facts about dogs -- karlee sanders

1. dogs aren't actually colorblind. they can see colors, just not as vividly as humans.
2. dogs have better low light vision than humans.
3. the only places that dogs have sweat glands is between their paw pads.
4. chihuahuas are born with a soft spot on their skull, just like human babies.
5.the breed of  dog, lundehune has six toes.
6. lundehunes can also close their ears.
7. a one year old dog is as physically mature as a fifteen year old human.
8. the united states has the largest dog population in the world.
9. france has the second largest dog population in the world.
10. the average city dog lives three years longer than the average country dog.
11. 87% of dog owners say their dog curls up beside them or at their feet while they watch T.V.
12. fifteen humans die in the united states every year because of dog bites.
13. newfoundlands have webbed feet, which makes them excellent swimmers.
14. basset hounds can't swim.
15. dogs don't have as many tastebuds as we do.
16, dogs have 155 million more scent receptors than humans do.
17. an adult dog has 42 teeth.
18. the basenji dog doesn't bark, and is the only dog that doesn't.
19. greyhounds can reach speeds up to 45 miles per hour.
20. when a dog is born, it's blind, deaf, and toothless.
21. a dog’s whiskers are technically known as vibrissae. they are touch-sensitive hairs than actually sense minute changes in airflow.
22. three dogs survived the sinking of the titanic – two pomeranians and one pekingese.
23. it’s rumored that, at the end of the Beatles song, “A Day in the Life,” Paul McCartney recorded an ultrasonic whistle, audible only to dogs, just for his shetland sheepdog.
24. dogs and humans have the same type of slow wave sleep (SWS) and rapid eye movement (REM) and during this REM stage dogs can dream. the twitching and paw movements that occur during their sleep are signs that your pet is dreaming.
25. nearly all but two breeds of dogs have pink tongues: the chow chow and the shar-pei both have black tongues.