- The world’s oldest dog died at age 29.
- A dog is as smart as a 2-year-old toddler.
- Dogs Poop in Alignment with Earth’s Magnetic Field.
- Ancient Egyptians revered their dogs. When a pet dog would die, the owners shaved off their eyebrows, smeared mud in their hair, and mourned aloud for days.
- Puppies are sometimes rejected by their mother if they are born by cesarean (C-section) and cleaned up before being given back to her.
- Humans and dogs first became best friends 30,000 years ago.
- Every Dog’s mitochondrial DNA is 99.9% the same as a gray wolf.
- Dogs have sweat glands in between their paws.
- During the Middle Ages, Great Danes and Mastiffs were sometimes suited with armor and spiked collars to enter a battle or to defend supply caravans.
- Dogs have wet noses because it helps to absorb scent chemicals.
- Teddy Roosevelt’s dog, Pete, ripped a French ambassador’s pants off at the White House.
- A German Shepherd guide dog led her blind companion the entire 2100 mile Appalachian Trail.
- 15 people die in the U.S. every year from dog bites.
- Basset Hounds cannot swim.
- In English-speaking countries, the most popular names for dogs are Max and Molly.
- Dogs have 13 blood types.
- Alexander the Great is said to have founded and named a city Peritas, in memory of his dog.
- Greyhounds are the fastest dogs on earth, with speeds of up to 45 miles per hour.
- The Bible mentions dogs 14 times.
- If a guy has a dog with him, he’s three times more likely to get a girl’s phone number.
- Three dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic – a Newfoundland, a Pomeranian, and a Pekingese.
- Dogs’ sense of smell is 10,000 times stronger than humans’.
- Cats are America’s most popular pets: there are 88 million cats compared to 74 million dogs.
- The Nazis tried to teach dogs to talk and read.
- FIDO, Abraham Lincoln’s dog was also assassinated.