Dogs – information

  • Remember, in the opinion of the dog, you are the leader of the pack. At least that’s the way it should be.
  • Dogs instinctively require approval of the leader before any act.
  • Dogs, like humans, can hiccup when they eat or drink too fast.
  • Like human children, chihuahua is born with a soft spot – a fontanel – in the upper part of the skull, which hardens with age.
  • “Always go dry out of the water” – these words can be fully attributed to Newfoundland dogs that do not get wet in water, and thanks to webbed feet are excellent swimmers.
  • The fastest dog is a greyhound named Star Tight. Its maximum speed is 67.32 km / h. The record has not been broken since 1994.
  • Obesity, alas, is the No. 1 problem with the health of dogs.
  • There are 703 purebred dogs in total.
  • Dogs judge objects first by their movement, then by their brightness and, finally, by their form.
  • Rin Tin Tin was the first dog “Hollywood star”, and, like all celebrities, he himself signed all of his 22 contracts for films – a paw print.
  • The longer the dog’s nose, the more effective is its internal cooling system.
  • At the US customs in 1988, there were dogs named Rocky and Barco who were so good at patrolling the border between Texas and Mexico, also known as the “Cocaine Alley”, that Mexican drug lords assigned a reward for their heads at $ 30,000.
  • 45% of dogs sleep on master beds.
  • Dogs “Boxers” are so named because of their manner of playing with their front paws.
  • Chihuahua dogs are named after Chihuahua in Mexico, where they were discovered.
  • Puppies begin to see normally only after the 1st month.
  • Dogs of the lundehund breed have 6 fingers on each leg.
  • In the Bible, dogs are mentioned 14 times.
  • Three dogs survived the death of the Titanic – Newfoundland, Pomeranian Pomeranian and Pekingese. Of course, they were in the first class.
  • For the first time the dog was cloned by the South Korean scientist Hwang Usok in 2005. Today this procedure costs 100 000 $.