Professor McLovin never ceases to amaze. This time it's his wonderful nose and his acute sense of smell that drives me to comment.We just returned from a short trip to Vancouver, a destination that we visit regularly to see friends and family, both human and canine. The trip lasts around three hours and invariably involves a couple of stops: the border line-up, getting gas, etc. Oscar spends most of the car ride either lying down or pushing his head through the bars trying to get a whiff of fresh air to cool him down a bit. But he always seems to know when we're approaching the destination because as soon as we turn on to my parents' block he starts whining and getting agitated. This wouldn't be so surprising if my parents lived close to the freeway but we have to drive on city streets for twenty minutes to get to their house so it's not that the motion in the car has changed.
My theory is that every block smells a little different from its neighbor and that it takes a nose that is twice the size of your brain to distinguish among the various subtle aromas that permeate a particular spot on earth. It's not surprising that Oscar shows excitement when about to see his "Uncle Punky" but what amazes me is his ability to anticipate the event simply by making sense of the world based on what he senses in his immediate surroundings.
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