#1 - A one year old dog is as mature, physically, as a 15 year old human.
#2 - The average “city dog” lives 3 years longer than “country dogs”.
#3 - 87% of dog owners say their dog curls up beside them or at their feet while they watch T.V.
#4 - Dogs can be trained to detect epileptic seizures.
#5 - Three dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic - a Newfoundland, a Pomeranian, and a Pekingese. That Pekingese was probably barking the entire time. I'm surprised it made it without someone killing it.
#2 - The average “city dog” lives 3 years longer than “country dogs”.
#3 - 87% of dog owners say their dog curls up beside them or at their feet while they watch T.V.
#4 - Dogs can be trained to detect epileptic seizures.
#5 - Three dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic - a Newfoundland, a Pomeranian, and a Pekingese. That Pekingese was probably barking the entire time. I'm surprised it made it without someone killing it.
#6 - An estimated 1,000,000 dogs in the U.S. have been named as the primary beneficiaries in their owner’s will.
#7 - An American Animal Hospital Assoc. poll found that 33% of dog owners admit to talking to their dogs on the phone and leaving answering machine messages for them while away.
#8 - 70% of people sign their pet’s name on greeting and holiday cards and 58% put pets in family and holiday portraits. Guess which pretty blonde has already signed her Papi's Father's Day card?
#9 - A dog’s smell is more than 100,000 times stronger than that of a human’s. Especially after they've rolled in something dead. Oh, wait. That's not what they meant. Nevermind.
#10 - Chocolate contains a substance known as theobromine (similar to caffeine) which can kill dogs or at the very least make them violently ill.
#11 - The longer a dog’s nose, the more effective it’s internal cooling system. This explains how Cindy's Zach survives Texas.
#12 - U.S. Customs dogs “Rocky” and “Barco” were so good at patrolling the border that Mexican drug lords put a $300,000 bounty on their heads.
#13 - A dog’s heart beats up to 120 times per minute, or 50% faster than the average human heartbeat of 80 times per minute. Okay, without my heart medicine, my heart beats faster than a dog's heart, 24 hours a day. It did so for 3 years until the medicine, and boy, was I dog tired! Bah Dum Bump!
#14 - Dogs live 15 years on average. I'm hoping for 30. Probably unrealistic.
#15 - An African wolf dog known as the basenji is the only dog in the world that cannot bark.
#7 - An American Animal Hospital Assoc. poll found that 33% of dog owners admit to talking to their dogs on the phone and leaving answering machine messages for them while away.
#8 - 70% of people sign their pet’s name on greeting and holiday cards and 58% put pets in family and holiday portraits. Guess which pretty blonde has already signed her Papi's Father's Day card?
#9 - A dog’s smell is more than 100,000 times stronger than that of a human’s. Especially after they've rolled in something dead. Oh, wait. That's not what they meant. Nevermind.
#10 - Chocolate contains a substance known as theobromine (similar to caffeine) which can kill dogs or at the very least make them violently ill.
#11 - The longer a dog’s nose, the more effective it’s internal cooling system. This explains how Cindy's Zach survives Texas.
#12 - U.S. Customs dogs “Rocky” and “Barco” were so good at patrolling the border that Mexican drug lords put a $300,000 bounty on their heads.
#13 - A dog’s heart beats up to 120 times per minute, or 50% faster than the average human heartbeat of 80 times per minute. Okay, without my heart medicine, my heart beats faster than a dog's heart, 24 hours a day. It did so for 3 years until the medicine, and boy, was I dog tired! Bah Dum Bump!
#14 - Dogs live 15 years on average. I'm hoping for 30. Probably unrealistic.
#15 - An African wolf dog known as the basenji is the only dog in the world that cannot bark.
#16 - Only dogs and humans have prostates.
#17 - Bingo is the name of the dog on the side of the Cracker Jack box. You KNOW that is on trivia game in your future. Pack it away for that time, friend.
#18 - Humans have kept dogs as pets for over 12,000 years.
#19 - A dog’s mouth exerts 150-200 pounds of pressure per square inch, with some as high as 450.
#20 - It is a myth that dogs are color blind. They can actually see in color, just not as vividly as humans. It is akin to our vision at dusk.
#21 - Basset Hounds cannot swim. It would require them walking to the pool and they don't want to exert themselves that much.
#22 - Obesity is the #1 health problem among dogs. I'm so sick of that word.
#23 - Dogs have two times as many muscles to move their ears as people.
#24 - Wolves and dogs can mate to produce fertile offspring. Fertile offspring. That sounds funny if you say it enough.
#17 - Bingo is the name of the dog on the side of the Cracker Jack box. You KNOW that is on trivia game in your future. Pack it away for that time, friend.
#18 - Humans have kept dogs as pets for over 12,000 years.
#19 - A dog’s mouth exerts 150-200 pounds of pressure per square inch, with some as high as 450.
#20 - It is a myth that dogs are color blind. They can actually see in color, just not as vividly as humans. It is akin to our vision at dusk.
#21 - Basset Hounds cannot swim. It would require them walking to the pool and they don't want to exert themselves that much.
#22 - Obesity is the #1 health problem among dogs. I'm so sick of that word.
#23 - Dogs have two times as many muscles to move their ears as people.
#24 - Wolves and dogs can mate to produce fertile offspring. Fertile offspring. That sounds funny if you say it enough.
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