Dogs live inside a world where your scent is a diary you can’t stop writing. Your hormones, your sweat, the faint traces of places you’ve been and people you’ve touched all braid together into a story they follow without hesitation. While you worry about how you look or what you say, they are already past the surface, listening to the chemistry of your life.

This is why a dog may linger on your clothes after you’ve cried, or quietly lie closer when your body shifts from calm to anxious before you even notice. They are not embarrassed by what they discover. To them, your changing scent is simply proof that you are alive, complex, and theirs. In a world that often demands we hide our messiest selves, a dog’s nose insists on knowing everything—and loving you anyway.