DOGS
Mammal      -       Vertebrate        -         Carnivore
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DALMATIAN
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MEXICAN HAIRLESS DOG
Dogs 
  • Have a sense of hearing ten times more acute than a humans. 
  • Do not like the rain because the sound is amplified and it hurts their sensitive ears
  • A greyhound can run as fast as 45 miles per hour
  • A greyhound can see better than any other dog
  • Sweat through the pads of their feet
  • Small dogs live the longest - up to 16 years or more
    Large dogs live between 7 - 12 years
  • Are mentioned 14 times in the Bible
  • People who own pets live longer and are less stressed
  • Have 220 million smell-detecting cells - humans have 5 million
  • Should not eat chocolate, macadamia nuts, cooked onions, anything with caffeine, grapes or raisins, apple or pear seeds
  • Dalmation dogs are completely white at birth
  • Puppies are born blind, deaf and toothless
  • Have nose prints as unique as human finger prints
  • French Poodles originated in Germany
  • Have lived with humans for over 14,000 years
  • Husky dogs have been banned from Antarctica since 1994
  • There are 701 pure breed dogs
  • The smallest dog is a Chihuahua
  • The Mexican Hairless dogs are known in Mexico as nature's hot water bottles
  • Dog often contagiously yawn after seeing a person yawn
  • Sniffer dogs can be trained to find USB sticks
  • Investigate bad smells with their right nostril and good smells with their left nostril
  • Dog food is tested on humans
Male   ...................................................  Dog. Sire. Stud
Female   ...............................................  Bitch.  Dam
Young  .................................................   Puppy. Whelp
SIMILES
  • As clean as a hound's tooth
  • As crooked as a dog's hind leg
  • As happy as a dog
  • As happy as a flea in a doghouse
  • As lazy as Ludlum's dog who lay down to bark
  • As mean as a junk-yard dog
  • As sick as a dog
  • As tired as a dog

COLLECTIVE NOUNS
                    General
  1. A consort of corgis
  2. A couple of hounds (= one pair)
  3. A couple and a half of hounds (3 = one and a half pairs)
  4. A cowardice of curs  (mixed breed)
  5. A cry of hounds
  6. A hunt of hounds
  7. A gang of dogs
  8. A kennel of dogs / hounds
  9. A leash of hounds
  10. A legion of dogs
  11. A litter of pups
  12. A meet of hounds 
  13. A mute of hounds
  14. A pack of dogs
  15. A pack of hounds
  16. A pack of wild dogs
  17. A piddle of puppies
  18. A stable of hounds
  19. A sute of hounds
  20. A team of huskies
  21. A town of prairie dogs 

                    Alphabetical by name
        
          Bloodhounds
  • A sute of bloodhounds
           
    Greyhounds
  • A gallop of greyhounds
  • A leash of greyhounds

    Jackals
  • A pack of jackals
  • A skulk of jackals
       
         Pekingese
  • A pomp of Pekingese

         Poodles
  • A salon of poodles

         Pugs
  • A grumble of pugs

        Terriers
  • A terror of terriers
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A PUG
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GOLDEN JACKAL
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RACCOON DOGS from East Asia
IDIOMS, METAPHORS AND EXPRESSIONS
  1. A dirty dog
  2. A dull dog
  3. A dog's body
  4. A dog's breakfast
  5. A dog's dinner
  6. A gay dog
  7. A lap dog
  8. A shaggy dog story
  9. All bark and no bite
  10. Any stick will serve to beat a dog with
  11. Bark up the wrong tree
  12. Bark is worse than his bite
  13. Better to be a live dog than a dead man
  14. Better to the the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
  15. Call off the dogs
  16. Go to the dogs
  17. Dog and pony show
  18. Dog collar
  19. Dog days
  20. Dog days of summer
  21. Dog-eared
  22. Dog-eat-dog
  23. Dog does not eat dog
  24. Dog in the manger
  25. Dog-fight
  26. Dog tired
  27. Dogged determination
  28. Dogged me
  29. Dogs of war
  30. Don't keep a dog and bark yourself
  31. Dressed up like a dog's breakfast
  32. Dressed up like a dog's dinner
  33. Every dog has his day
  34. Every dog has his day ... and a bitch two afternoons
  35. Give a dog a bad name
  36. Hair of the dog 
  37. Hang dog
  38. His/her bark is worse than his/her bite
  39. Hush puppies
  40. If you lie down with the dogs, you will get up with the fleas
  41. In and out, like a dog at a fair
  42. In the doghouse
  43. It's a dog's life
  44. It's a dog eat dog world
  45. It's dogged as does it
  46. Lead a dog's life
  47. Lead a cat and dog life
  48. Let sleeping dogs lie
  49. Let the dog see the rabbit
  50. Like a dog with two tails
  51. Like dog's breath
  52. Look like someone just shot your dog
  53. Love me, love my dog
  54. Lucky dog
  55. Nobody's poodle
  56. Not a dog's chance
  57. One's bark is worse than one's bite
  58. Proud as a pup with a new collar
  59. Puppy fat
  60. Puppy love
  61. Put on the dog
  62. Reservoir dogs
  63. Raining cats and dogs
  64. Running dogs
  65. Shaggy dog story
  66. See a man about a dog
  67. Sick as a dog
  68. Sly dog
  69. Tail wagging the dog
  70. The dog barks, but the caravan passes
  71. The dog beneath the skin
  72. The dogs of war
  73. The hair of the dog
  74. The tail that wags the dog
  75. There's life in the old dog yet
  76. To bark up the wrong tree
  77. To die like a dog
  78. To dog it
  79. To fight like cats and dogs
  80. To hound (someone)
  81. To give to the dogs
  82. To go to the dogs
  83. To help a lame dog over the stile
  84. To keep a dog and bark oneself
  85. To rain cats and dogs
  86. To ride to hounds
  87. To run with the hares and hunt with the hounds
  88. To sell someone a pup
  89. To sleep like a dog
  90. To throw to the dogs
  91. To work like a dog
  92. Top dog
  93. Under-dog
  94. Young pup
  95. We'll all live until we die, unless dogs worry us
  96. Why keep a dog and bark oneself
  97. You cannot teach an old dog new tricks