February 20th is Love Your Pet Day and we’re here to help celebrate the day by giving you 20 fun facts you might not have known about your favorite furry friend!
This section is for the Ailurophiles which is a name given to those people who love cats!
• Studies have shown that cats have better memories than dogs, monkeys or orangutans.
• Cats spend almost 30% of their lives grooming themselves.
• Your cat's heart beats twice as fast as yours.
• Cats almost never "purr" at other cats. The sound is reserved for humans.
• One litter of kittens can be produced by more than one father.
• Sir Isaac Newton invented the cat door.
• It’s not just from the movies; cats really can be trained to use the toilet as their litter box. Some can even be taught to flush when they’re done.
• Cats have five toes on each front foot, but only four on each back foot.
• A cat can jump up to five times its height in a single bound.
• Just like fingerprints. Every cat’s nose pad is different.
This section is for “Amantes de los perros” which is Spanish for dog lovers!
• The phrase “raining cats and dogs” originated in seventeenth-century England. During heavy rainstorms, many homeless animals would drown and float down the streets, giving the appearance that it had actually rained cats and dogs.
• Dalmatians are completely white at birth.
• Some dogs can detect cancer that is too small to be detected by a doctor and can find lung cancer by sniffing a person’s breath.
• Despite their breed or size, all dogs have 42 teeth and 321 bones—all breeds.
• The dog was one of the first animals domesticated by humans.
• Louis Doberman, a German tax-collector, created the Doberman breed in the late 1860s to protect him while he worked
• The only sweat glands a dog has are between the paw pads.
• The U.S. has the highest domestic dog population in the world.
• It has been established that people who own pets live longer, have less stress, and have fewer heart attacks.
• The world’s smartest dogs are thought to be (1) the border collie, (2) the poodle, and (3) the golden retriever.
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