Pet Party Line is a column written by Beth Byrd and is featured weekly in The Citizen News, one of our local newspapers.

Interesting Pet Trivia

WOOF!

• Have you given your pup a kiss today? At least 63% of dog owners say they do!


• So you think you know your dog’s every move? Think again. Dogs have about 100 different facial expressions, most of them with the ears.


• A Great Dane can eat as much as 8 lbs. of food in 1 day!


• The Bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in a U.S. court.


• The first domestic animal was the dog, sometime around 10,000 BC, though some scientists suggest an association between humans and wolves dating back 150,000 years.

MEOW!

• Your kitty purrs at the same rate as an idling diesel engine - about 26 cycles per second.


• Cats can sleep up to 18 hours a day - yet tend to stalk around at night!


• How did your kitty get on top of the refrigerator? Cats can leap 5 times their height from a standing position no less.


• A cat’s sense of smell is 14 times stronger than humans. Cats can’t see directly under their noses. This is why they may not see food or treats placed under them. Make sure you put edibles in front of, not below, their noses. Source: The Great Indoors/Purina