There are some pretty interesting things about dogs that are not so well known; some are funny, some are interesting, and some are even just plain weird! Here are 20 things we bet you didn’t know about dogs.
1. The smallest dog on record weighed only 4 ounces at two years of age, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. It was a Yorkshire Terrier in Great Britain.
2. A dogs sense of smell is more than 100,000 times stronger than humans.
3. Dogs do not like rain because the sound is amplified and hurts their very sensitive ears.
4. 33 percent of dog owners admit that they talk to their dogs on the phone or leave messages on an answering machine while away, according to an American Animal Hospital Association poll.
5. Dogs sweat through the pads of their feet, not by salivating.
6. An estimated 1 million dogs in the United States have been named the primary beneficiary in their owner’s will.
7. Eighty percent of dog owners buy their dog a present for holidays and birthdays.
8. The first American dog movie star signed his own contracts for 22 movies with a pawprint.
9. Chihuahuas are born with a ‘soft spot’ like a human baby, which usually closes as they mature.
10. Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the Bible.
11. Dogs do not have an appendix.
12. Every known dog has a pink tongue except the chow, who’s tongue is jet black.
13. All dog breeds have 42 teeth and 321 bones, regardless of their breed or size.
14. A dog’s nose print can be used to identify dogs. It works like a human finger print.
15. The tallest dogs are the Irish Wolfhound and the Great Dane.
16. A one year-old dog is as physically mature as a 15 year-old human.
17. When dogs bay at the moon, they are following a basic urge to call the pack together.
18. Dogs have twice as many muscles for moving their ears as people.
19. The first seeing-eye dog was presented to a blind person on April 25, 1938.
20. Mixed-breed dogs usually have behavioral traits similar to the breed they most resemble in appearance.
#12 is incorrect. Sharpei’s also have a dark toungue.. and both of their toungues are dark purple, not black. Many dogs have black spots on their toungues too.
#16 is incorrect. There is a huge degree of difference in breeds as far as maturity goes. Generally the larger the dog, the slower they mature, as any Great Dane owner will tell you :o)
May I add #21…
* dogs love homemade food cooked for them.
Try it yourself, its fun, easy and very healthy for your dog.
search the net for some free dog recipes book – one which I can recommend:
http://www.naturaldogfood.college.edu.pe/
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