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Puppies love games such as hide and seek! Hide, then call your pup's name so she can try to find you.

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Dogs judge objects first by their movement, then by their brightness, and lastly by their shape.

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Dogs engage in rapid-eye-movement when they sleep, and have dreams just like humans do.

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Puppies are sometimes rejected by their mother if they are born by cesarean and cleaned up before being given back to her.

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Puppies can sleep 18 to 20 hours a day during that rapid body growth phase.

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Pekingese and Japanese Chins were so important in the ancient Far East that they had their own servants and were carried around trade routes as gifts for kings and emperors. Pekingese were even worshipped in the temples of China for centuries.

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The average dog can run at speeds of up to 19mph.

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A German Shepherd named Orient accompanied her blind owner Bill Irwin as he became the first blind person to through-hike the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail in 1990.

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Chocolate is poisonous to dogs because it contains theobromine.

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Revolutionary War soldiers sometimes brought their dogs with them into battle. Such was the case with George Washington and his dog, Sweetlips.

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The most popular dog breed in the UK is the Labrador Retriever.

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The breed of dog with the best sense of smell is the bloodhound.

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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons. Buttons the four-year-old goose leads her pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.

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Puppies are blind, deaf and toothless when born.

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Dogs are all direct descendants of wolves.

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