30 Things You May Not Know About Dogs

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They, just like us, can sleep poorly at night after negative emotions, and they also really like to be lisped to with them.

Dogs are perhaps the best thing that could happen to humans. We can only envy their devotion, and the ability to simply rejoice that a loved one is nearby is even worth learning. But how many interesting things do you know about the world of dogs? Most likely, you did not know about these 30 unusual facts.  

There are vending machines for dogs

What can a four-legged friend get in them? A full bowl of food or water. So in Israel they decided to “pamper” stray animals. The price per serving is very symbolic – just one plastic bottle. And anyone can treat the local tailed beasts.

Dogs from the shelter helped at the Brazilian Open

The “Good Boys” were entrusted with a very responsible job – running after balls. And they coped with it just fine. So the Brazilian authorities decided to draw attention to homeless animals in the hope that many will find their home much faster.

dogs provide psychological assistance to cheetahs

One of the fastest animals on Earth is actually very sensitive emotionally. Sometimes cheetahs get too restless and don’t know how to communicate with each other. This communication failure often prevents them from multiplying. Seeing that the cheetahs need some help, the zoo owners decided to get four-legged helpers for them. “When you pair a cheetah cub with a guide dog, the cat starts looking at the dog for clues and learns to model its behavior. In this way, cheetahs learn to communicate with other animals and become more stable emotionally, ”explains Janet Rose-Hinostroza, head of animal rearing at San Diego Safari Park.

FBI Tracks Animal Torturers

Animal cruelty in the FBI is regarded as a serious enough crime and is tracked along with murder, arson and assault. Since 2016, the violence against the four-legged is regarded as a group crime and a crime forgiving society.

A dog once accidentally ran a half marathon and finished seventh

Once the owners let their bloodhound, nicknamed Ludivin, into the backyard so that the pet just pee. However, the dog was so inspired by the people running by that it jumped over the fence and joined the race. As a result, Ludivina finished seventh, and the organizers of the half marathon changed the name of their event in honor of the dog and put the image of a bloodhound on their logo.

The smartest dog in the world knew 1022 words

A border collie named Chacey could identify 1022 toys by name. The names of these toys began to be considered a conditional vocabulary of the dog. According to the owner of Chayse, professor of psychology John Pilly, his pet already at the age of five began to understand that all objects have names. For comparison: the average vocabulary of a secondary school graduate ranges from 1500 to 4000 words.

There is an island where dogs guard little penguins

It is located not far from the coast of Australia, and a pair of Maremma shepherds is doing an unusual job. A group of baby penguins had to be taken into custody after a brutal attack by foxes. Without help and protection, the babies would simply die out. However, in 2006, two trained dogs arrived on the island to protect them. This story even formed the basis of a feature film. It is called “Freak” and was released in 2015.

The richest dog in awards was Sergeant Stubby

He served 18 months and took part in 17 battles on the Western Front during the First World War. This good boy saved his regiment from a sudden gas attack, found the wounded, maintained the morale of the soldiers, and once took a real German soldier prisoner. Sergeant Stubby is the only dog ​​in history to receive the rank of Sergeant for his service. An animated film “Sergeant Stubby: American Hero” was even made about the exploits of the tailed brave man.

There is a festival in Nepal where people thank dogs for their loyalty and friendship.

Tihar is a festival of lights celebrated in Nepal and parts of India. It lasts five days, and each of them has its own meaning and name. The second day of the festival is called Kukur Tihar or Kukur Puja, and that’s when our four-legged friends are honored. The dog is considered the messenger of Yamaraja, the god of death, so on this day these messengers should be appeased. On Kukur Tihar, it is customary to feed dogs with delicious food, decorate them in every possible way and put a red dot on their foreheads, and also express their gratitude and love for these creatures.

One of the dogs was included in the school album

In 2017, a photograph of a black Labrador named Alpha was featured in a school album next to a picture of its owner. The boy suffered from type 1 diabetes, so the dog went to school with him to help him control his blood sugar.

In Welsh folklore, corgi were the favorite means of transportation for fairies.

According to legend, the forest sorceresses gave this breed to mankind, however, traces of magic teams and saddles were visible on the corgi’s fur.

In some countries, police dogs are paid a pension

According to Bored Panda’s sources, the four-legged police officers of Nottinghamshire, a county in the center of England, can count on financial support after retirement. The government is offering to pay them $ 805 over three years to cover medical expenses. At the same time, the dog remains with its curator.

Dogs love to be pissed off with

A study at the University of York showed that these animals respond more readily to soft notes in their owner’s voice than to normal adult pronunciation. So remember to be gentle with your pet sometimes.

Puppies-boys succumb to puppies-girls

They deliberately allow themselves to be beaten! This was stated by researcher Camilla Ward and her team. As scientists have suggested, boys do this so that in the future girls are not afraid to play with them. And dogs are not the only animals that do this. Similar behavior was observed in squirrel monkeys, and in peacocks, and even in humans.

There is a “Land of Stray Animals” in Costa Rica

This is how the name of the nursery shelter is translated. Territorio De Zaguates, aka “The Land of Stray Animals”, has become a haven for more than 1300 wagging tails. Space organizers believe that every dog ​​deserves a chance to find their home. Previously, it was completely free to walk around the territory of the reserve, but recently it was closed for repairs. The owners assured that the work would not last long and soon it would be possible to communicate freely with the inhabitants of the shelter again.

Some Australian Shepherds try to graze children.

These dogs are born shepherds. By instinct, they can treat babies in the same way as with sheep, and bite their legs or heels. They do this not out of malice, just such a method helps to control the whole herd. Apparently, the dogs are sure that this should work with children too.

Dogs have the largest heart compared to their body

Despite the fact that the largest heart in the animal kingdom belongs to the blue whale, the heart of dogs is no less large, however, if we limit ourselves to the ratio of this organ to the whole body.

Ancient Greeks and Romans mourned and buried their dogs

Sometimes, on the graves of their deceased pets, people of the ancient world installed tombstones that survived for centuries. One of the surviving epitaphs on such tombstones reads: “I am in sorrow, because, carrying you to your last refuge, I still remember how I rejoiced fifteen years ago, when I brought you home”.

There is a prison program that allows inmates to train service dogs

Under this program, prisoners must take responsibility for the training and education of guide dogs. Many participants noted that through working with puppies, they feel like they are correcting mistakes of the past. As noted by the National Education for Guide Dogs Corporation (NEADS Inc.): “Prisoners can provide a high level of training for puppies simply because of the amount of time they devote to dogs. This allows us to quickly educate guides for people in need. “

Dogs trained to search for explosives never bark or scratch luggage

Animals are specially trained so that when an explosive or other suspicious object is found, they simply have to stop and sit next to it.

Dogs brains associate their owner’s scent with pleasure.

Gregory Burns, a neuroeconomist at Emory University in Atlanta, has done a whole lot of research on brain imaging in dogs. According to his discoveries, pets react to the smell of their owner in the same way that humans react to the smell of their loved one. Burns’s research team conducted MRI scans of 12 dogs, giving them five different smells: their owner, a stranger, a dog that appeared in the subject’s house, an unfamiliar dog, and their own smell. The experiment showed that the area of ​​the brain associated with positive expectations in tailed volunteers was activated by the smell of a familiar person.

dogs react to human crying in the same way as to whine

Annika Huber and her colleagues at the University of Vienna conducted the following experiment. They observed how dogs react to different sounds. It turned out that the subjects responded to sounds that evoke emotions (crying, laughing, whining) more than neutral sounds (birds chirping or the murmur of water). Moreover, the reaction to negative emotions was stronger, especially to crying or whining.

Dogs with negative experiences sleep poorly at night

A study published in the Royal Society scientific journal found that dogs, like humans, can have sleep problems. The study examined the sleep patterns of pets after positive and negative events. Some were stroked before going to bed and called good boys, while others were forced to approach strangers. The study revealed that dogs from the second group of subjects were tossing and turning for a long time and did not fall asleep well.

Small, short-haired and senior dogs need a sweater in cold weather

Scientists suggest that such breeds were not genetically “engineered” for walking in cold weather. In addition, older dogs have a weakened immune system, so they also need insulation before walking.

Dogs can go for a trick to get a treat

When it became clear that dogs can recognize emotions, a new question arose: can they manipulate us? The following experiment was conducted under the guidance of Marianne Heberlein of the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Experimental Research at the University of Zurich. 27 dogs were paired with different partners. Some of them immediately treated them to a delicacy, while others showed them a delicious snack in their pocket. Naturally, the dogs preferred generous partners and approached them spontaneously. Next, the researchers developed a more sophisticated system to see if dogs would go for a trick to get a treat. And what do you think? Good boys didn’t give themselves problems!

In America, there are cases when a dog shot at the owner

Of course, the animals did not intentionally use the firearm, but accidentally pulled the trigger. Between 2004 and 2015, there were more than 10 reported cases of dogs shooting a person in the United States. Most often, accidents took place during the hunt, but the statistics were not limited to them.

Dog owners have more friends

This conclusion was reached after analyzing Facebook data. According to the data, dog breeders have 26 more friends than cat lovers. However, the latter are more often invited to various events.

Before launching Laika into space, one of the scientists took her to his home

Laika was the first animal to enter Earth’s orbit, and although she helped make a breakthrough in science, her fate was tragic. Everyone understood perfectly well that Laika’s flight would only be in one direction. Despite the fact that many believed that such a sacrifice was worthy of future discoveries, some still had doubts. Professor and founder of space biology and medicine, Vladimir Yazdovsky, later said that he took Laika to himself before the flight. “I wanted to do something pleasant for her, because she has so little to live,” the professor admitted. Yazdovsky took the dog for the whole night to play with his children. And one of the technicians who prepared Laika’s capsule kissed the dog on the nose before the flight.  

Antidepressants May Help Dogs

According to the American Pet Products Association’s National Pet Owner Survey, approximately 2,8 million dog owners provide their pets with anti-anxiety medications such as Prozac. The drug is prescribed for a variety of reasons, ranging from separation anxiety to suppression of aggressiveness.

In the Bronze Age, boys sacrificed animals to become warriors

This is the conclusion reached by archaeologists Dorcas Brown and David Anthony. During excavations, they found the remains of at least 51 dogs and 7 wolves.

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