| FUN DOG THINGS!!! |
| Top 20 Dog Names! |
| Did you know George Washington had 36 Foxhounds and one was named "Sweetlips?" |
| Teddy Roosevelt's Pit Bull, Pete, once ripped off a French ambassador's pants at a White House event. |
| A dog's normal body temperature is 100.5 to 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit. |
| Dalmation puppies are pure white at birth. |
| Zorba, an English Mastiff, is the heaviest dog on record, weighing 343 lbs at the age of 8 in 1989. |
| The longest lived dog, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, was an Australian Cattle Dog, named Bluey, who lived to be 29. |
| A 12 lb Yorkshire Terrier named Oliver once defended an elderly woman from an 80 lb Akita. The woman escaped to safety and the Yorkie survived with only nine stitches. |
| Rin Tin Tin was the first American dog movie star and signed his own contracts for 22 movies with a pawprint. |
| Tia, a 2 year old Neopolitan Mastiff gave birth to the world's largest litter in 2005. She delivered 24 puppies by caesarean section. Twenty of them survived, setting another record of the most surviving puppies. |
| Survivors of the Titanic included two dogs: a Pekingese belonging to Henry Sleeper Harper and a Pomeranian belonging to Miss Margaret Hays. |
| The oldest breed of dog native to North America is the Chihuahua. |
| An American Animal Hospital Association poll showed that 33 percent of dog owners admit that they talk to their dogs on the phone or leave messages on an answering machine while away. |

| It has been established that people who own pets live longer, have less stress, and have fewer heart attacks. |
| Lassie was played by several male dogs, despite the female name, because male collies were thought to look better on camera. The main "actor" was named Pal. |
| The name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box is Bingo. |
| The phrase "raining cats and dogs" originated in 17th Century England. During heavy downpours of rain, many of these poor animals unfortunately drowned and their bodies would be seen floating in the rain torrents that raced through the streets. The situation gave the appearance that it had literally rained "cats and dogs" and led to the current expression. |


