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Interesting Dog Facts - The World Record Breakers!

  • The Greyhound is the Fastest Dog on Earth and can run 45 miles per hour for short periods of time

  • The Irish Wolfhounds is the largest dog

  • The Great Dane is the tallest dog

  • The Chihuahua is the smallest dog

  • The St. Bernard is the heaviest dog

  • The Worlds oldest dog was an Australian cattle-dog named Bluey who lived to the age of 29 years and 5 months!

Amazing Dog Facts - Did you Know...

  • Barking Sands Beach, on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, is known for its unusual dry sand that squeaks or "barks like a dog."

  • Two dogs survived the sinking of Titanic

  • The Great Dane breed of dog originates from Germany!

  • At the end of the Beatles' song "A Day in the Life", an ultrasonic whistle, audible only to dogs, was recorded by Paul McCartney for the enjoyment of his Shetland sheepdog

  • When a dog bays at the moon, it is following its basic instinct to call the pack together

  • Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the Bible

  • Prairie dogs are not dogs - they're a kind of rodent

  • The only dog to ever appear in a Shakespearean play was Crab in "The Two Gentlemen of Verona."

  • Dalmatian puppies are pure white when they are born and develop their spots as they grow older

  • The Poodle's "haircut" was to improve their swimming abilities. The pom-poms were left to keep their joints warm !

Interesting Puppy Facts - General and Anatomy

  • A puppy is born blind, deaf and toothless

  • During its first week 90% of a puppys time is spent sleeping and 10% eating

  • A puppy is only able to crawl during its first week

  • A puppy begins to see when it is between 2 to 3 weeks old

  • During the ages of 3 to 7 weeks a puppys first teeth, or milk teeth will appear

  • At the age of 3 weeks a puppy will develop its sense of smell

  • A puppy will sleep for 14 hours every day

  • A puppys adult teeth start to come through between 4 and 8 months when it starts to chew everything!

  • Some dogs reach sexual maturity at the age of eight months

  • A puppy is considered and adult at the age of one year. At this age it is as physically as mature as a 15 year-old human


Interesting Dog Anatomy Facts - Some Amazing Dog Anatomy Facts!

  • A young dog has only 28 milk teeth

  • Dogs take between 10 and 30 breaths every minute

  • A dog's heart beats between 70 and 120 times a minute, compared with a human heart which beats 70 to 80 times a minute

  • A dog's temperature is between 100.2 and 102.8 degrees Fahrenheit

  • Dogs do not sweat by salivating. They sweat through the pads of their feet.

  • Female dog bites are twice as numerous as male dog bites

  • The Chow Chow dog has a black tongue

  • A dogs sight is better than that of a human in dim light

  • Dogs have a visual range of 250 degrees compared to the human range of 180 degrees

  • A dog can hear sounds 250 yards away that most people cannot hear beyond 25 yards

  • Dogs have twice as many muscles for moving their ears as people

  • The average dog's mouth exerts 150 to 180 pounds of pressure per square inch. Some dogs can apply up to 450 pounds


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