1. It is a myth that dogs are color blind.
2. Dogs sweat through their paw pads.
3. A dogs mouth exerts 150-200 lb. of pressure per square inch.
4. Some dogs can even reach up to 400 lb. per inch.
5. The U.S has the highest dog population in the world
6. Dogs can be trained to predict epileptic seizures
7. 15 people in the U.S die every year from dog bites :(
8. Basset hounds cannot swim.
9. Three dogs survived the Titanic, a Newfoundland, a Pomeranian, and a Pekinese.
10. Dogs have no sense of time.
11. Dogs have no appendix.
12. But they do have a prostate.
13. There are 703 kinds of pure bread dogs.
14. A dog's sense of smell is 100,000x stronger than a human.
15. George Washington had 36 fox hound dogs.
16. Puppies sleep 90% of the day in the first two weeks of their life
17. Wizard of Oz's dog, Toto, real name was Terry.
18. Dalmatian puppies are born completely white.
19. Dogs live to an average of 15 years
20. The oldest dog on record was a Queensland Healer that lived to be 29 years old
I found this post to be super interesting!! I always thought dogs were color blind and my dog is now 17 so I guess he's older than average...Pomeranians are one of my favorites and its good to know one survived the Titanic!!
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