Interesting Puppy Facts - General and Anatomy

• More than five million puppies are born every year in the United States
• A puppy is born blind, deaf and toothless
• During its first week 90% of a puppys time is spent sleeping and 10% eating
• A puppy is only able to crawl during its first week
• A puppy begins to see when it is between 2 to 3 weeks old
• During the ages of 3 to 7 weeks a puppys first teeth, or milk teeth will appear
• At the age of 3 weeks a puppy will develop its sense of smell
• A puppy will sleep for 14 hours every day
• A puppys adult teeth start to come through between 4 and 8 months when it starts to chew everything!
• Some dogs reach sexual maturity at the age of eight months
• A puppy is considered and adult at the age of one year. At this age it is as physically as mature as a 15 year-old human