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25 facts about dogs

25 facts about dogs

There are many things you should know about our best friend, the dog. These are just 25 facts that everybody should know:

  • Grapes and raisins can cause renal failure in dogs. Also chocolate, macademia nuts, cooked onions or caffeine can also be harmful.
  • Apple and pear seeds contain arsenic, which may be deadly to dogs.
  • Dogs have sweat glands between their paws.
  • Dogs have three eyelids, the third lid, called a nictitating membrane, has the role of keeping the eye lubricated and protected.
  • The most popular male dog names are Max and Jake. The most popular female dog names are Maggie and Molly.
  • In Ventura County, California, cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit.
  • In Iran, it is against the law to own a dog as a pet. The restriction doesn’t apply if one can prove the dog is a hunting or guard dog.
  • Plato once said that ”a dog has the soul of a philosopher”.
  • The first dogs were self-domesticated wolves which, at least 12000 years ago, became attracted to the first sites of permanent human habitation.
  • Dachshunds were bred to fight badgers in their dens.
  • Dalmatians are completely white at birth.
  • A puppy is born blind, deaf and toothless.
  • The Basenji is the only dog that doesn’t bark.
  • A dog can locate the source of a sound in 1/600 of a second and can hear sounds four times farther away than a human can.
  • There are an estimated 400 million dogs in the world.
  • Dogs nose prints are as unique as human fingerprints and can be used to identify them.
  • Petting dogs is proven to lower blood pressure of dog owners.
  • One female dog and her female children could produce 4372 puppies is seven years.
  • Dogs can smell about 1000 times better than humans. While humans have 5 million smell-detecting cells, dogs have more than 220 million. The part of the brain that interprets smell is also four times larger in dogs than in humans.
  • Dogs can detect lung cancer by sniffing a person’s breath.
  • The Beagle and Collie are the noisiest dog breeds, while the Akbash Dog and the Basenji are quietest.
  • The most intelligent dogs are reportedly the Border Collie and the Poodle, while the least intelligent dogs are the Afghan Hound and the Basenji.
  • Dogs have a wet nose to collect more of the tiny droplets of smelling chemicals in the air.
  • The oldest dog on record was an Australian cattle dog named Bluey who lived 29 years and 5 months. In human years, that is more than 160 years old.
  • The average dog can run at a speed of about 30 km/h (19 mph). Greyhounds are the fastest dogs on Earth and can run at speeds of 72 km/h (45 mph).
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