text: Do you have a pet dog or know someone who has a dog as a pet? Why are dogs good pets? What do you need to do to look after a dog?
  Josie says her dog Junior has an amazing sense of what? What part of his body does he often use to find things around the house?
  Draw a picture to show which body parts a dog like Junior uses to find hidden objects. What does a dog need to live? Draw things you think a dog needs to stay healthy.
  Can you pick out different items using your sense of smell? Let's do a test to find out. Ask an adult to choose a few things to test. Have the adult put a blindfold over your eyes. Which items did you get right? Write them down or draw them. Do you think you have a good sense of smell?
  Date of broadcast: 29 Apr 2013
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  JOSIE
  Hi, I'm Josie, and this is my beagle, Junior. Junior is loving, caring, cheeky, snoopy and kind. He has an amazing nose. He likes to sniff everything he can find. The beagle has one of the best senses of smell of any dog.
  JOSIE
  Whenever the gate's left open, Junior decides to take himself for walkies. He loves to escape and goes on sniffing safaris around the local neighbourhood. He normally goes into our neighbour's gates when they're open.
  Junior runs into the neighbour's house
  JOSIE
  Junior goes like this... (Sniffs, chuckles)
  JOSIE
  Sometimes we do treasure hunts.
  Josie, dressed as a detective, rattles a cup with dog treats inside. She sneaks around and hides treats.
  JOSIE
  If there's treat, Junior will always sniff it out. When Mum was pregnant, he would sniff her belly all the time. I think Junior knew I was in my mum's tummy. Mum brought a nappy home from hospital so he could get used to me. Gross!
  JOSIE
  When I came home, he sniffed me very gently. He's still obsessed with nappies.
  Junior opens a nappy from the rubbish bin
  JOSIE
  Junior!
  JOSIE
  He chews up a lot of his beds. Lately, we bought him this really big bed that's harder to chew. As soon as we put it down, he ripped it all up. And we're like, 'Junior, that's like your 500th bed!'
  JOSIE AND MOTHER
  Junior!
  JOSIE
  Junior's nose goes into overdrive when we have a barbecue. One day, Dad was gonna cook some juicy steaks on the barbie. Junior jumped up and ate the steak in one big gulp.
  FATHER
  Junior!
  JOSIE
  He also loves sniffing and chewing clothes, especially socks and undies.
  Junior pulls down underwear from the washing line
  JOSIE
  He's cost us a lot of money over the years. We have to warn people that stay over to close their suitcase. He often sniffs out their underwear and destroys it.
  JOSIE
  He tries his hardest to be a guard dog but he's not that great at it. I remember late one night, Junior was snoozing on the sofa. Mum was woken up by a scratching noise at the back door. And there was an arm sticking through the back window! There was a robber trying to get into our house.
  Mother screams
  JOSIE
  Junior ran and hid behind Mum as the robber escaped. Junior was totally embarrassed and followed the robber's scent to the fence. He barked there for ages to try and prove that he's not really a scaredy cat.
  JOSIE
  I love that Junior is so cheeky. He always makes us laugh. I think he's got lots more sniffing adventures ahead.
  Junior pulls Josie along while she rides in a cart
  JOSIE
  I think I'm the favourite because I've known him for a very long time and he's known me, and he likes to look after me a lot. He's getting old and slow but he still loves me I still love him. I'd give Junior the Nosiest Dog Award.