Did you know.......

*A dog’s heart beats between 70 and 120 times a minute, compared with a human heart which beats 70 to 80 times a minute.

*A dog’s normal body temperature is 100.5 to 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit.

*The only sweat glands a dog has are between the paw pads.

*A dog’s smell is more than 100,000 times stronger than that of a human’s.

*A dog’s whiskers are touch-sensitive hairs called vibrissae. They are found on the muzzle, above the eyes and below the jaws,and can actually sense tiny changes in airflow. 

*Dogs can smell about 1,000 times better than humans. While humans have 5 million smell-detecting cells, dogs have more than 220 million. The part of the brain that interprets smell is also four times larger in dogs than in humans.

*It has been established that people who own pets live longer, have less stress, and have fewer heart attacks.

*Most pet owners (94 percent) say their pet makes them smile more than once a day. 

*Dogs’ sense of hearing is more than ten times more acute than a human’s.

*Dogs don’t like rain because the sound is amplified and hurts their very sensitive ears.