40 unique facts related to dogs

Dogs are considered to be one of the most loyal companion of man. They can even sacrifice their lives for the owners. They are also used in espionage due to the ability of excellent smell and intelligence. This animal has been petted by humans for centuries, since then they are being used by humans. In today's post, we will try to give some interesting and informative facts about dogs.

• A dog puppy is blind, deaf and toothless at time of birth. Then slowly his eyes and teeth start developing. A puppy has 28 teeth while a dog has 42 teeth.

• You can reduce your stress and your blood pressure by simply petting your dog and looking into his eyes. By doing this, the hormone oxytocin starts releasing in your body which keeps you happy. By caressing him, the same hormone release in his body and he too becomes happy.

• When dogs have a bowel movement, they like to poop it out in line with the Earth's magnetic field.

• Dogs have 18 muscles in their ears, that is why dogs can control their ears at their will. Humans cannot do this, the number of muscles in human ear is only 6.

• Dogs can see better at night than humans. Dogs have a tapetum lucidum in their eyes, which is a special membrane that helps dogs see in the dark.

• Dogs can hear sounds from 4 times greater distance than humans can. Dogs can use their ear as a radar to rotate the ear in the direction of sound, and by doing so they are able to locate the source of the sound within 1/600th of a second. A dog's hearing is 10 times more accurate than a human's.

• Just like the fingerprints of humans are unique, in the same way the nose prints of dogs are also unique. The nose print of one dog is completely different from that of another dog. Dogs' noses are always wet, with the help of which the smelling chemicals of any substance stick to their nose and dogs can easily smell it.

• The sense of smell in dogs is 10,000 times greater than that of humans.

• Dogs, if taught, can count from 1 to 5, do simple math calculations, learn over 1000 words and gestures. When dogs are taught a word by pointing and giving commands, they learn quickly. Their understanding is like that of a 2-year-old child of a human being.
  

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• Have you ever noticed a dog drinking water? While drinking water, dogs make a small bowl with their tongue and fill it with water and push it inside the mouth.

• Dogs double their weight in the first four to five months, and over the next year or more, they may gain twice as much. Puppies sleep 18 to 20 hours a day when their bodies are growing rapidly.

• A dog's shoulder bones are not attached to the rest of its skeleton, which gives it great flexibility in running.

• Dogs sometimes refuse to adopt their newborn puppies, this generally happens when their puppies are given birth by surgery and they are cleaned and handed over to dogs. This makes the dogs think that it is not their puppy and they refuse to adopt the puppies.

• In today's time, a proverb 'rains like a dog and a cat' is very famous. The origin of this proverb dates back to the seventeenth century in England. At that time, in the heavy storm and rain, homeless dogs and cats used to swim in the water filled in the streets and lanes, seeing that sight, it seemed as if these animals had rained. Since then the saying started that it is raining like dogs and cats.

• No person standing 300 meters away is visible to the dog, but if the owner of that dog is waving hands 1 mile away, then the dog easily recognizes that it is his owner.

• Newborn puppies have heat and smell sensors in their noses so that they can easily spot their mother. Even though their eyes and ears are closed, but in times of trouble, they reach their mother with the same sensor and call her.

• A dog's sense of smell decreases by up to 40% when there is too much heat in the body or when they are panting.

• Dogs have such a good sense of smell that they can even detect dead bodies lying under water by smelling, they also find out where the termites are located, they can detect natural gas up to 40 feet under the ground. Small cancers that cannot be detected by a doctor, dogs can detect that just only by sniffing them. Dogs can detect lung cancer simply by smelling a person's breath.

• The sense of smell in dogs can be guessed from the fact that by the smell of a dog's urine, another dog can tell about it. Only by that smell he can know whether the dog is male or female, young or old, sick or healthy, happy or angry.

• When dogs urinate, they leave a message through the smell of that urine, which can be easily understood by other dog after smelling that urine. Male dogs raise their legs when urinating near a tree or pole, the reason they raise their legs is to send a message that they are tall and intimidating dogs. Some wild dogs in Africa try to urinate by climbing onto tree trunks to send the message that they are very big and terrible.

• You should never kick a dog in front of him because dogs bite in 10 times faster than humans can react. Female dogs bite twice as much as male dogs bite.

• Did you know that the smallest breed of dog is the Chihuahua, which is about 6 inches in length. The oldest breed of dog is the Saluki, found in Egyptian tombs dating back to 2100 AD. The heaviest dog breed is the Mastiff, which can weigh up to 2000 lb (900 kg).

• The most intelligent dog breeds are the Border Collie and the Poodle, while the least intelligent dogs are the Afghan Hound and the Basenji. The Basenji breed of dog does not bark.

• The smallest dog ever recorded was a matchbox-sized Yorkshire Terrier. It was 3.5 inches in length from the tip of its nose to the tail and 2.5 inches from ground to shoulder, while it weighed only 4 ounces (113 grams).

• A study has shown that when you show love to another animal or person, your dog becomes jealous of it.

• A female dog i.e. a bitch and her female pups, then her pups, can produce a total of 4,372 pups in seven years.

• The dogs of Russia have learned how to ride the metro train there; they can easily travel from one station to a particular station by boarding the train. They do this in search of food.

• Dogs sleep in a curved shape, including sleeping, to keep themselves warm and to protect vital organs while they sleep.

• Dogs love sweets. Dogs have about 1,700 taste buds while cats have about 473 taste buds. Humans have about 9,000 taste buds. It is only with these taste buds that a person is able to enjoy the taste very well.

• Dogs are animals that live with friends and they do not like to be alone like humans. They get depressed when they are away from their master. If you are ever going away from your dog, give him some of your clothes that you wear, it will feel close to you only after smelling your scent from that cloth and will not suffer the stress of loneliness.
  

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• Dogs lifespan is of 10 to 14 years. Dogs that are sterilized live longer than other dogs. The shape of a dog's face tells how long it will live. Dogs with sharp, pointed faces, which look like wolves, usually live longer. But dogs with flat faces, such as bulldogs, often live short lives.

• You must have noticed that before sitting anywhere, dogs clean their surroundings and make a circular shape, so they make it to consider it their home. Dogs have been doing this way of circling since age-old time and are still doing the same genetically.

• In 2003, Doctor Roger Mugford invented the 'vagometer', a device that claims to be able to interpret a dog's precise mood by measuring the movement of a dog's tail.

• The first creature to orbit the earth was a dog. In 1957, a bitch named Laika was sent into space for the first time by the Soviet Sputnik spacecraft. However, she died due to lack of oxygen in space and on her way back, Laika's body was also burnt due to the explosion in the spacecraft.

• Keeping a dog is against the law in Iran. There is also a provision of punishment for not obeying this law. However, if an owner proves that his dog is a guard or hound bred to protect himself, this law does not apply to him.

• Dogs are worshiped in Nepal due to their loyalty and a festival 'Dog's Day' is celebrated for them. Whereas in China the meat of dogs is eaten and a fair is also held there to sell their meat.

• In ancient Egypt, any person bitten by a dog was fed roasted liver of a dog with rabies, and the teeth of a dog with rabies were tied on their hands, this was done to prevent the spread of the disease. At that time the blood of a female dog fetus was used for hair removal. While the genitals of the dog were also used to stop from greying of the hair.

• Some foods are dangerous for dogs, a chemical found in grapes and raisin that damages the dog's liver. Macadamia nut damages the nervous system of dogs. Onion and garlic damage their red blood cells. Many foods like chocolate, figs that contain caffeine are dangerous for dogs. Eating the seeds of apples and pears can also kill dogs because they contain arsenic. That is why, whether in small amounts or in excess, foods that are dangerous for a dog should not be fed to them.

• Yawning is very contagious. Apart from the humans, this spreads in dogs as well. According to a research, dogs start yawning only after hearing the sound of a man's yawn and when the person yawning is the owner of the dog, then the dog starts yawning four times faster.

• Dogs do not sweat, sweat just comes out from the soles of their paws. For this reason, you will see that their paws remain wet during summer. Dogs stick out their tongues during the summer. Actually, their body does not sweat, due to which they are not able to remove the heat of their body through their skin. By taking out the tongue, the heat of their body comes out from their tongue itself and they get relief.