Your dog can hear about four times better than you can. Many dog owners worry that their pet is suffering if he begins to howl along with a high-pitched sound, such as a siren. Puppies less than a month old have already mastered a complex communication system that includes barking, gesturing, scenting and participating in many canine rituals. Many pooches live to see their twentieth birthday. When your pooch attempt to lick your face, he is demonstrating his willingness to submit to your leadership.
Dogs are mighty popular in America.
Statistics show that about 33 percent of the families in the United States include a dog. The Cheyenne of Wyoming believed that their creator, Great Medicine, sent dogs to them to help haul equipment as they followed the buffalo herds. RCA's popular logo of a dog intently listening to a gramophone is based on a real-life moment. Artist Francis Barraud happened to catch his adopted pooch, Nipper, in this pose in the late 1890s. He painted the scene, sold the painting, and the rest is history.