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DogsToday Interesting Dog facts Dog Saves His Crippled Owner
From Burning Car.
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Dog Hero
Kathie Vaughan was driving her truck when suddenly her truck began to fishtail. She was finally able to get the car to a stop with a loud screech, but things were about to get very serious. The cabin interior was filling fast with noxious fumes and black smoke. You may think to yourself how this woman needs to clearly get out as quickly of the car as she can, but Kathie is a paraplegic–paralyzed from the waist down by multiple sclerosis. Her truck was on fire and she knew she the car could catch on fire at any moment. Kathie pushed her Rottweiler Eve out the door, along with her wheelchair. The black smoke was so thick she could not find the wheelchair. She began to panic tremendously and was at a loss of what to do, this is when her dog Eve stepped in and became a hero. In danger of blacking out, Kathie suddenly felt Eve, refusing to leave her side, grab her leg with her jaws. Eve grasped Kathie by the ankle and dragged her ten feet to a safe place. Then the truck burst into flames. Ignoring the terrifying fire, Eve then dragged Kathie to a nearby ditch. A police car arrived on the scene. “You’ve got to get further away!” the policeman shouted to Kathie. The truck
was on fire, the flames were approaching the gas tank; there was danger of a huge explosion. Kathie struggled to pull herself away from the truck and toward the police car. Her head and body ached with pain and she could barely move. Eve bent down closer to Kathie, offering her collar for her to grab on to. Then Kathie held tight as the determined dog dragged her forty feet to safety. The firemen eventually extinguished the blaze. And Eve was awarded the prestigious Stillman Award for bravery. (care2.com)
Interesting Facts
· A dog’s heart beats between 70 and
120 times a minute, compared with
a human heart which beats 70 to
80 times a minute.
· A dog’s normal body temperature is
100.5 to 102.5 degrees
Fahrenheit.
· A female carries her young about 60
days before the puppies are born.
· According to the Guinness Book of
World Records, the smallest dog on
record was a Yorkshire Terrier in
Great Britain who, at the age of 2,
weighed just 4 ounces.
· The longest lived dog, according to the
Guinness Book of World Records,
was an Australian Cattle Dog,
named Bluey, who lived to be 29.
· An adult dog has 42 teeth.
· It is a myth that dogs are color blind.
They can actually see in color, just
not as vividly as humans. It is akin to
our vision at dusk.
· If never spayed or neutered, a female
dog, her mate, and their puppies
could produce over 66,000 dogs in
6 years!
· The only sweat glands a dog has are
between the paw pads.
· In 1957, Laika became the first living
being in space via an earth satellite
· The world’s smartest dogs are
thought to be (1) the border collie,
(2) the poodle, and (3) the golden
retriever.
· A dog’s smell is more than 100,000
times stronger than that of a
human’s
· Chocolate contains a substance known
as theobromine (similar to caffeine)
which can kill dogs or at the very
least make them violently ill.
· Dogs’ sense of hearing is more than
ten times more acute than a
human’s
· More than 1 in 3 American families
own a dog.
· Dogs don’t like rain because the sound
is amplified and hurts their very
sensitive ears.
· The ten most popular dogs (AKC,
2007) are in order:
Labrador Retriever, Yorkshire
Terrier, German Shepherd,
Golden Retriever, Beagle, Boxer,
Dachshund, Poodle,
Shih Tzu, and Bulldog.
· Dogs were the first animals
domesticated by people.
· A greyhound can run as fast as 45
miles an hour.
· Spaying/neutering your dog before the
age of 6 months can help prevent
cancer in your dog.
· Puppies acquire a full mouth of
permanent teeth between four and
seven months old.
· Small dogs live the longest. Toy breeds
live up to 16 years or more. Larger
dogs average is 7 - 12 years.
Veterinary medicine have extended
this estimate by about three years.
However, some breeds, such as
Tibetan terrier live as long as
twenty years.
· Eighty percent of dog owners buy their
dog a present for holidays and
birthdays. More than half of them
sign letters and cards from
themselves and their pets.
· The dog name “Fido” is from Latin and
means “fidelity.”
· The U.S.has the highest dog population
in the world.
· Most pet owners (94 percent) say
their pet makes them smile more
than once a day.
· Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the
Bible.
· It has been established that people
who own pets live longer, have less
stress, and have fewer heart
attacks.
· All dogs can be traced back 40 million
years ago to a weasel-like animal
called the Miacis which dwelled in
trees and dens. The Miacis later
evolved into the Tomarctus,a direct
forbearer of the genus Canis, which
includes the wolf and jackal as well
as the dog.
· Seventy percent of people sign their
pet’s name on greeting cards and
58 percent include their pets in
family and holiday portraits,
according to a survey done by the
American Animal Hospital
Association.
· A dog’s whiskers are touch-sensitive
hairs called vibrissae. They are
found on the muzzle, above the eyes
and below the jaws, and can actually
sense tiny changes in
airflow.
· Dogs can smell about 1,000 times
better than humans. While humans
have 5 million smell-detecting cells,
dogs have more than 220 million.
The part of the brain that
interprets smell is also four times
larger in dogs than in humans.
(The origin of amputating a dog’s tail
may go back to the Roman writer
Lucius Columella’s (A.D. 4-70)
assertion that tail docking
prevented rabies.
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Important Roles Dogs
Have Had Throughout
History. Now a day it is rare to find
family homes without dogs.
Since ancient times, dogs have
played a big role in human
society. They have been
consistent companions giving
love to families all over the world
for a very long time. They have
assisted cultures migrations
throughout history such. When
North America was first
becoming populated, dogs were
used as sled animals for
transportation.
They can be found engraved on
statues or pottery that is dated
back to the Ancient Greeks and
Romans. Dogs are unique in their
acute sense of smell and hearing,
which has given them significant
roles in detecting smells,
evidence, people or whatever is
set out for them to find for the
service of police and FBI. They
have been a protector as well
over the years, and have a
natural instinct to guard their
owner’
s
homes. As annoying as it can be
being awaked from the yelp of
your dog, there have been many
stories of dogs saving lives by
alerting danger. Dogs give
security to families, and they are
our companions. Dogs are also
great hunters, and today’s sport
of hunting would not be
successful without the dog. They
have been such a huge role in
society and have so many skills,
and all they ask for in return is
love. They can give comfort and
even take away feelings of
loneliness. They are loyal and
deserving of good homes. “Dogs
are not our whole life, but they
make our lives whole.” ~Roger
Caras
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