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!