Last Saturday I posted that there are cat people and dog people and no-pet people. All have a place in this world.
After admitting I belong to all three states of mind, I showcased the meowy world of cats.
Now it’s the dogs turn.
For your Saturday Morning reading pleasure, here are 10 strange and fun facts about dogs:
- In general, dogs can learn up to 250 words or more; some super smart pooches even understand up to 1000-word commands.
- a dog’s only sweat glands are between their paw pads.
- When dogs howl at each other, they adjust the pitch of the howl to sound more unique.
- Dogs can tell which way a human scent trail is headed, even if they come across it at right angles — and even if the person walks backward. And studies show their sense of smell is so sensitive that they can tell the difference in scent intensity within just five footsteps of the track layer.
- Greyhounds are the fastest dogs on earth, with speeds of up to 45 miles per hour.
- The record for the most puppies in a single litter is an astounding 24.
- A dog is able to locate the source of a sound in 6/100th of a second.
- Depending on the breed, a dog’s sense of smell is 1,000 to 10 million times better than a human’s.
- Rin Tin Tin, the Hollywood-famed German Shepherd, signed contracts for 22 movies with his paw prints.
- People once believed that Great Danes helped repel evil spirits and ghosts. In fact, it’s why Scooby-Doo was a Great Dane!
Humoring the Goddess 
Yay! More facts to try to retain for trivia nights with my friends! 🙂
I’m a dog lover. We had four dogs at one time once – in our house.
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Yikes! They add a special dimension to our lives — one filled with love and trust. We’ll always have one…
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Aren’t dogs amazing !!!! Love your post !
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They do have a BIG soft spot in my heart!!
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Great fun. Thank you.
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Hope I did fun and equal justice to doggies as well as kitties!
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As an owner of two adorable (most of the time) dogs, I loved this!
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I love that you say “most of the time”. They are exhausting at times — especially when you want to sleep in weekend mornings. But they are so darned happy all the time you can’t say no!
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Hah! I had fun reading this. We just welcomed a puppy – Finn, a wheaten terrier – three weeks ago. He’s hilarious and exhausting, but he seems destined to be an amazing part of the family. And he’s adorable.
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Welcome new puppy! Hope you have years of madness and cuddling and exhaustion with him! We have had a number of dogs through the years. At this point we have just one — a chocolate lab — having lost my brother in laws dog recently. I am tempted not to have any more doggies in my life, but hubby has already narrowed down the yellow lab he wants. So we’ll be going through it all again with you!!
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This is a great read! Much of it, I did NOT know. Thank you.
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Ha! Neither did I! Equal time for doggies!
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