dogfacts

The breed of dog with the best sense of smell is the bloodhound.

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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons. Buttons the four-year-old goose leads her pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.

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Puppies are blind, deaf and toothless when born.

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Dogs are all direct descendants of wolves.

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The St. Bernard is the heaviest dog breed.

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One unspayed female dog, her mate and their puppies can produce 67,000 puppies in six years.

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Puppies sleep 90% of the day for their first few weeks.

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The smallest known adult dog was a Yorkshire Terrier that was only 2.5 inches at the shoulder, and weighed only 4 ounces.

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A Russian dog named Laika was the first animal in space, traveling around Earth in 1957.

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Spiked dog collars were invented in ancient Greece and were originally designed to protect dogs throats from wolf attacks.

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A dog's nose print is unique, just like a human's fingerprint.

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Dogs have no sense of time.

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The most dogs ever owned by one person were 5,000 Mastiffs owned by Kublai Khan.

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Paul McCartney of the Beatles recorded a high pitched whistle at the end of "A Day in the Life" for his dog.

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One survey reports that 33% of dog owners admit they talk to their dogs on the phone or leave messages on answering machines while they are away..

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