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==== Bluey ==== | ==== Bluey ==== | ||
- | The longest-lived (as documented) Australian | + | The longest-lived |
==== Can dogs dream? ==== | ==== Can dogs dream? ==== | ||
Dogs and humans have the same REM sleep type, so dogs can have dreams. The movements that occur during sleep are signs that your pet is dreaming. [([[https:// | Dogs and humans have the same REM sleep type, so dogs can have dreams. The movements that occur during sleep are signs that your pet is dreaming. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Dingos eat fish ==== | ||
+ | Dingo dogs came to Australia not yet completely domesticated and close to wild Asian wolves. The dingo diet includes rodents, spiny dogfish, crabs, fruits, and insects (mainly beetles). Fraser Island dingoes are known to eat fish. [([[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== Bavarian mountain hounds ==== | ||
+ | Bavarian mountain hounds are specialized hunting dogs from the group of hounds. Thanks to their excellent sense of smell, sensitivity to the scent of animal blood, they are able to track down the shot game and lead a hunter to it. They do not allow a wounded boar or deer to be lost. The Bavarian mountain hound tracks a wounded animal without resting for up to 40 hours after the shot. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Blue eyes ==== | ||
+ | Husky dogs are famous for their blue eyes. Heterochromia - the color difference between the left and right eye - is also quite common. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | The Rottweiler is one of the oldest herding breeds, named after the German town of Rottweil, where the breed originated. It is possible that they are descended from the ancient Roman Drover dogs, brought to what is now Germany by Roman legionaries. In the Middle Ages, the dogs were known as " | ||
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+ | ==== Used to fight rat and mouse infestations ==== | ||
+ | The Yorkshire Terrier was used to fight rat and mouse infestations. Originally, the Yorkie belonged to the working class, especially weavers. Yorkies were used to exterminate pests in yarn, textiles, and later also in mines and mills. There was a humorous saying that the dogs' long, silky coat was the ultimate product of the loom. [([[https:// | ||
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