Amazing Dog Facts - Did you Know...

• Barking Sands Beach, on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, is known for its unusual dry sand that squeaks or "barks like a dog."
• Two dogs survived the sinking of Titanic
• The Great Dane breed of dog originates from Germany!
• At the end of the Beatles' song "A Day in the Life", an ultrasonic whistle, audible only to dogs, was recorded by Paul McCartney for the enjoyment of his Shetland sheepdog
• When a dog bays at the moon, it is following its basic instinct to call the pack together
• Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the Bible
• Prairie dogs are not dogs - they're a kind of rodent
• The only dog to ever appear in a Shakespearean play was Crab in "The Two Gentlemen of Verona."
• Dalmatian puppies are pure white when they are born and develop their spots as they grow older
• The Poodle's "haircut" was to improve their swimming abilities. The pom-poms were left to keep their joints warm !