Did you know that three dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic…?

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(Free-Press-Release.com) September 13, 2011 -- • Dogs evolved from a creature of the Tomarctus species, 15 million years ago.
• The Irish Wolfhound is the largest breed of dog and the Chihuahua is the smallest.
• A dog’s sense of smell is 100,000 times stronger than that of a human.
• Three dogs actually survived the sinking of the Titanic – a Newfoundland, a Pekingese and a Pomeranian.
• 15 million puppies are born each year in the U.S. and 1 in 3 American families own a dog.
• George Washington had 36 foxhounds and one of them was named Sweetlips.
• Dogs have no sense of time.

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Did you know that three dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic…?

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• Dogs have been living with Humans as pets for more than 12,000 years.
• President Lyndon Johnson’s two beagles were named Him and Her.
• Toto, the dog in the Wizard of Oz was a female Cairn Terrier who in real life was named Terry.
• Dogs live on average, 15 years.
• Up until 4 months old, puppies cannot control their bladders overnight.
• Louis Doberman, a German tax collector created the Doberman breed so that he would have a dog to protect him while he worked.
• A third of all dog owners admit to talking to their dogs on the phone.
• The oldest dog was known to have lived for 29 years.

• A dog’s mouth typically exerts between 150 and 200 pounds of pressure per square inch, with some dogs exerting up to 450 pounds per square inch. A wolf by comparison can bite with a bone-crushing force of over 1200 pounds per square inch.

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