21 Unusual facts on dogs

Dogs are smart. Your dog can understand up to 250 words and different gestures.

You may have seen that when training your dog, but did you know your dog’s mentality is that of a two-year old? And that a one year old dog is as physically mature as a 15 year old? So you are dealing with a toddler in a teenager’s body.

Your dog has a surprisingly amazing short-term memory. They can only remember what has happened in the past five minutes.

It’s good to keep this in mind. If you scold them for something that happened earlier that day, they will probably have no idea why you are scolding them.

While your pooch may tolerate being hugged on by you or your children, they are not a big fan of hugs.

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Dogs see you hugging them more as you being a dominate figure rather than loving. They do not understand what hugs mean, unfortunately, and will only tolerate this behavior.

Your dog has something called “Frito Feet.” It’s basically a form of puppy B.O.

Since your dog walks on the pads of their feet all day, they pick up bacteria on the pads. When they get sweaty, the mix of the moisture and bacteria makes them have a smell similar to Fritos.

Puppies like to nip when they play. There’s a need for them to constantly engage their teeth with something, and most often dog toys become very handy.

Did you know that your puppy has 28 teeth and your full grown pup has 42? That’s a big difference! A dogs mouth can also exert anywhere from 200 pounds to 450 pounds of pressure per square inch. Ouch!

We all have been nuzzled by our pet to find a very wet nose. That wet nose helps them to absorb scents. They then lick their nose to taste the scent.

For dogs, their noses are on of the most important parts of the body. It’s how their see the world and orientate themselves. There’s even an awesome TED video about dogs and their noses.

Dogs have 1,700 taste buds and their sense of smell is 10,000 to 100,000 more accurate than humans.

There was also a very common myth which was said that dogs only see black and white. It’s not true. In reality, dogs see primary colors, mostly blues, greens and grays and a variety of shades of these colors. They also have great night vision as well.

A dog’s sense of hearing is ten times more accurate than human’s ears. The reason you can hardly ever surprise or ambush your pooch is because they will often hear you from “miles” away.

Canines also have several separate muscles in their ears to help move them around like little radars. The reason dogs don’t like the rain is because the sound is too sensitive for their ears.

The only other mammal to have a prostate, other than humans, is dogs.

However, dogs do not have an appendix. They also suffer from prostate cancers more rarely, although that problem as well as anything else related to prostate, obviously, still occurs.

Your dog has 100 different facial expressions, most of which are made with their ears.

The only breed that has a significant amount less is the bulldog with only 10 different expressions. Not only that, but they also can understand your expressions and emotions, too.

It’s so cute to see our little pup snuggled up into a little ball. Did you know that it instinct that causes them to do that?

Dogs curl up into a ball to keep warm and to protect their vital organs from predators.

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