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Monday, 28 April 2014

10:07

By iheart

In: Dogs, Facts, Top 5

5 Things you didn't know about your dog

Human beings and Dogs have been living together for more than 15000 years. This time period shows that we know each other very well but still there are some things which very little people know. Given below are such 5 things you probably didn't know about your dog.

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Dogs can be as smart as a 2 years old child

Dogs can be as smart as 2-year-old children, according to research presented in 2009 at a meeting of the American Psychological Association. Border collies are the top dogs in the intelligence category, with some in the breed capable of understanding up to 200 words. Poodles, German shepherds, Golden retrievers and Dobermans round out the top five smartest breeds. (The most popular breed in America, the Labrador retriever, comes in at number seven.)

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10:04

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5 Things you didn't know about your dog

Dogs are the most diverse looking mammals

From the droopy Bassett hound to the sleek-and-slim Weimaraner, dogs show an amazing diversity in body shape. A study published in The American Naturalist in 2010 found that the differences between dog breeds' skulls are as pronounced as the differences between completely separate mammal species. A Collie skull, for example, is as different from a Pekingese skull as a cat's skull is from a walrus's.

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10:01

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Dogs too feel envy

Dogs know when they're not getting a fair shake. A 2008 study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that when dogs saw other dogs getting treats for a trick they'd been performing unrewarded, the unrewarded dogs became agitated, scratching themselves and avoiding the gaze of the rewarded dogs. They also stopped doing the trick much faster than if they were alone and not getting a reward.

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09:55

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Dogs can smell our diseases

If you have cancer, diabetes, or epilepsy, your dog might be the first to know. Studies have shown that dogs can be trained to sniff out cancersof the lung, breast, skin, bladder and prostate. Researchers suspect the canines are picking up on extraordinarily faint scents given off by the abnormal cells.

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09:51

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5 Things you didn't know about your dog

Humans and dogs aren't so different after all, at least regarding what makes us sick. About 6 million dogs are diagnosed with cancereach year, and dogs get canine versions of rare human disorders like the brain-wasting neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis that leads to the inability to walk or control their muscles. While illness is sad for humans and pets alike, sharing diseases benefits both species. Clinical trials are easier to run on pets, giving doctors an animal model of human disease.

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