Did you know ...
• the term “dog days” refers to the hot, seemingly endless days of summer that occur between July and early September in the Northern Hemisphere?
• the “Dog Star” or Sirius, is the brightest star in the night sky during these hot days? It is called the Dog Star because it is found in the constellation Canis Major, which is Latin for “large dog.”
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• the most popular male dog names are Max and Jake? The most popular female dog names are Maggie and Molly.
• the name of the dog on the Cracker Jacks box is Bingo? The Taco Bell Chihuahua was a rescued dog named Gidget.
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• Hollywood’s first canine superstar was Rin Tin Tin, a 5-day-old German Shepherd found wounded in battle in WWI France and adopted by an American soldier, Lee Duncan, who was also his trainer? He would sign his own contracts with his paw print.
• dog nose prints are as unique as human finger prints and can be used to identify them?
• Zorba, an English mastiff, is the biggest dog ever recorded? He weighed 343 pounds and measured 8' 3" from his nose to his tail.
• the oldest dog on record was an Australian cattle dog named Bluey, who lived 29 years and 5 months? In human years, that is more than 160 years old.
• the largest breed of dog is the Irish Wolfhound? The smallest breed is the Chihuahua.
• all the Lassies have been played by male collies, AND all the official Lassies are descendents of the original Lassie?
• Labrador retrievers actually originated in Newfoundland, and they have webbed feet?
• The Beatles song “Martha My Dear” was written by Paul McCartney about his sheepdog Martha?
• according to tests made at the Institute for the Study of Animal Problems in Washington, D.C., dogs, like people, are either right-handed or left-handed; that is, they favor either their right or left paws?
