That the normal canine temper-ature is 102’F.

That chocolate is toxic to dogs.

That canines have 28 baby teeth and 42 permanent teeth.

That canines have 7 blood groups.

That neutering and spaying does not cause obesity.

That a littler of pups does not make a bitch more mature and settled.

That the normal scratching rate for a dog is 4 times / sec.

That the heaviest dog weighted 310 lbs.

That the largest litter was 23 pups.

One female dog and her offspring can produce 67,000 dogs in 6 yrs.

A female dog can produce up to 2 litters per year. 6-12 puppies per litter for larger breeds, 4-8 for smaller breeds.

Dogs can produce their first litter at age 7 – 9 months.

Gestation period for dogs is 58 – 71 days.

An estimated 4 – 6 million dogs and cats are euthenized in shelters each year.

As many as 25% of dogs entering shelters each year are purebreds

FUN FACTS

Survivors of the Titanic included two dogs: a Pekingese belonging to Henry Sleeper Harper and a Pomeranian belonging to Miss Margaret Hays.

The oldest known breed of dog is the Saluki, which is an Arabic word meaning noble one. Ancient Egyptians raised these dogs as hunting dogs.

The oldest breed of dog native to North America is the Chihuahua.

That whole one-year in a dog's life is the equivalent of 7 in a human's isn't exactly true. A more accurate calculation is as follows: At one year, a dog is the equivalent of 16 human years; at two dog years they are 24 human years; at 3 dog years, 30 human years; and for every dog year after that, add 4 human years.

Every minute, dogs take ten to thirty breaths.

The only mammals with prostates are humans and dogs.

Monks to guard temples used the Lhasa Apso.

Louis Doberman, a German tax collector who created the dog to protect him while he worked, created the Doberman breed in the 1860’s.

Most people think that dogs sweat by salivating, but they actually sweat through the pads of their feet.

The name Pug is believed to have derived from this dog's resemblance to the pug monkey.

You might expect that a Great Dane can eat a lot of food. In fact, they can eat up to 8 ½ pounds a day!

Cats can see a lot better than dogs. In fact, dogs first distinguish objects by movement, then brightness, and finally by shape.

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

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

Dogs have a sense of smell that is one of the keenest in nature. Humans might smell a pot of stew cooking on the stove, but a dog can distinguish the smells of each individual ingredient, from the beef itself to the potatoes.