Dog Facts 4

•  – Former US President Teddy Roosevelt had a Pit Bull named Pete.
• – An adult dog has 42 teeth.
• – If a dog isn’t spayed or neutered, a female dog, her mate and their offspring can product 67,000 dogs in 6 years.
• – The most successful mountain rescue dog ever was a St Bernard named Barry, who lived during the early 1800’s and saved 40 lives.
• – It was recently discovered that dogs do see in color, just not as vivid as we see.
• – Nearly all but two breeds of dogs have pink tongues: the Chow Chow and the Shar-pei both have black tongues.
• – The Poodle haircut was originally meant to improve the dog’s swimming abilities as a retriever, with the pom-poms left in place to warm their joints.
• – The top five favorite breeds of dogs in the US are: Labrador Retriever, Golden Retriever, German Shepherd, Beagle, and Dachshund.
• – The Basenji is the only barkless dog in the world.
• – Greyhounds can reach a speed of up to 45 miles per hour.
• – When a puppy is born, he is blind, deaf, and toothless.
• – All dogs, regardless of breed, are direct descendants of wolves and technically of the same species.
• – A dog’s whiskers — found on the muzzle, above the eyes and below the jaws — are technically known as vibrissae. They are touch-sensitive hairs than actually sense minute changes in airflow.
• – Dogs are capable of locating the source of a sound in 6/100ths of a second by using their swiveling ears like radar dishes