15 Fun Facts About Dogs & Their Puppies

Everyone loves dogs! from raising them to looking at their pictures, they heal the heart, and as we venture into the world of dogs, today we introduce you to the top 15 fun facts about dogs:

15 facts about dogs

1. A female dog, her partner, and their offspring might create almost 66,000 dogs in 6 years if they were never spayed or neutered!
2. Physically, a one-year-old canine is as mature as a 15-year-old person. 
3. Greyhounds are the world's fastest canines, reaching speeds of up to 45 mph. 
4. The scent of a dog is 100,000 times stronger than that of a person. 
5. Chocolate includes theobromine chemical, which can kill dogs or make them unwell. 
6. Dogs have twice as many muscles as humans to move their ears.
7. Dogs are aware of the passing of time. It has been established that they can tell the difference between an hour and five hours. They may forecast future occurrences, such as regular walking time if trained to do so. 
8. Petting a dog and looking into its eyes releases oxytocin
9. Your dog can detect your emotions. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that they can sense things like dread. When a person is afraid, they perspire, and a dog can immediately detect this shift. 
10. Dogs can detect cancer and other diseases in humans. Cancerous cells produce different waste products in the human body than healthy ones. 
11. The world's dog population is estimated to be at 600 million. Nearly 400 million of them are thought to be stray. 
12. In ancient Greece, spiked collars were first used to protect dogs' necks against wolf bites.
13. Zeus, a Great Dane, was the world's tallest dog ever! On October 4th, 2011, he was measured at 44 inches tall and was the current World Record holder.
14. The Saluki is the world's oldest dog breed. The breed was kept as royal pets in Ancient Egypt and back to 329BC. According to sources, carvings of a dog that resembles a Saluki dating back to 7000BC have been discovered in southern Iraq.
15. The most successful land hunter in the world is the African Hunting Dog. They are consistently the best mammalian hunter since they are successful in 50-70 percent of their hunts.

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