Fun Fact Friday!

I said I would make this FFF from the polls I put on my blog. I choose one poll (The pet one) and the winner was Dog! Here are 25 fun facts about "Man's best friend"

1. A dog’s heart beats between 70 and 120 times a minute, compared with a human heart which beats 70 to 80 times a minute.
2. A dog’s normal body temperature is 100.5 to 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. A female carries her young about 60 days before the puppies are born.
4. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the smallest dog on record was a Yorkshire Terrier in Great Britain who, at the age of 2, weighed just 4 ounces.
5. The longest lived dog, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, was an Australian Cattle Dog, named Bluey, who lived to be 29.
6. An adult dog has 42 teeth.
7. It is a myth that dogs are color blind. They can actually see in color, just not as vividly as humans. It is akin to our vision at dusk.
8. If never spayed or neutered, a female dog, her mate, and their puppies could produce over 66,000 dogs in 6 years!
9. The only sweat glands a dog has are between the paw pads.
10. In 1957, Laika became the first living being in space via an earth satellite
11. The world’s smartest dogs are thought to be (1) the border collie, (2) the poodle, and (3) the golden retriever.
12. Chocolate contains a substance known as theobromine (similar to caffeine) which can kill dogs or at the very least make them violently ill.
13. Dogs’ sense of hearing is more than ten times more acute than a human’s
14. More than 1 in 3 American families own a dog.
15. Dogs don’t like rain because the sound is amplified and hurts their very sensitive ears.
16. The ten most popular dogs (AKC, 2007) are in order:
    Labrador Retriever, Yorkshire Terrier, German Shepherd,
    Golden Retriever, Beagle, Boxer, Dachshund, Poodle,
    Shih Tzu, and Bulldog.
17. Dogs were the first animals domesticated by people.
18. A greyhound can run as fast as 45 miles an hour.
19. Spaying/neutering your dog before the age of 6 months can help prevent cancer in your dog.
20. Puppies acquire a full mouth of permanent teeth between four and seven months old.
21. 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.
22. Eighty percent of dog owners buy their dog a present for holidays and birthdays. More than half of them sign letters and cards from themselves and their pets.
23. The dog name “Fido” is from Latin and means “fidelity.”
24. The U.S. has the highest dog population in the world.
25. Most pet owners (94 percent) say their pet makes them smile more than once a day.

Sources: (Funny Fidos)




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