Touch receptors

How does a dog experience your touch? Dogs have touch receptors located in the skin. Their function is to activate senses: pressure, temperature, pain, and proprioception (a sense of where one’s limbs are). Each hair on a dog’s body has a receptor (known as mechanoreceptor) nerve at its base. The nose pad has high concentrations of sensory nerves, which are also found at the base of the vibrissae. The pads of the feet have sensory nerves which respond to vibration.