There are hundreds of official dog breeds in the world and each dog has his own unique set of characteristics and personality. Following are some mind-blowing and interesting facts that you probably do not know related to our beloved pups.
1- The dog’s earliest ancestor is the Miacis, a small creature that lived about 40 million years ago. Further, dogs share this ancestor with raccoons, wolves, and bears.
2- Dog’s puppies are born deaf, blind, and toothless, and the first sense puppies develop is touch.
3- Dogs can smell, hear, and feel a change in the weather long before a human being, therefore, if your dog’s acting up, it may be because a storm’s on the way.
5- The acids found in the dog urine can corrode metal. In fact, several lampposts in Croatia (a European country) collapsed because so many dogs were peeing on them.
6- Poodles and Border collies are thought to be the most intelligent dogs, and Basenjis and Afghan hounds are thought to be the least intelligent dogs.
7- Dogs drink water by forming the back of their tongue into a Mini Cup.
8- The wetness of a dog’s nose is quite important for determining the direction of a smell.
9- It is a myth that dogs can only see in black and white, but they can actually see colors. Dogs have only two cones in their eyes to detect colors, whereas humans have three cones.
10- Dogs dream just like human being and they also twitching or whimpering in their sleep. Further, small dogs have more dreams than big dogs.