A Dog Fact
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A Dog Fact
Most dogs are capable of understanding up to 250 words and gestures.
A Dog Fact
One female dog and her female children could produce 4,372 puppies in seven years.
A Dog Fact
Police dogs can smell human bodies even when they are buried up to 3 meters in the ground.
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The Labrador Retriever is the #1 favorite breed in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.
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About 12 percent of the air that a dog breathes goes into a special area in the back of the nose that is dedicated to smelling.
A Dog Fact
A dog’s heart beats up to 120 times per minute, or 50% faster than the average human heartbeat of 80 times per minute.
A Dog Fact
It’s not so black and white. It’s a myth that dogs only see in black and white. In fact, it’s believed that dogs see primarily in blue, greenish-yellow, yellow and various shades of gray.
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When Lord Byron was informed that his dog was not allowed to come with him to Cambridge Trinity College, he retaliated by bringing a bear instead.
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Dogs know from which nostril a smell has entered.
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A dog's sense of smell is so powerful that they can detect drugs and explosives.
A Dog Fact
A dog's nose is wet because it helps to clean their face.
A Dog Fact
Although it was once illegal to keep dogs as pets in Iceland's capital city, the laws have been relaxed.
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The longer a dog’s nose, the more effective it’s internal cooling system.
A Dog Fact
The grief suffered after a pet dog dies can be the same as that experienced after the death of a person.
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The oldest dog on record – a Queensland Heeler named Bluey – was 29 years, 5 months old.
A Dog Fact
The dog was frequently depicted in Greek art, including Cerberus, the three-headed hound guarding the entrance to the underworld, and the hunting dogs which accompanied the virgin goddess of the chase, Diana.
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Dogs have a unique way of showing affection, called a "butt wag," where they wag their tail and wiggle their rear end.
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Humans have kept dogs as pets for over 12,000 years.
A Dog Fact
During the Middle Ages, Great Danes and Mastiffs were sometimes suited with armor and spiked collars to enter a battle or to defend supply caravans.
A Dog Fact
Pekingese and Japanese Chins were so important in the ancient Far East that they had their own servants and were carried around trade routes as gifts for kings and emperors. Pekingese were even worshipped in the temples of China for centuries.
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It is much easier for dogs to learn spoken commands if they are given in conjunction with hand signals or gestures.
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Dogs have lived with humans for over 14,000 years. Cats have lived with people for only 7,000 years.
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Dogs can see best at dawn and dusk.
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