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The first dogs were self-domesticated wolves which, at least 12,000 years ago, became attracted to the first sites of permanent human habitation.

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The most popular male dog names are Max and Jake. The most popular female dog names are Maggie and Molly.

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Dogs like to chew bones but cooked bones and bones that can splinter such as cooked chicken bones should not be given to dogs.

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In Old England, the word "hound" was used to refer to all types of dogs.

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Most experts believe humans domesticated dogs before donkeys, horses, sheep, goats, cattle, cats, or chickens.

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The world's smallest dog was a Chihuahua named Miracle Milly, who weighed only 1.1 pounds.

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Zorba, an English mastiff, is the biggest dog ever recorded. He weighed 343 pounds and measured 8’ 3" from his nose to his tail.

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Dog noses are also very cute and easy to boop.

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In 2002 alone, more people in the U.S. were killed by dogs than by sharks in the past 100 years.

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Dogs can see in color, though they most likely see colors similar to a color-blind human. They can see better when the light is low.

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In addition to "formal" forms of dog training (operant conditioning, reinforcement, or classical conditioning), dogs are able to learn merely from observation.

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The Saint Bernard gains its name from the "Great St. Bernard Hospice;" the monastery where Barry and other mountain dogs was raised by monks to rescue victims from the snowy Alps.

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A dog's nose is made up of about 220 million scent receptors, while a human's nose has about 5 million.

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The St. Bernard is the heaviest dog breed.

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Zorba, an English mastiff, is the biggest dog ever recorded. He weighed 343 pounds and measured 8’ 3" from his nose to his tail.

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