How much do you really know about dogs?  How much is fact and how much is fiction?  Here’s some interesting dog facts you may or may not know from information about their sense of hearing and smell compared to ours to the fact that poodles, yes those cute fluffy pom-pom decked out pooches, were originally hunting dogs.  Enjoy!

• Dogs (and wolves and foxes) are descended from a small, weasel-like mammal called Miacis which was a tree-dwelling creature and existed about 40 million years ago.

• Dogs were first domesticated from wolves at least 17,000 years ago, but perhaps as early as 150,000 years ago based upon recent genetic fossil and DNA evidence.

• Dogs detect sounds as low as the 16 to 20 Hz frequency range (compared to 20 to 70 Hz for humans) and as high as 70,000 to 100,000 Hz (compared to 20,000 Hz for humans).

• Dogs hear sounds up to four times the distance that humans are able to.

• The common belief that dogs are color blind is false. Dogs can see color, but it is not as vivid a color scheme as we see. They distinguish between blue, yellow, and gray, but probably do not see red and green. This is much like our vision at twilight. Read more… »

Hi fellow puppers!! Have you ever wished for super doggie powers to get out outta things you don’t wanna get into, like baths or trouble? Well, I got together with some pals and we put together a list of a bunch of doggie super powers we wished we had and here it is!!

If you have any to add, bark away, I’d love to hear them! Woof!

14. Invisibath — The power to disappear at the first sound of bath water

13. ViseHump — The leg hump grip of steel

12. AquaField — Immunity to bucket of cold water when copulating in driveway

11. Skeetvision– The ability to shoot laser beams from your eyes to blast that damn Frisbee out of the sky

10. SuperBladder — Loaded with Toxi-Urine — One lift of the leg and this town is mine!

9. SquirrelFreeze — Do I even need to explain this one??

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Canine heart disease basically means heart disease in dogs. If you are a dog owner, you probably know this concept, but if you don’t, just remember that as a dog owner you have the responsibility of keeping your dog’s heart healthy.

Keeping the dog’s heart healthy is not a hard thing to do. The key here is regular visits to veterinarians, and awareness of the fact that canine heart disease is one of the biggest causes of death in dogs.

Canine heart disease can be present at birth or acquired. The disease may develop at certain points in your dog’s life, commonly during the middle age, and it may occur regardless of the sex and age of your pet. Well, this is also true in humans, and since canine heart disease can be life-threatening, dog owners must do something to avoid it.

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