* The notion that cats and dogs are natural enemies (suggested by the phrase,”fighting like cats and dogs”) is overstated, if not simply false. Generally speaking, cats and dogs get along better than cats and cats or dogs and dogs.

* A frightened dog puts it’s tail between it’s legs because it covers the scent glands in the anal area. Since the anal glands carry personal scents that identify individual dogs, the tail-between the-legs behavior is the canine equivalent of insecure humans hiding their faces.

* To figure out your “true dog’s age” in human terms, count the first full year as 15 years, the second full year as 10 yeas and all the following years as 3 years. In other words, a 5 year old dog would be: 15+10+3+3+3=34 years old.

* Dogs can bite as hard as 240 lbs of pressure per square inch of mouth area. That is why we must teach our dogs that even play biting is forbidden!

* According to hospital figures, dogs bite an average of 1 million Americans a year.

* Surveys show that 62 percent of dog owners admit that their dog owns a sweater, wintercoat or raincoat.