The oldest dog in history is alive today and will turn 30 on August 10 2013.
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South Korean scientists successfully cloned a dog in 2011 that is still alive and healthy. Oh, they also genetically modified it so it can glow in the dark.
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In the UK you are legally required to stop if you run over a dog, but not a cat.
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Seeing eye dogs are trained to poop on command. Their training even includes associating a verbal command with the permission to take a washroom break. The dogs are trained to adopt different stances depending on whether their peeing or pooping. The owner can feel the dog’s back to determine what their dog is doing. If the dog’s back is flat, the dog is peeing and therefore no clean-up in required. If the dog’s back is rounded, the dog is pooping and if clean-up is required, the owner can feel their way down the dog to know exactly where it is.
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If a guide dog judges that a command is unsafe, it will refuse the command. This is called “intelligent disobedience”.
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A man was once given a 5 month prison term for training his dog Adolf to raise his right paw in a Nazi salute every time the command “Heil Hitler!” was uttered.
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A seven-month-old puppy named Geo pushed a 10-year-old boy out of the way of an oncoming out-of-control truck and took the impact himself.
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In 2005, Denver took people’s dogs and euthanized them if them they resembled a pit bull. -
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Military dogs were branded as “equipment” and soldiers were ordered to leave them behind if necessary. A bill is now in place that makes them veterans of war and once they return home, they are retrained and re homed to finish living their lives. -
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Male puppies purposely let female puppies win while playing.
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To prevent mistreatment, dogs in the military are always higher ranks than their handlers. -
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Pit Bulls were once known as “nanny dogs” because of how kind and protective they were of children.
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A Labrador Retriever service dog pulled his disabled owner into the recovery position after he was struck unconscious, then covered him with a blanket. Retrieved his mobile phone and pushed it against his face, and only left his owner to fetch help once he had regained consciousness.
