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 1. A dog's nose works
one million times more efficiently than the human nose.
2. The
average dog has 42 permanent teeth.
3. Most
domestic dogs can reach speeds close to 20 miles per hour when
running flat out. Greyhounds can reach speeds up to 43 miles
per hour.
4. Female
dog bites are twice as numerous as male dog bites.
5. Dogs
sweat through the pads of their feet.
6. Before
the 1978 "pooper-scooper" law was made mandatory for
dog owners in New York City, approximately 40 million pounds
of dog excrement was deposited on the streets each year.
7. An
American Animal Hospital poll showed that 63 percent of dog owners
admit they talk to their dogs on the phone or leave messages
on an answering machine while away.
8. The
first seeing-eye dog was presented to a blind person on April
25, 1938
9. Americans
spend more than 5.4 billion dollars on their pets each year.
10. There are approximately 68,000,000 owned dogs in the
United States
11. On
average dog owners have almost two dogs (1.7)
12. Twenty
percent of dogs were adopted from animal shelters
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