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Dogs have lived with humans for over 14,000 years.

There are more than 150 dog breeds, divided into 8 classes: sporting, hound, working, terrier, toy, non-sporting, herding, and miscellaneous.

Dogs were the first animals domesticated by people.

There are an estimated 400 million dogs in the world.

A Dog’s sense of smell is 10,000 – 100,000 times more acute as that of humans.

Dogs have about 1,700 taste buds.

A dog’s normal temperature is between 101 and 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit.

A dog’s shoulder blades are unattached to the rest of the skeleton to allow greater flexibility for running.

The most popular male dog names are Max and Jake. The most popular female dog names are Maggie and Molly.

 Eighteen muscles or more can move a dog’s ear.

A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.

The oldest dog on record was an Australian cattle dog named Bluey who lived 29 years and 5 months.

 It has been established that people who own pets live longer, have less stress, and have fewer heart attacks.

 Dogs don’t like rain because the sound is amplified and hurts their very sensitive ears.

 Alexander the Great is said to have founded and named a city Peritas, in memory of his dog.

The Basenji is the world’s only barkless dog.

The first dog chapel was established in 2001. It was built in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, by Stephan Huneck, a children’s book author whose five dogs helped him recuperate from a serious illness.