Some great dog facts…continued!!!(great party talk)
Because it is that hectic time of year, I know most people are reading quickly in the attempt to get on to the next great party and festivity. Its still important to take a moment to read and learn any new fact or tidbit of information that will make you a true conversationalist at that next party!!! I’m here to provide you with the tools to do so. Don’t thank me now, but when you have that group of people surrounding you and hanging on your every word, because they all love dogs and you have so much to tell them, say a silent “thank you”!!! I will be sure to hear it…so here it goes!!
From a statistical standpoint, there are about 5,000,000 puppies born in the United States every year. About 1 in every 3 American homes has at least one dog and unfortunately between 5,000,000 and 6,000,000 dogs each year are euthanized in shelters due to overpopulation.
Dogs have been used as work animals for hundreds of years. Some of the jobs they have done include guarding, hunting, seeing for the blind and rodent controllers. One of the jobs that dogs were responsible for during World War II was especially disturbing. The Russians trained dogs to run suicide missions between the tracks of German tanks with bombs strapped to their backs. How repulsive!!!
Hopefully, unless you breed dogs you have either spayed or neutered your dog to prevent unnecessary births of unwanted puppies. Many people, especially men, don’t like have a male dog neutered as they feel it will take away the dog’s “manhood”. In actuality, if the dog is not going to be used for breeding, neutering a male dog will make the dog less aggressive and less territorial. Neutering can also help to prevent urogenital disorders.
Well, now you have it!!! So at that New Year’s Eve gathering you can’t wait to attend, store up all these “facts” that you’ve read and deliver them at the perfect time. I wouldn’t suggest anytime around midnight, but an hour or so before or after, might be appropriate!!!
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