The only dog that doesn’t have a
pink tongue is the chow.
On average, dogs have better eyesight
than humans, although not as colorful.
The sentence “The
quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.”
uses every letter of the
alphabet.
It is much easier for dogs to learn spoken
commands if they are given in conjunction with
hand signals or gestures.
Apple and pear seeds
contain arsenic, which may be deadly to dogs.
The dumbest dog in the world is the
Afghan hounds.
The earliest European
images of dogs are found in cave paintings dating back 12,000
years ago in Spain.
In 2003, Dr. Roger Mugford invented the “wag-o-meter” a device
that claims to interpret
a dog’s exact mood by
measuring the wag of its tail.
The most dogs ever owned by one person were 5,000 Mastiffs owned by Kubla
Khan.
The phrase “raining
cats and dogs” originated in seventeenth-century England. During
heavy
rainstorms, many homeless animals would drown and float down the streets,
giving
the appearance that it had actually rained cats and dogs.
Dogs have sweat glands in between their paws.
Chocolate, macadamia
nuts, cooked onions, or anything with caffeine is harmful to dogs.
The American Kennel
Club, the most influential dog club in the United States, was founded
in
1884.
Dogs have about 1,700
taste buds.
Small quantities of
grapes and raisins can cause renal failure in dogs.
One million stray dogs and 500,000 stray cats live in New York City metropolitan area.
The most popular
female dog name is Maggie. The most popular male dog name
is Max.
Male dogs will raise their legs
while urinating to aim higher on a tree or lamppost because
they want to leave
a message that they are tall and intimidating. Some wild dogs in Africa try
to run up tree trunks while they are urinating to appear to be very large.
The most popular dog breed in Canada, America, and Great Britain is
the Labrador retriever.
In Croatia, scientists
discovered that lampposts were falling down because a chemical in the
urine of
male dogs was rotting the metal.
There are almost 60
million dogs in the United States.
The Mayans and Aztecs symbolized every
tenth day with the dog, and those born under
this sign were believed to have
outstanding leadership skills.
Some dogs can smell dead bodies under water!
Dogs have a wet nose to collect more of the tiny
droplets of smelling chemicals in the air.
Dogs are about as smart as a two or three-year-old
child.
Dogs can see better when the light is low.
Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
One survey reports
that 33 percent of dog owners admit they talk to their dogs on the
phone or leave messages on answering machines while they are away.
The average dog can run about 19 mph.
Dogs can see in color, though they most likely see colors similar to a color-blind
human.
Dogs have lived with humans for over 14,000 years.
Greyhounds are the fastest dogs on Earth and can run at speeds of 45 mph.
The Basenji is the worlds only bark-less dog.
It costs approximately
$10,000 to train a federally certified search and rescue dog.
There are an estimated
400 million dogs in the world.
A dog’s shoulder blades are unattached to the rest of the skeleton to
allow greater flexibility
for running.
