A kid who loves dogs is thirsty to know everything about them, and every fact becomes social currency at recess. These 20 were picked by the right criterion: the ones kids run off to retell.
About the body
- A dog's nose print is as unique as our fingerprint: no two in the world are alike.
- Dogs sweat through their paws. The rest of the heat leaves through the tongue, hence the panting.
- Their sense of smell is tens of thousands of times more sensitive than ours: they «read» the world through the nose.
- They have three eyelids per eye. The third one cleans and protects, like a windshield wiper.
- Puppies are born deaf and with closed eyes: their world starts with smell and their mother's warmth.
About behavior
- They tilt their heads when we talk because they are adjusting their ears to understand us better.
- They dream: those little leg runs while sleeping are dream chases.
- Tail wagging has grammar: to the right usually means joy, low and fast can mean nervousness.
- Huskies, like Pigúiça, barely bark: they prefer «talking» by howling, an inheritance from their ancestors.
- Dogs catch yawns from us, just like people: yawn near one and time it.
About history
- They have been our companions for over 15,000 years, before any city existed.
- Laika the dog went to space before any human.
- Siberian huskies saved an Alaskan town in 1925 carrying medicine across 674 miles of snow: the Iditarod sled race honors that story to this day.
If the kid at home is team dog, the full plate is ready: the husky-specific facts, the dog coloring pages and the story of Pigúiça the husky, which is practically a course in canine cuteness, in chapters. 🐾
