as acetone, acetate, formaldehyde, isopropyl alcohol, and nitrocellulose.
Ground spices like nutmeg, cayenne pepper, chili powder, cinnamon, mustard, allspice, ginger, paprika, and cardamom are all smells that dogs hate, but they are not harmful to them.
While you are cooking, you may notice that your dog is not around you. Why is that so? Well, dogs also don’t like fresh herbs.
I think that we all would agree that the smell of citrus fruits resonates with something clean and fresh. However, dogs find the strong smells of limes, grapefruit, lemons, and oranges irritating.