Dog Facts for Kids
Hello ! This section is specifically for dog facts for kids. There is so much that we can learn about canines and they are very interesting animals. When it comes to dog facts, kids love to read about information that they can pass on to family and friends. So, enjoy yourself as you have a look through our dog facts that kids will be interested in.
The oldest living dog lived until he was 29 years old, this was recorded in 1939. His name was Bluey and he lived in Austrailia. If you are wondering about what type of breed he was, he was a Queensland 'heeler' – this breed was used for herding other animals.
Dogs can smell things that humans cannot. The nose has sensory cells, they work to allow a person or animal to smell things. A dog has about 5 million more than you do !
Dogs are omnivorous. This means that they must eat both meat and plants (which would be vegetables and/or fruits).
They cannot eat the cores of apples, but they can eat apple slices.
They also should not eat raisins, grapes, onions, chocolate or garlic because it can make them sick.
They are the most popular pet to own. Out of all of the families living in the United States, 1 out of 3 has a puppy or dog.
They know what time it is by relying on their “internal clock”. They know exactly when it is time to eat, when to expect their owner to come home, when to expect walks and more. They can become very restless if something does not happen when they expect for it to.
“Sit” should be the very first command that an owner teaches to a dog.
You have some muscles to move your ears, but dogs have 2 times more than you do to move their ears!
Did you know that a dog uses his nose for smelling, but also uses it to cool himself off if he is hot? A dog sweats their his nose!
They also sweat through their paws.
Have you ever seen a dog turn around 3 times before they go to sleep? This is because long ago, wild dogs (which were their ancestors) did this to cause grasses to be patted down to the ground before they slept on them. Today’s dog still have this instinct inside of them.
Puppies do not know how to walk when they are born – They must learn just like toddlers do. This happens between the ages of 2 and 5 weeks old.
Newborn pups are born with their eyes closed and they do not open until they are about 3 weeks old.
Puppies are born without having any teeth. They grown slowly from 6 weeks
to 2 months….and then fall out again so that adult teeth can take their
There are 5 scenes that a person or animal can have: Touch, taste,
smell, hearing and seeing. A puppy first has the sense of touch before
any of the other ones.
Puppies need to stay with their mother until they are about 7 weeks
old. They need her for warmth, help with eating and she cleans them.
When they are 8 weeks old, they are much more independent and ready to
go to a loving new home.
Dogs should be walked every day because they can have a lot of energy
stored up in their bodies and going for a walk helps to release that
The normal body temperature for a dog is 101.2 ° Fahrenheit.
If your puppy takes something that you do not want them to have, do not
chase after them. Make a game out of it, where YOU run away and make
them chase you….It is a lot easier to get the item back.
It is perfectly normal for a puppy to sleep up to 19 hours per day. The average is just
around 14 hours, but since each dog is an individual, that number can
indeed go up to the 19 hours…and this includes sleeping at night as well
as naps throughout the day.
Dogs can see much better at night than we can. This is because they have
a layer behind their eyes, called the tapetum lucidum. It works to
reflect any light source and this is why you may see a dog’s eyes
shining in the dark.
Dogs CAN see colors – It is similar to how we see color just at sunset time.
The first dog that was sent into outer space was named Laika. He was
sent by Russian scientists out in a satellite in the year 1957.
We bet that with this dog fact, kids may be very surprised….There is one
type of dog that cannot bark at all. It is called a Basenji and is a
wolf type dog that lives on the continent of Africa.
Dogs can hear things that we cannot. Most of us can hear a sound that
is about 25 yards from us…But dogs can hear sounds that are 10 times as
far, 250 yards away!
A dog’s heartbeat is a lot faster than ours. Theirs is between 70 and 120 beat per minute, humans are just between 70 and 80.
The largest dog breed is called an Irish Wolfhound.
The smallest breed is the Chihuahua.
The breed that weighs the most, in general, is the St. Bernard.
French Poodles actually originated in
Germany. The German word for puddle is pudel…These dogs were used as
water dogs… catching birds that hunters would shoot that would then fall
In 1989, a dog set the world’s record for being the largest one ever recorded. He was an Old English Mastiff and he weighed 343 pounds! He was also very long at 8 feet and 3 inches.
Even though the Chihuahua is the smallest breed, a Yorkshire Terrier was the smallest individual dog ever recorded. He was only 4 ounces as an adult and was only 2 and ½ inches tall. He lived in England.
A lot of people know that the ancient Egyptian civilization loved cats, but they also loved dogs too.
The most popular names for male puppies are Max and Jake. The most popular names for female pups are Maggie and Molly. People must like the letter M!
Many believe that the Taco Bell dog is a boy dog, because of the voice given to it. However, it is a girl named Gidget.
Bingo, a male, is who you see on a box of Cracker Jacks snacks.
The Chihuahua can be 1 or more of 29 different colors.
Each nose print is as unique as a person’s fingerprints or snowflakes…No two are alike.
Humans have 9,000 taste buds on their tongue, dogs have 1,700….And cats have only 473.
Newborn puppies need to receive vaccinations similar to how human babies do.
President Lyndon Johnson had two Beagles, their names were not very original, they were named “Him” and “Her”.
Former President George Washington had 36 dogs; they were all the same breed: Foxhounds.
There have been more than 50 dogs who have lived in the White House.
The famous Davy Crockett had a dog that he named Sport.
The Labrador Retriever is the most popular dog, and the Azawakh is one of the most rare (there are only about 150 living in the United States).