Fun Doggy Facts
* Dogs are descendants from the Grey Wolf
* The Irish Wolfhound is the Largest dog
* According to data, 2 dogs survived the Titanic when it sank
* Prairie Dogs are not dogs at all, they are a kind of rodent
* The Labrador Retriever is the Number 1 dog breed in the UK, USA and Canada
* Dogs do not sweat through salivating, they sweat through the pads of their feet
* Dalmatians are pure white when they are born. They develop their spots as they grown older
* The tallest dog is the Great Dane
* Dogs have fantastic sense of smell.
A German Shepherd can have as many as 220,000,000 sensory ‘smelling’ cells while man has a mere 5,000,000
* A puppy is born blind, deaf and toothless
* Dogs have twice as many muscles for moving their ears as humans do
* The ‘Spring’ in Springer Spaniel refers to the dogs ability to spring up and startle game
* Some dogs can reach sexual maturity at the age of 8 months old
* The most popular dogs name is Max
* The very first guide dog was given to a blind person back in 1938
* An amazing 70% of pet owners sign their pets name on greeting cards
* Approximately 1 in 3 households are pet owners and keep dogs as pets
* Dogs have a peripheral vision of up to 250 degrees while a human only has 180 degrees
* A puppy is considered an adult at one year of age
* The oldest dog lived to be 29 years old and was an Australian Cattle Dog
Posted on December 5th, 2008 by Sharon
Filed under: Happy Tails Dog Training
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