10 Awesome facts About Dogs

Do you think you know everything about your favorite pet ? Why they wage their tails and can they see Black and White only? Think again! Check out these 10 surprising facts about dogs.

1.       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.

2.       Dogs can see in colour-  It is a common myth that dogs can only see in black and white but they can actually see colours - just not as vividly as humans.They only have two cones in their eyes to detect colours, whereas humans have three. That means dogs see colours on a blue and yellow scale but cannot distinguish between red and green. On the other hand, they have better night vision than humans.

3.       Dogs have their own fingerprint- A dog’s paw print may look pretty generic but their nose print is actually as unique as a human fingerprint. Their combination of ridges and creases is so distinct it can actually be used to identify them.

4.       When did we became friends- Scientists believe that humans and dogs first became best friends 30,000 years ago and our close bond started in Ice Age Europe when wolves, ­ancestors of today’s domesticated dogs, were first tamed by the ancient hunter gatherers.

5.       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.

6.       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.

7.       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.

8.       Dogs don’t feel guilt- Your pet pooch may get jealous, but researchers found those puppy dog      eyes are not a sign of guilt. In fact they are just the way we interpret a dog’s reaction to being scolded. Alexandra Horowitz, from Barnard College in New York found all dogs looked ‘guilty’ after being told off for eating a forbidden treat like a biscuit - and those who were wrongly accused often looked more ‘guilty’ than those who really deserved to be in the dog house.

9.       Dog urine can corrode metal- Apparently allowing your dog to wee on a lamp-post could be more dangerous than you think - because the acids in the urine can corrode the metal.In April 2003 Derbyshire County Council spent £75,000 carrying out a six month survey of one million lamp-posts amid fears that dog wee was causing the bases to crumple. In the same year, urinating dogs were blamed for a spate of lamp-posts collapsing in Croatia.

 
  10.   A wagging tail doesn’t always mean they are happy-  Tail wagging has its own language.   Apparently dogs wag their tail to the right when they’re happy and to the left when they are frightened. Wagging low means they are insecure and rapid movements accompanied by tense muscles or dilated pupils can signal agression.
So every wagging tail tells its own story, if you know how to read the signs.

 

 

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