Top 10 Little-Known Facts About Dogs by @FunDogs The Fun Times Guide to Dogs

The folks at the Dog Hause came up with a list of 15 interesting facts about dogs.

I’ve chosen my favorites to share with you here…

Top 10 Facts About Dogs

1. If you give your dog a fancy name, it’s not for your dog but for your pride. You’ll end up using a nickname.

2. Owning 2 dogs is no more work than owning one, but 3 dogs is hard work.

3. Pay no more than half of the retail price for a used kennel.

4. Figure on 1 pound of dry dog food for every 30 pounds of dogs.

5. In a suburb of medium density, a dog’s bark can be heard in 200 surrounding houses — or by 800 people.

6. Anything over 45 minutes seems like forever to your dog. You will be greeted as enthusiastically coming back from a 2-hour shopping trip as you will coming back from a 2-day vacation.

7. A stray dog that is afraid of people will trust the people associated with the dogs it plays with.

8. The old rule — multiplying a dog’s age by 7 to find the equivalent human age — is fallacious. A dog is able to reproduce at 1 year and has reached full growth by 2 years. To calculate a dog’s age in human terms, count the first year at 15, the second year as 10, and each year after that as 5.

9. If a dog tolerates gentle handling between its toes, it probably is well suited for children.

10. The best time for taking a puppy from its litter — psychologically and physically — is when it is 49 days old.

View the complete list from Dog Hause here.

Lynnette Walczak

I like to help people find unique ways to do things in order to save time & money -- so I frequently write about "outside the box" ideas that most wouldn't think of. As a lifelong dog owner, I often share my best tips for living with and training dogs. I worked in Higher Ed several years until switching gears to pursue things I was more passionate about. I've worked at a vet, in a photo lab, and at a zoo -- to name a few. I enjoy the outdoors via bicycle, motorcycle, Jeep, or RV. You can always find me at the corner of Good News & Fun Times as publisher of The Fun Times Guide (32 fun websites).