5 Fun Facts About Dogs

Dogs can smell thousands of times better than humans. Their noses have millions more scent receptors

Dogs have approximately one sixth of the taste buds humans have (1,700 to humans’ approximately 9,000).

Researchers found that dogs have similar sleep patterns and brain activity as humans, and that small breeds tend to dream more than large ones.

Dogs yawn to calm themselves down, so repeated yawns could be a sign that your pup is feeling anxious or stressed out

Dogs’ normal body temperature is slightly higher than that of humans (it hovers at around 101.5 degrees F), which means that hotter temperatures can affect them more.