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• 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.
• 33% of U.S. dog owners admit that they talk to their dogs on the phone or leave messages on an answering machine while away.
• Fluid from a gland inside a dog's nose keeps the tip of his nose moist. This moisture helps a dog detect odors.
• Three dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic. Two lapdogs, a Pomeranian and a Pekinese, boarded early lifeboats in the arms of their owners. A third dog, the first officer's large Newfoundland, swam between another lifeboat and the rescue ship. The sound of his bark guided the survivors to safety.
• The expression "three dog night," which is attributed to the Australian Aborginal tribe, came about because on especially cold nights nomadic people needed three dogs (wild Dingoes) to keep from freezing.
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