30 curious facts about dogs that you may not have known

In this article we will talk about «30 - curious-facts about dogs». Ready to scoff? Come on! Then we want you to confess to us how many you knew and how many you didn't.

1. Dogs sweat, no one is safe here. But do you know where they do it? I'm sure you already know: indeed, they sweat through the soles of their feet.

2. They have such a developed sense of hearing that they can hear sounds from a distance of 225 to 230 meters. Almost nothing.

3. A puppy spends 10% of the day feeding and playing, the remaining 90% is spent sleeping. Additionally, there is research that confirms that most of his dreams are about food and games.

4. The Doberman owes its name to the German Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann, who at the end of the 19th century undertook the task of creating a new breed of dog that would effectively serve his difficult job as a tax collector.

5. There is no other species of creature that has the same diversity of breeds as the dog. They hold the world record for city chairman number of registered breeds.

6. Statistics tell us that small breed dogs live longer than large breed dogs.

7. In the United States there is a radio station just for dogs. It has been created to entertain dogs that spend many hours performing at home (because their owners work). Wow cool!

8. Various studies have proven that humans and sticks share 75% of their DNA. That makes our friends the second species that has the most likenesses with us. The first place is occupied by the pig, with more than 90% compatibility.

9. The smallest breed of dog that exists is the Chihuahua, the largest is the Great Dane, the heaviest is the Saint Bernard and the fastest is the Greyhound.

10. Did you know that dogs can give birth to up to 19 puppies? The birth with the most puppies that has ever existed in humanity was recorded with 23 puppies in 1944. Large family!

11. What if we also told you that a pair of dogs and their offspring could produce up to 66 thousand dogs in just 6 years? Taking into account that dogs live a little more than 12 years, the figure doubles and they produce 132 thousand dogs.

12. They reach maturity when they are around a year and a half old.

13 Dogs learn from experience.

14. Additionally, several studies have shown that when it comes to remembering words, a dog's ability can be equal to that of a 2-year-old child: the most intelligent breeds of dogs can remember up to 250 words.

15. Did you know that dogs are jealous? A 2008 study published in the journal Procedures of the US National Scientific Research Institute found that when dogs perceive that other dogs receive rewards for a trick and they do not, they become agitated, scratch excessively, and avoid looking. of his award-winning colleagues.

16. A common dog has 42 teeth and, like humans, they are born with the so-called "baby teeth"

17. It is difficult for the "Perez mouse" to visit our furry friends, since they normally swallow the teeth that usually fall out while eating.

18. Six months after birth, a dog should already have its permanent teeth.

19. Dogs can be left-handed or right-handed, interchangeably, just like humans.

20. Males tend to be very territorial: they urinate to mark territory

21. According to studies by scientist Stanley Coren, the most intelligent dog breeds are: the German Minister, the Poodle, the Boundary Collie and the Brilliant Retriever.

22. On the other hand, the "Afghan Dog" is positioned on Stanley Coren's intelligence scale with number 79, the lowest number.

23. A dog's sense of smell is AMAZING! They can smell all kinds of things, it is even said that they can smell cancer cells, epilepsy and diabetes. For the latter they must be trained, but it is not something from science fiction...

23. They need a very strong sense of smell because they do not have very sharp vision.

25. Did you know that the dog's nose is the unique identification mark? This is why the marks that each dog has on its nose are different in each creature and serve as identification like fingerprints in us.

26. You've probably heard that dogs' mouths are a nest of germs; But nothing could be further from the truth: it has been shown that, generally, the mouths of dogs tend to have fewer microscopic organisms and germs than that of a human.

27. The chocolate that we like so much (and they like it so much...) is not good for them: the theobromine in cocoa causes damage to the nervous system, the heart and in some cases can be deadly.

28. Dogs have about 100 facial expressions, most of them made with their ears.

29. They can know how we are just with a look: they can detect our emotions just by observing our face and through our tone of voice.

30. A dog's body temperature is slightly higher than that of a human: its normal temperature is between 38 and 39º.

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