Dog Facts: Interesting Facts About Dogs to Surprise You

Facts About Dogs

In ancient China, people used to put dogs up their sleeves to keep themselves warm.

Google prefers dogs to cats. Their code of conduct specifically states they are a dog company.

Husky dogs have been banned from Antarctica since 1994.

Most dogs have pink tongue, a sign of good health for its supply of blood vessels, nerves and taste buds. The Shar Pei and Chow Chow inherently have black tongues, but this has nothing to do with poor health.

Spikes dog collars were used in ancient Greece to protect dog’s throats from wolf attacks.

Dogs don’t understand speeches, they respond to key words, vocal tones and body language.

Dogs are the most diverse looking mammals around.

Dogs are the only non-primate animals to look people in the eye. They seek out eye contact from people, but not their own biological dog parents.

In Iceland, it is illegal to keep a dog as a pet.

Dogs have feelings. Canines show agitated behavior when they see other dogs getting treats while they are left in the dust.

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