Dog Facts!

Have any interesting facts to tell about our canine friends? Share away!  

Dogs have their own night vision, thanks to a special membrane across their eyes!

Dogs' noses are wet so help them absorb smells; they then lick their noses to transfer the scent onto the tongue.

Dogs do actually sweat. They have sweat glands between their toes!

Chihuahuas are born with a 'soft spot' in their skulls, the same as human babies, which gradually closes up as they grow!

Lundehunes can close their ears! They also have six toes!

ECdogs wrote:Lundehunes can close their ears! They also have six toes!

I didn't know that!

Now you do!

Most Basset Hounds cannot swim due to their front-heaviness and short legs!

The rarest breed of dog is thought to be the Cisky Terrier, with only ~350 in the world!

The Saluki is thought to be the oldest breed of dog!

Dogs can be trained to sniff out cancers!

Germany trained the first guide dogs at the end of World War I, to assist the war-blinded soldiers.

The first sense a puppy develops is touch.

Teddy Roosevelt's dog once ripped off a French ambassador's trousers at the White House.

Coyotes will walk on their tiptoes in order to go undetected (not a dog fact, but oh well!).

Dogs can frown and smile

Not a proven fact as far as I am aware, but dogs have the most expressive faces of thoughts and emotions.

Any dog owner will know they can :p

It is believed that dogs can sense weather changes, such as storms!

'Beware the Dog' mosaics have been found in Ancient Roman cities.

A dog's shoulder blades are not attached to the rest of its skeleton; this enables a greater level of flexibility when running.

Dogs have around 1700 taste buds compared to around 9000 for a human. They dont taste as well as we do. But their snozza out weighs a humans 700 to 1!

I just started the same thread before noticing this

The Miniature Pinscher, a German breed, traces it's origins back to at least the 1600's although "factual documentation began less than 200 years ago". They have a very distinctive gait called the "hackney gait," much like the horses.

Great minds think alike!