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Your Dog Can Smell Your Feelings
Your pup can pick up on subtle changes in your scent, which can help him figure out how you are feeling — such as by smelling your perspiration when you become nervous or fearful. It’s also likely how dogs can detect certain diseases or know that a household member is pregnant.
Dogs Can Hear 4 Times as Far as Humans
Puppies may be born deaf, but they quickly surpass our hearing abilities. Dogs can also hear higher pitched sounds, detecting a frequency range of 67 to 45,000 hertz (cycles per second). The human range is from 64 to 23,000 hertz. In both dogs and humans, the upper end of hearing range decreases with age.
Your Dog’s Sense of Smell is 1,000 to 10 Million Times Better Than Yours
Depending on the breed, your dog has between 125 million to 300 million scent glands — compared to only 5 million for humans. And the part of your dog’s brain that controls smell is 40 times larger than yours — that’s true, even though the canine brain is much smaller than the human, relative to size. A human’s brain is about 1/40th of their body weight while a dog’s brain is only 1/125th. Don’t feel too smug, though — an ant’s brain is 1/7th its body weight.
Your One Year-Old Pup is as Physically Mature as a 15-Year-Old Human
Of course, different breeds age a little differently. Large dogs age faster than small ones.
On Average, a Dog’s Mouth Exerts 320 Pounds of Pressure
The tests were done on a German shepherd, American pit bull terrier, and Rottweiler. In comparison, human beings exert 120 pounds, white sharks exert 600 pounds, and crocodiles exert a whopping 2,500 pounds! Dogs also have ten more adult teeth than humans — 42 versus 32.
Dogs Only Have Sweat Glands in Their Paw
More specifically, they are found between their paw pads. That’s why it can help to wet the bottom of their feet on a hot day, and it’s also why dogs rely on panting as a means of cooling down.
Your Dog’s Whiskers Help Him “See” in The Dark
Okay, it’s not quite night-vision or a super power, but those whiskers pick up on even subtle changes in air currents, providing your pup with information about the size, shape, and speed of things nearby. This allows your dog to better sense approaching dangers or prey — even at night.
Your Dog Does Have a Sense of Time — and Misses You When You’re Gone
If you think your dog knows when it’s time for dinner or a walk, you’re right! Dogs pick up on our routines and habits, and they also sense how much time has passed. One study showed how dogs responded differently to their owners being gone for different lengths of time.
Dogs and Cats Both Slurp Water the Same Way
This may be hard to believe since dogs are such messy drinkers, but just like cats, our canine friends bend the tip of their tongue and raise liquid in a column up to their mouths.
Your Dog is as Smart as a 2-Year-Old Toddler
There’s a reason your tot and your pup get along so well: they speak the same language. Or at least, they likely understand roughly the same number of words and gestures — 250!
Whiskers are used as sensing devices; some dogs even use them to see if they'll be able to fit into small spaces.
George Lucas modeled the Ewoks from Star Wars after his family dog.
There's a border collie named Chaser who can recognize 1,022 words!
Dogs can recognize more than 150 words.
Dogs can hear about 4 times the distance of a human.
Dogs see a lot better than humans do at night.
Dogs have at least 18 muscles in each ear!
A service dog named Kirsch received an honorary master's degree in mental health counseling for attending all of his owner's classes.
Dalmatian puppies are born completely white and develop their spots over time!
Newfoundlands are excellent swimmers because they have webbed feet.
A German shepherd seeing-eye dog named Orient led his human, Bill Irwin, over the 2,100-mile hike through the Appalachian Trail. Irwin was the first blind man to make the journey.
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.
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.
Dogs can be trained to detect changes in the human body — there are even seizure alert dogs that assist patients during the onset of a seizure.
Bloodhounds are able to trace scents that are over 300 hours old.
Dogs don't ONLY see in black and white — they can also see blue and yellow!
A dog named Duke is the mayor of Cormorant, Minnesota.
The Norwegian Lundehund is the only dog that has six toes on each foot!
Dogs' sense of smell is 10,000 times stronger than humans'.
If a guy has a dog with him, he's three times more likely to get a girl's phone number.
When dogs p**p, they prefer to do it in alignment with the Earth's magnetic field.
The basenji is the only breed of dog that can't bark, but they can yodel!
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 have wet noses because it helps to absorb scent chemicals.
Anything smelly your dog rolls in only smells gross to you--to them it's DIVINE.
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