Awesome facts about dogs

Following are some awesome facts about dogs. Then check out some amazing facts  about them.

The reason dogs curl up is because of an age-old instinct to keep themselves warm and to protect vital organs while they sleep

Dogs don’t feel guilt

An adult dog has 42 teeth.


A dog’s sense of smell is more than 1 million times stronger than that of a person.

Anything smelly your dog rolls in only smells gross to you—to them it’s DIVINE.

More than 1 in 3 families in the United States owns a dog.

Spaying or neutering your dog can help prevent certain types of cancer.

If never spayed or neutered, a pair of dogs can produce 66,000 puppies in 6 years.

 If you leave your dog a piece of clothing that smells like you, the scent will comfort them and it can help curb their separation anxiety.

Dogs can see in colour

A dog’s sense of hearing is more than 10 times more accurate than that of a person.

The average dog can run about 19 miles per hour at full speed.

Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the Bible.

A dog’s nose print is one of a kind, very similar to a person’s fingerprint.

The average body temperature for a dog is 101.2.

With an average lifespan of just over 11 years, the typical dog costs $13,500.

If a guy has a dog with him, he’s three times more likely to get a girl’s phone number.


The only sweat glands a dog has are between its toes.

Dogs are omnivorous; they need to eat more than just meat.

Dogs have twice as many ear muscles as people.

Dogs will be submissive to anyone they feel is higher up in the pack.

A wagging tail doesn’t always mean they are happy

A dog named Duke is the mayor of Cormorant, Minnesota.

People have been keeping dogs for pets for 12,000 years.

A female dog carries her puppies for about 60 days before they are born.

It is a myth dogs are color blind; they actually see color, just not as vividly as a person.

Obesity is the number-one health problem in dogs.

Bloodhounds are able to trace scents that are over 300 hours old.

Seventy percent of people sign their pets name on greeting/holiday cards.

There are also diabetic alert dogs who signal their human when they pick up on the special scent that is released when their human’s insulin levels drop.

 When your dog spins in a circle before settling down to snuggle, it’s because he’s making himself at home! This is a nesting trait carried down from your dog’s wilder ancestors.