Dog Facts

Dogs are pack animals by nature. They need closeness, touching, and petting to be content and happy.
Dogs are able to see much better in dim light than humans are. This is due to the tapetum lucidum, a light-reflecting layer behind the retina. Because it functions like a mirror, it also accounts for the strange shine or glow in a dog’s eyes at night.
Dogs are not born knowing the words Sit, Down, Stand and if you shout the command louder and louder sixteen times …… the dog will still not know what it means.
Dogs have 40 permanent teeth. (We have received conflicting information on this fact – the number of teeth has also been reported at 42)
The original “Lassie” was a male.
The seeing-eye dog, or any dog trained to guide the blind, cannot tell a red light from a green one. When he leads his master across the street, the dog watches the traffic flow to tell when it is safe to cross.

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