Random Dog Facts

[Suki]

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<TABLE width="95%" border=1><TBODY><TR><TD bgColor=#3a3a76>HOW FAST CAN A DOG RUN?</TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#ffffff>A dog can run up to nineteen miles per hour when running at full speed., but the members of the greyhound family are the fastest, they can run up to 42 miles per hour.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<TABLE width="95%" border=1><TBODY><TR><TD bgColor=#3a3a76>Dogs Licking</TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#ffffff>Dogs have many strange habits. One is the tendency to lick their most private parts. Even though this sounds perverse, it serves an important purpose. The dog's genitourinary tract will not function without the stimulation that comes from frequent licking.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<TABLE width="95%" border=1><TBODY><TR><TD bgColor=#3a3a76>Dogs life span</TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#ffffff>Small dogs live the longest. Toy breeds live up to 16 years or more. Larger dogs average is


7 - 12 years. Veterinary medicine have extended this estimate by about three years. However, some breeds, such as Tibetan terrier live as long as twenty years.

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<TABLE width="95%" border=1><TBODY><TR><TD bgColor=#3a3a76>Why do dogs howl?</TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#ffffff>Dogs that are left alone for long periods howl because they are lonely. The purpose of the howl in the wild, is to gather the pack so that they can face impending danger together. The group howl is also a type of bonding experience.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<TABLE width="95%" border=1><TBODY><TR><TD bgColor=#3a3a76>Dogs in the Rain</TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#ffffff>Dogs often hesitate before going out in the rain. It's not because they're afraid of getting wet, but because the rain amplifies sound and hurts their sensitive ears.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<TABLE width="95%" border=1><TBODY><TR><TD bgColor=#3a3a76>A dog's Nose</TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#ffffff>A dog's nose works 1 million times more efficiently than the human nose. Some dogs have better noses than others. Some dogs have the ability to sniff out suitcases filled with drugs. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<TABLE width="95%" border=1><TBODY><TR><TD bgColor=#3a3a76>Why do Dogs Pant?</TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#ffffff>Dogs only have sweat glands on their feet, dogs cannot lose heat rapidly by perspiring from head to toe like people do. Instead the dogs sweat by panting, which removes body heat by evaporation from the surface of the tongue.


Dogs also pant when they are nervous or excited.

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<TABLE width="95%" border=1><TBODY><TR><TD bgColor=#3a3a76>Why to Dogs Bark?</TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#ffffff>Barking dogs is often an alarm. Its purpose is to let people as well as other dogs know that something, whether that be an approaching intruder or a stray, is trying to protect his territory.



In the wild, barking dogs tells puppies to take cover and hide, and also alerts the other dogs in the pack to assemble for action. An out and out attack by a dog however, is silent.
Dogs also bark when they are bored, anxious or excited. Sometimes the reason could be if they are hot, cold or hungry..

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<TABLE width="95%" border=1><TBODY><TR><TD bgColor=#3a3a76>How to calculate your dogs age</TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#ffffff>The old formula for obtaining the age of your dog was to multiply ever year of a dogs life by seven human years. But that not accurate. At dog is full grown at 12 months, which would be age eighteen in human terms. From this point on, to calculate the true age of your dog, figure that every dog year is the equivalent of five human years.


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<TABLE borderColorDark=#000000 width="58%" bgColor=#000000 borderColorLight=#000000 border=1><TBODY><TR><TD width=80 bgColor=#000000>Dogs age</TD><TD width=82 bgColor=#000000>Human years</TD><TD borderColorLight=#000000 width=84 bgColor=#000000 borderColorDark=#000000></TD><TD width=91 bgColor=#000000>Dogs Age</TD><TD bgColor=#000000>Human years</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left width=80 bgColor=#eeeef7>1</TD><TD align=left width=82 bgColor=#eeeef7>18 years</TD><TD borderColorLight=#000000 align=left width=84 bgColor=#000000 borderColorDark=#000000></TD><TD align=left width=91 bgColor=#eeeef7>6</TD><TD align=left bgColor=#eeeef7>5</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left width=80 bgColor=#eeeef7>2</TD><TD align=left width=82 bgColor=#eeeef7>5</TD><TD borderColorLight=#000000 align=left width=84 bgColor=#000000 borderColorDark=#000000></TD><TD align=left width=91 bgColor=#eeeef7>7</TD><TD align=left bgColor=#eeeef7>5</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left width=80 bgColor=#eeeef7>3</TD><TD align=left width=82 bgColor=#eeeef7>5</TD><TD borderColorLight=#000000 align=left width=84 bgColor=#000000 borderColorDark=#000000></TD><TD align=left width=91 bgColor=#eeeef7>8</TD><TD align=left bgColor=#eeeef7>5</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left width=80 bgColor=#eeeef7>4</TD><TD align=left width=82 bgColor=#eeeef7>5</TD><TD borderColorLight=#000000 align=left width=84 bgColor=#000000 borderColorDark=#000000></TD><TD align=left width=91 bgColor=#eeeef7>9</TD><TD align=left bgColor=#eeeef7>5</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left width=80 bgColor=#eeeef7>5</TD><TD align=left width=82 bgColor=#eeeef7>5</TD><TD borderColorLight=#000000 align=left width=84 bgColor=#000000 borderColorDark=#000000></TD><TD align=left width=91 bgColor=#eeeef7>10</TD><TD align=left bgColor=#eeeef7>5</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

For a 10 year old dog:
Total people years would be 63 years old.




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<TABLE width="95%" border=1><TBODY><TR><TD bgColor=#3a3a76>Running Scared</TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#ffffff>A frightened dog puts his tail between his legs because it cuts off the sent glands in its anal region, a very vulnerable part of the anatomy. Since the anal glands carry personal scents that identify the individual dogs, the tail between the legs action is the dogs equivalent of insecure humans hiding their faces.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<TABLE width="95%" border=1><TBODY><TR><TD bgColor=#3a3a76>Dogs Teeth</TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#ffffff>Did you know the average dog has 42 permanent teeth in his mouth..</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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[Attila]

Interesting. I am glad I am not a dog and have to lick my self to go to the bathroom. It would be neat to be able to run 19 mile per hour.

[semo]

yes, interesting facts..


I find the one about the rain the most interesting as I have never heard it.

[marshall619]

Wow, very interesting. Didn't know about dogs in the rain. Good info, thanks.

[Hunter's mommy]

Let's all take a moment and be thankful this is not how we identify people (although I bet one bank in my area is thinking about it)






<TABLE width="95%" border=1><TBODY><TR><TD bgColor=#3a3a76>Running Scared</TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#ffffff>A frightened dog puts his tail between his legs because it cuts off the sent glands in its anal region, a very vulnerable part of the anatomy. Since the anal glands carry personal scents that identify the individual dogs, the tail between the legs action is the dogs equivalent of insecure humans hiding their faces.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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[twiztidpitz]

Those are good, some of them I had never heard of.

[cemoreno]

Great info. keep it up Suki.

[semo]

here are some extra facts i ganked online.

All dogs, regardless of breed, are direct descendants of wolves and technically of the same species.

A dog's whiskers -- found on the muzzle, above the eyes and below the jaws -- are technically known as vibrissae. They are touch-sensitive hairs than actually sense minute changes in airflow.

Dogs are capable of locating the source of a sound in 6/100ths of a second by using their swiveling ears like radar dishes.

The worlds heaviest as well as longest dog ever recorded was an Old English Mastiff named Zorba. In 1989, Zorba weighed 343 lbs and was 8 feet 3 inches long from nose to tail!



The smallest dog in history was a tiny Yorkie from Blackburn, England. At two years of age and fully grown this little dude was an incredible 2.5 inches tall by 3.75 inches long! He weighed only 4 ounces! HE was approximately the size of a matchbox.


The oldest dog that has been reliably documented was an Australian cattle-dog named Bluey. He was put to sleep at the age of 29 years and 5 months!


the belief that dogs chew grass to aid them in vomiting is probably false? Dogs can very easily regurgitate. In fact, after eating wolves can travel significant distances back to their dens and regurgitate the food at will to feed their pups!


the common belief that dogs are color blind is false. Dogs can see color but it is not as vivid a color scheme as we see. It is much like our vision at twilight.

[Linz216]

I never knew about the rain before. Thats new to me.

[laurajean]

The infor about rain was new to me too.
Well, why do dogs eat grass then? So they can get tapeworms?
A little help on that semo or Suki?

[MercedesMama]

Those are some interesting things there Suki. Never would have imagined the one about the rain.

[semo]

i googled and tried to find more dog / grass info

I "borrowed" this from some other sites ;)

It does seem that this is a controversy and highly debated..as nobody really knows... here are some ideas and thoughts on it that I found.

Q: Why do dogs eat grass? A: I surfed the Internet to gather veterinarian opinion on this question and found that dogs eat grass for a variety of reasons.






It's a normal part of their diet





Wild canine relatives of dogs--wolves and foxes--eat all of an animal when they catch it. They end up, therefore, eating grasses and plants in the intestines of these animals. Domestic dogs, eating prepared dog food, lack this part of their diet and so they eat grass.





Finally, dogs may appear to eat grass, says Feiler, when they are just running the blades through their mouth to gather information. Their sense of smell and taste may act together to detect if other animals have walked through their area or urinated on the grass.





But exactly why do dogs eat grass?

While de Bairacli contends it is to help aid digestion, others disagree. Some say dogs eat grass simply because it tastes good. (This is one case where it would be wonderful if our pets could communicate. Then again, they might ask us what we see in hot salsa.) However, couch grass is so well loved by dogs that its botanical name is Agrospyron canina (canis is dog). Some people believe that dogs eat the grass to help cleanse their bowels and for removal of worms.

[Suki]

The infor about rain was new to me too.
Well, why do dogs eat grass then? So they can get tapeworms?
A little help on that semo or Suki?

I learned that it's because it's "supposed to" aid their digestive system, and promote vomitting.Also, it's been known to act as a laxative.
Based on canine history, dogs of the wild would ingest an animal that ate vegetable matter, which was thought to aid in the digestion of that particular animal, by said dog. "Some " say its this predisposition that todays dogs still tend to emulate. (Even tho they don't eat animals of the wild, like in days gone by, due to the manufacturing of dog food, the behavior is still continued).


On the flip, some say dogs eat grass, simply because it tastes good to them.
So, is there a definitive answer? Who knows.... Maybe it's a combination of both, or more...

[Attila]

I do know one thing about canines. In my studies of wolves I have found that if you took the ingrediants of the meal and separated them out side of the game. take the meat and the vegitation that the prey would eat and chop them up the wolf will have trouble and it takes longer to digest than if it eats the animal whole as normal. One thing is that each animal produces enzymes that aid in its ability to digest said products. So when the wolf eats the animal it consumes the enzimes also and the vegitation in the stomach of the prey are already in the process of digestion. I would assume based off of that that dogs are the same. that is why I toss the hole chicken to the dog and not chop it up. uncooked bird bones don't break the same as cooked. Same with rats, rabbits, and so on. When I have whats left of the sheep or deer when butchering it minus the skin I feed the rest to the dogs. Skin isn't digestable and frankly when cleaning up the crap and it has fur in it I gag.lol Dogs can and do get tape worms. Grass goes in and comes out the same in a dog out side of game. For what I can tell a dog eats raw grass for an upset stomach what ever is bothering them will come out fast one end or the other.. I do know that parsley minced up helps sooth an upset stomach in a dog and some say it make the breath smell better but I don't buy it. Still smells like dog breath with a tint of parsley in it. Any way I have learned that if I give the whole animal to the dogs minus the hide they digest it faster than otherwise. I base this on the ammount of time they lay around afterwards and when it passes through the system. dog food defication looks very different than dog ate a rabbit defication. A wolf will eat raw grass also when it has an upset stomach. Often with them because they may have consumed too much hide or fur and it aggitates the stomach if it doesn't pass. Long haired cats cough up hair balls but some times it gets lodged in there same happens to predators that eat furry animals. Usually in them it is the younger that don't take the time to tear into the prey properly. Now you get to savor more stuff I have memorized. Why? I don't know. Something to do while waiting to be sent out again on another mission. Kept me out of the way and out of peoples hair. My soldeirs would bring me something to read about science stuff to keep me from pacing the ground and driving them nuts too. That and I grew up by them and loved to watch them from my blind. I always wanted to be one.

[laurajean]

Blue likes to eat grass and it certainly doesn't "aid her digestion". Many dogs that I have had have eaten grass, some of them vomited it up in a little wad, some of them passed it through the "other end" as recognizable grass, with "you know what" stuck to it and then were unable to pass the whole grass stem which was rather funny until I had to pull the grass out and realized I had no keenex or gloves with me. Still a funny predicament( as the dogs were usually snapping at their rear ends to dislodge the mess) just not so funny to me...Usually I found a leaf or something to use as a glove/kleenex. Or just had to wait to wash my hands...eeeeeewwww...
I also heard that tapeworm eggs are common on grass stems...
I considered diet, Blue is getting Dick Van Pattons' brown rice and venison but she still loves to nibble on the grass...
I am considering ummm, sending the boyfriend hunting for rabbits and giving her a raw diet.(I may need to borrow your whip Suki) Tularemia is endemic in California though so I dunno. I kinda wonder about feeding her chickens from the supermarket...I don't even eat them very often as all the supermarket food is highly suspect as loaded with bad stuff, chemicals, growth hormones and god know what!