Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Fascinating Dog Facts

• The oldest dependable recorded age for a dog is 29 years, 5 months for a Queensland 'heeler' called Bluey in Victoria, Australia. The common dog lives to approximately 15 years of age.

• The tallest dogs are the Great Dane and the Irish wolfhound.

• The usual dog's mouth exerts 150 to 200 pounds of pressure per square inch. Several dogs can apply up to 450 pounds.

• Puppies can't keep their bladders under control overnight until they are at least four months old. Until then, cover the flooring around the puppy's bed with newspapers.

• Dogs are omnivorous. They require more than just meat to do well.

• Dogs chew up your underwear for the reason that it smells like you. One in every three US families own one or more dogs.

• A one-year-old dog is physically as mature as a 15 year-old human.

• Dogs' inner clocks are especially magnificent. They realize when it's time for you to appear home, feed them, or go to bed if you are typically on a schedule.

• Brush your dog 3 times a week in the spring, and you'll have a summer free from shedding.

• If your dog reacts anti-socially regarding visitors, place her in an alternative space until she calms down. When you permit her out, pay no heed to her. This forces your dog to go to the visitors for social goings-on.

• When a dog howls at the moon, it is following a primitive urge to call the pack all together.

• The burying of bones is part of a dog's intuitive feeding ritual; shaking things violently is part of the hunting ritual.

• Dogs grow to be loyal, not because you nourish them, but because of the friendship you provide to them.

• Dogs have two times as many muscles for moving their ears as humans.

• A dog's nose is not just utilized for smelling, but furthermore to keep him cool. That's why a dog pants. The longer the dog's nose, the better his cooling system works.

• Dogs and cats go in circles prior to lying down for the reason that in the wild this inborn act turns lengthy grassland into a bed.

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