Cross Breeds

which of these 3 dog breeds should i get easy 10 pts? A Miniature Pincher- http://www.fordogtrainers.com/ProductImages/dog-breeds-muzzles/Miniature-Pinscher-muzzle-Miniature-Pinscher.jpg A Manchester toy terrier - http://www.nextdaypets.com/directory/breeds/images/1100170.jpg A English Toy terrier - http://static.gotpetsonline.com/pictures-gallery/dog-pictures-breeders-puppies-rescue/english-toy-terrier-pictures-breeders-puppies-rescue/pictures/english-toy-terrier-0001.jpg We want a dog that is easily trainable and is nice with children out of these 3 breeds. I have a son that is 13 and a daughter that is 4. And also we live in a small 2 bedroom house that has a small backyard. And a drive way as long as my house (length) so he can run a little more.We live in Los Angles California near the beach.We also go on a walk each day like at 7. And this will be our first dog.

Which breed of dog would fit in well with my family? My wife would like to get a dog. We lead an active lifestyle and would like a smaller dog to accompany us. We run almost daily (up to 3 miles a day, sometimes more), mountain bike, hike and generally hang in the outdoors as often as possible. We have a fairly small house but a nice sized, enclosed yard (just smaller than a 1/4 of an acre). We have two very friendly indoor cats (fixed males 2 and 3 years old) and while we have no kids I can see them coming into the picture within the next year or two. I am familiar with the training of dogs having grown up with an Australian Shepard that was an amazing dog who required a lot of attention. My wife is set on a Terrier (she wants either a Jack Russell or a Norwich) but I'm worried about how well they'll get along with the cats. I have never been a fan of Golden Retrievers, Lab's or German Shepards, nor do we really want a dog that big. So, what do all you dog people out in Yahoo Answers land think? Again, no Labs...It's not that they are bad dogs I just don't like them. Sorry, even though I've known some sweet Pit Bulls, I've heard far to many horror stories. I could just be buying into a stereotype but I won't take the risk with my other pets, my friends and future kids. The Cairn Terriers look interesting and my wife now informs me she likes Border Terriers and Beagles now. Go figure.

What Breed is my Dog and Is His Tail Docked? (Picture)? Can anyone tell me the breed of my dog? We've had this little cutie for a while and I've been wondering. I've looked up pictures of different breeds and I've been leaning toward a cocker spaniel. But from what I've seen, cocker spaniels are more "furry" and they get pretty big. Our dog, Samson, has short hair and we've had him for between 1-2 years and he hasn't grown much, if at all. I just realized that it might be hard to tell his size from the picture. He's about the size of a small house cat. Also, I was wondering if the previous owner had cut his tail or if he was born like that. I don't know much about tail-docking. Anyway, none of this effects the way we feel about our dog, I was just curious. Here is the link to a picture of Samson: http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/9595/picture007zk.jpg Cocker spaniel & dachshund mix, huh? I was thinking that at some point too but I couldn't imagine those two breeds...breeding. o.O Here's two more pictures if anyone is interested. http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/9595/picture007zk.jpg http://img34.imageshack.us/i/picture005tj.jpg/ Oops, I used the wrong link for one of those pics. http://img22.imageshack.us/i/picture002xs.jpg/ Thank you all for your answers! I tried to pick a best answer but I guess I have to wait a few hours. (just looked up how to do it) :'P Wow, I've never even heard of a Cavalier King Charles. =O He definitely does look like he could be a mix of that breed. Thank you for pointing that out!

Which small dog in this list is very good with children at a 12 years old? My 12 years old male cousin wants a dog that is small and very good with children, very easy to house train, and very AAADDDOOORRRAAABBBLLLEEE!!!He wants one from these lists. Here is the list: http://www.dog-breeds.net/small_dog_breeds.htm What breed of dog is in the picture that's in the square: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/NavResults.cfm?N=2001+113994

What kind of dog lover are you? Favorite breed? Large or Small? I love big dogs. I'm much more into rough housing and playing with big dogs than little guys, like beagles and dachsunds. I have a lab at the moment. I really want a larger breed of dog, like a St. Bernard. I was just looking at pictures of Giant Mastiffs and they are soo adorable. I think I'll work my way up to the really big guys! Favorite Breed: St. Bernard. This is just a fun question so don't get TOO serious with it! Thanks!

What is the right dog breed for me? Hello, I am going to get a dog, and i am not quite sure of what breed to get. My parents and I have generally the same things we want in a dog. - Small - Playful - Soft coat - Not going to tear up the house - Easy to train - Preferably wavy hair - Not grey or silver hair - Healthy breed I know it is very picky but that is what I would like. I have had a dog before but sadly we had to put him to sleep because he had hereditary health issues. Hopefully I can find the right dog. Links to Pictures and information on the breed would be helpful. Thank you!

What dog breed is this? I visited a friend last year and there was the best dog at his house! He was medium-small about 35-45 lbs (he stood on all fours and was at the height of my knees, I am 5'7), he was all black with maybe some little white markings, had very smooth silky short fur (like a lab), but a longer thinner nose/snout than a lab more like a hound nose....I want to say he was a border collie or sheltie but the coat was very short, not like those dogs. He just had the sweetest personality and sat there and licked my hand for about 35 minutes. His ears were floppy and short, not pointy or long....I have looked at every picture at the AKC website and can't match him...I no longer have contact with this friend so I can't ask him. I think he might be a hybrid but not a mutt because I remember my friend naming a breed when I asked...Also, he was very active and went hiking daily with the owner so he is a high energy dog. He looked like a mini black lab with more dainty face and feet. I don't need people trashing others who refer to two pure breed dogs mated together to make a new breed as "hybrids" rather than "mutts". Hybrids, unlike mutts are from two purebred parents...mutts are 2+ different breeds with no known heritage. I also dont need advice on where to spend my money or what to spend it on...so if you have a real answer to my question please post it but if you want to debate dog breeding take your self elsewhere Wasn't a pointer, much smaller and the nose much narrower. Thanks though! Quite possibly a small (runty) female short haired border collie

A quick question regarding puppy.? hi there, basically i had seen an ad on the net for a GSD puppy and replyed, below is the coversation we had: From: lindastrong2011@hotmail.com To: harry_4life_@hotmail.com Subject: RE: German shepherd Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 09:27:52 +0100 Hiya , Thanks for your mail response in regard of my puppies,i do have a male and a female left, Before we proceed these puppies are well socialized with kids and pets like cats, Very friendly with people, they love to play with their toys, And they have an outstanding temperament, These puppies represents the highest standard of puppies. they are very Intelligent and Compactly built, Registered Pedigree, Health Guarantee Certificate of Veterinary Inspection ,Micro-Chipped (in case ever lost or stolen) Current on all vaccinations, Wormed ,puppies Packet (Toys, Vaccination schedule and history, Crate Training info., Potty Training info.) Already diaper Trained Travel Crate in case delivery is needed or in case you intend to relocate. they will be coming with health certificate,KC registration papers. These puppies are 10 weeks old. I will feel much secure when you get back at me with the answer to these questions that i have for you as my kids will love to know the kind of home that our puppy or puppies will be coming into. Are you a breeder? Do you have kids? Are you use to puppies? Are you sure that you are going to take care of my baby? Where are you located? Gift me a Brief Description about your Environment? Do you have a vet doctor? my puppy will make a very good house pet to your family. This little pets loves playing with kids. The is very adorable and pleasure to have around,the is very friendly, playful and has a very good behavior and a very good temperament.Also do get back to me and i will tell you the reason why am giving this puppy out for free adoption. Email me for more info thanks Waiting..... i replied with this: Hi Linda, Sorry for the late reply but thanks for mailing me back, now i shall answers your questions, no i am not a breeder and dont tend on breeding any dogs in the future, i do not have any kids of my own at the moment but my sister does have a little boy 3months old and she vists us regulary and i also have a few nephues and niceses who also visit regualry, my main priority is to get the puppy well socialised to prevent future problems, i have had 2 puppies before, 1st was a pedigree GSD at 8 weeks and i looked after him for a week whilst my neighbour went abroad on holiday and the second i kept myself at my mates house from 7 weeks old to 4months old but could not look after him nomore because i had no money, but now im working, got the money and time to put in to him. i will definantly take care of your puppy, i have always wanted a GSD as a little kid but never had the chance due to living in a small house but we have just bought a new house and should hopefully move in within the next 2 weeks or so, i have done years of research on the breed and i think i have a broad knowladge when it comes to GSD's but i can guarntee he shall be looked after all the time, i could also provide you with pictures and videos of the puppy growing up to show you how much of a good owner i am. I live in bradford, west yorkshire and i live in a 4 bedroom house with plenty of space for the dog, kitchen for crate training or my bedroom but is allowed anywhere i allow him, i also have a back yard which he would have access to at all times if he wants to go out, its a high wall with a fence aswell so no problems, i also have a insulated dog kennal that would provide warmth in winter and cool air in the summer, but i would only keep him there for certain amounts of times but only if he is happy. i do not have a vet at the moment but i would intend of getting one, i have details of a vet from my last puppy and i would want to stick with them because they provide an excellent service, i am alo going to get my puppy insured so that i dont have to give up the dog if i cant afford treatments because thats not right on the dog and i dont think i could be classed as a good owner but i do have one problem, i am not moving into my new house untill the next 2-3 weeks so would not be able to keep him just yet and was wondering if you could hold on to the boy for me, i also would like to know why you want to give them for free adoption, if possible would you be able to send me pictures of the boy and if possible some with his mother and father and a know it seems a pain but i would like you to take a picture with a recent newspaper so that i can see that its for real and that im not falling for one of them online scams or some sort, but thanks for taking your time to read this i look forward to hearing from you, harry i just got this reply: Thanks, for getting back to me and answering my questions, like i said am giving the puppies out for free adoption due to the fact that i just relocated to a new apartment in Isle Of Man, so am presently in Isle Of Man , so like i said my puppies Jack the male and Princess the female are kc registered and vet checked and will be coming along with all their vet papers , they are potty trained and loves playing with kids and other pets attached are their pictures so which of them do you prefer? also if you can come over for pick up i will be very delighted but if you cant make it up i can arrange for the puppy to be delivered over to you immediately and it will cost you £200 for the delivery charges which you are going to pay directly to the delivery agency before they do the delivery so if still interested do get back to me with your full details including. Full names....................... home address..................... Postcode...................... ......

help me choose a breed type of dog and website with types/pictures? I would like to get a dog. I not really know of many kinds. Heres all the info : 1. I live with 4 people in a house with no backyard. 2. We want a dog that is either tiny up to small-medium (not big) 3. Needs to be loving,not too hyper,Not bark a lot, personality, (I know a lot of types of dogs can be trained to be like that but are there some breeds that are easier to to train from the start with those qualities?) 4. Cute. (my mom doesn't like the ones with the droopy faces or slobber) 5. I dont want to spend more than $600 I'd like to be able to walk fast and maybe jog with the dog as well. (I like french bull dogs. and those little tiny Scottish terriers? how are their personalities?) Wow, thanks everyone! that was quick ! great info ;)

I'm excited to start a small doggy day care business, can any dog lovers help me with a few questions? I am at home all day long with no kids. I have 2 wonderful young Shetland Sheepdogs. I live in a large home on Lake Michigan with a fenced in yard. I could use a little extra income but I mainly want to do this because I really love animals especially dogs! I would keep the dogs indoors but would let them romp in the yard on decent days. I would also take them for atleast 4 10-15 minute walks or more if necessary. When it's not pouring or freezing, I'd let them romp along the lakeshore (our beach is private) and go for hikes on nearby nature trails. Does this sound nice so far? I only want to care for small and medium sized dogs because my dogs are a bit intimidated by large breeds and our house is nice and I'm afraid a big dog may be a bit too much. I was thinking maybe a 60 lb. limit. I would require that it would be housebroken (with the understanding that dogs do have accidents!) and have a good disposition. I have separate rooms that I could separate them if necessary if someone's dog has problems getting along like with my dogs which shouldn't be a problem. I was thinking of making nice fliers, business cards, and newspaper ads. I was thinking about starting the inital ads like this: Does your dog get lonely and depressed while you are at work all day? Does your dog suffer from separation anxiety? Would you like your dog to be able to have stimulation and tons of fun while you are away? I have also trained my dogs for obedience for years now. I'm 35 and have had dogs since age 5. I would also BRUSH THEIR DOGS FOR NO EXTRA COST DAILY! I'm thinking of taking in no more than 5 dogs atleast at the beginning. Now, about costs! What's reasonable? I live in an area where the average median income is around $100,000. There are a lot to doggy daycares though and some are in their own buildings not just a house! I was thinking this sounds fair! $12 a day and $8 for each additional dog I would also do boarding so that would be $20 for 24 hours. I think this is VERY reasonable and much cheaper than what is offered around here. I was going to make the "main" room in our basement. How could I fix it up to make it look really cute and dog friendly? ANY SUGGESTIONS? I was thinking lots of pictures and an AKC poster of breeds. Make it nice and clean. A nice toy box. SHOULD I HAVE CRATES???? I don't know. My dogs sleep in their crates ONLY at night and my whole idea behind this is so dogs don't ahve to be in crates all day long while the owners are away! How about several crates with some clean bedding and no doors??? And some cots and dog beds? And a couch. The floor is just an old tile but I thought I could put carpteting in one section so it's more inviting and not cold looking! i also would put a TV down there and leave it on Animal Planet, cute idea??? DO I NEED TO BE BONDED AND/OR INSURED? HOW DO I GO ABOUT DOING THAT? AND SHOULD I OFFER BASIC DOG TRAINING UPON REQUESTS FOR REASONABLE RATES? LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WHAT DO YOIU THINK A CUTE AND CATCHY NAME MIGHT BE??? I THOUGHT LUV MY PUPPY DOGGY DAY CARE. WHAT ELSE? Sorry that this is so long but I really need a lot of suggestions. I also suffer from depression and my psychologist said that this could really help me a lot. THANKS SO MUCH FELLOW DOG LOVERS!

Best dog breed for me? I'm 16 and my mom told me I could get a dog, now that I can drive it places and take care of it. I'm wondering what type of dogs are ideal for me. We have an averaged size house and I can exercise it for over an hour a day. Money isn't a big deal when it comes to food and vet, etc. Also, I live near the beach, so the dog should like water. Trait wise, I'd like it to be pretty energetic and loyal, as well as easily trainable. It's not our first dog, so we can handle troublesome dogs. Purebreds or an ideal mutt would be fine. Please include pictures. P.S. I like big dogs, like labs. I'm not a huge fan of small dogs.

Is my dog pregnant? any experts on small dogs? First off....let me say that I'M NOT a BYB. I got this little doggie about a month ago. I was told she was unspayed and not UTD on her shots. I took her on a trail basis for a few weeks to make sure she fit in the house. Needless to say we've decided to keep her and she's due for a vet visit on the 4th of January. In the meantime I'm a little concerned that she may be pregnant. I have included some pictures of her tummy. The nipples are sagging a little which can't really be seen.Vulva is enlarged. Her appetite is huge...but she is a pup and most of my pups have been big eaters. She is needy, but that seems to be her personality. She is interested in my female (fixed) dogs backend and has attemted to mount her...which also would be a dominance thing. So confused! O.o Laying on her back: http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b133/Storm-Wolf/?action=view&current=100_1752.jpg Standing on her back legs: http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b133/Storm-Wolf/?action=view&current=100_1754.jpg Sides from the back: http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b133/Storm-Wolf/?action=view&current=100_1755.jpg I'm sorry for sounding stupid but i read up on signs of pregnancy and they are the same as heat. Considering I've never had an unspayed female nor have I witnessed a proper breeding I have no idea what to look for. Can anyone help me out? Please no bashing....this pup came to me like this! I'm a responsible dog owner and want to ensure that if she's preggers I do everything correct. Any tips on placing puppies would be great too. BTW she WILL be spayed ASAP should she be found not pregnant! (also the lady told me she played with the neighbors dog...which makes me suspicious now)

Is my dog expecting pups? Hi there everyone I have an appointment for the vets for next Friday already but would like to know wat everyone else thinks as well. My dog is between the ages of two or three and has recently had contact with another dog of the same breed and if she is expecting she ll be due on the 10th of April. Her nipples are bigger than normal but I've seen some pictures of dogs and they re not as big as that. She wee s in the house every now and again and she no s she not allowed to cos she looks guilty straight after she's done it. Even though she could be just in from going to the toilet and she's been house trained since I got her. She's our baby in the family and I'm so excited at the thought of her being pregnant but I'm also nervous for her too which is why I'm taking her the vets next week. Her appetite has decreased alot and she seems to eat more from dinner time on through the nite. She has gained 3 pounds since she's been in contact with this other dog and has got very broad around her rib cage which I've been told they carry high until further in the pregancy. Her belly I'd firm and you can feel little lumps but I'm never positive if it's pups. She very affectionate dog anyways but recently has been stuck to me and barks at other dogs if they come towards me. The back of her is swollen out as if she was still in heat I'm not sure if that's normal or not and she protects it with her tail down. She's a small staffy she was the smallest of her litter so I'm not sure how big she's supposed to get also She s also never wants to go to bed willingly but recently has been looking to go herself she looks depressed all the time especially if she's all alone. Is she pregant or should I be worrying?

really cute and aborable small dogs? ok , my mom was looking at a new house today and the owner had the most adorable dog EVER ! she was like super small almost like a chihuahua ( i don't know how to spell it ) but it had way more meat on it . she's like those kinda dogs you stick in a big purse and her head pops out . she had eyes like a pug, but a head shaped like a chihuahua , but she wasn't a chihuahua. she was really cute though, do you know what those dogs are called? and what are some really adorable dogs other than the following: yorkshire terrier <3 , pug <3 , and daschund <3 . imma try to convince my mom to get me one of these small dogs since we're giving my german shepard way to my dad ): mix breeds and pure bred are excepted, but the dog has to be small . pictures are very helpful . thannks (:

Looking for a small breed hypoallergenic puppy? I'm thinking of getting a puppy and was hoping for a some advice or suggestions from other pet owners. I've listed a few of the guidelines I've been considering as I look. 1. Hypoallergenic 2. Little to no shedding 3. toy or small size (under 10 pounds) 4. I live in an apartment with little yard (so something that requires little outdoor exercise and doesn't bark all the time) 5. Doesn't require much grooming 6. pure or mixed breed 7. Easy or fairly easy to train (especailly house training) I'm looking for a companion/lap dog that doesn't mind riding in cars and is good with other dogs and children. I would appreciate any suggestions. Also, I've looked at a few different mixed breeds (like the papi-poo and yorkie-poo) but can't find any pictures of what they look like as adults. Any suggestions?

How big would this puppy get when it reaches it's adult stage? Ok, so I put an ad on Craigslist for a puppy. A guy emailed me telling me that he has a 9 week old Lab/Husky mix. The dad was a mini-lab and the mother was a husky but she was rather small for her breed. The puppy is a female, blonde, with a white mask. He says that she looks more like a lab than a husky. I heard that more genes come from the father than the mother so how big will the puppy be? He didn't include any pictures unfortunatly but I've been looking at pictures of husky/lab mixed pups to get a better image of what she might look like. I know that average huskies get rather large, but does the smaller size of the mother matter? And again, the father was a mini-lab (which I know are usually runts of a labrador litter), so I just basically want to know what you guys think. I am 15 and this will be my first dog I've had. I live in a smaller house so a big dog won't be good for me so that's why I asked you guys. Thanks alot! Mini Labs are real because I have read up on them. The puppy was already taken to a vet to get de wormed so I imagine the vet determined it had the genetics of a mini lab. Don't you think? And also the first answerer is a vet or something and they didn't say anything about "fake" mini labs...

Anyone want to take a guess at the breed of my mutt? =) I have no clue what she is..? I have a 10 pound, 14 week old puppy. She has spots and speckles all over her. She barks and howls. She digs, chases and nips. She's very intelligent. She learned "sit" by the time she was 9 weeks old =) Here's a link to a picture of here: http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af264/HolliBelle/0123001206.jpg The people I rescuedom were border line animal hoarders. They live in a small house with close to 30 unfixed dogs. They said she was an Australian Cattle Dog/ German Shephard/ Yorkie/ Chihuahua. Hah. The vet said she won't get over 25 pounds. SInce everyone is saying Cattle dog I thought I might add that of her litter mates, only one other one looked like her. Most of the other puppies where black, big and fluffy. =)

What breed of Dog or mix is best for my family? I really want to get a dog but i don't know what breed or mix. I need something that is friendly. I live with my mom and dad and my brother and there is a lot or kids around the house. My dad hates things like chiwawas and pugs and shitsues. I want it to be both and indoor and an outdoor dog. We live in nunavut so it would have to be able to stand the cold at least a little bit. I don't want anything to big or to small though. I considered a husky but those are not very good house pats and they tend to be very aggressive and they are to large. If you could please just give me a suggestion on the breed of dog you think I should get. Oh and a big thing is i don't want it to be very expensive. most pure breads are quite expensive. and a picture of that breed would be very helpful as well.....:) ......thank you...... and an extra.....a dog that might be able to wear puppy clothes and stuff like that would be cute to......:)

which dog breed would you rather want ? i finally talked my mom and dad of getting a malamute or husky and i said that a smaller dog will fit our family better we already have 2 dog an irish setter and a clumber spaniel ,we live in our own house we have a large backyard so which breed would you rather have?? Boston terrier: http://www.breederretriever.com/photopost/data/667/medium/boston_terrier.jpg English cocker spaniel http://www.greatdogsite.com/admin/uploaded_files/1190779499english_cocker_spaniel.jpg or the American cocker http://puppydogweb.com/gallery/cockerspaniels/cockerspaniel_enrique.jpg i really like the Boston and the English cocker i have heard some unflattering things about the american cocker that they are really mean and nasty and evil my friend is a dog groomer and she said that American cockers are the worst when it comes to grooming but do you tihnk that its all a faul of the inbreeding ? since they are popular their reputation went down the drain is that casue of the BYB and puppy mills? i love that picture of the golden cocker i mean how can you resist that cute face ? i dont wanna buy i wanna adopt preferably an older 1-3 years old dog cause puppies are in demand i dont want a puppy will i be able to find an English cocker here in US ?? like in the shelter or rescue groups ? cause i know that Boston terrier are likely ot be found in the shelters i live in NYC so i am worried about the heat sensibility of them but i have seen some Bostons here but not a lot

We're thinking about getting our Siberian Husky, Diego, a companion dog...any suggestions? A few details about Diego. He is nearly two years old. He's been in our family since he was a puppy. At first he was raised w/ cats. Then my mother got two more dogs a mini Doberman Pinscher, and a German Shepard/ Doberman mix. We received him from my mother when 3 dogs became too much and he lives we me and my sister in our 3 bedroom house. We both have 8-5 jobs so he is left home all day and tends to get bored and destroy things. We're planning on getting him a companion so he can play around like he used to. Diego is a purebreed Siberian Husky and is bigger than most Huskys, he's tall and lean. So we've decided against small breed dogs, other than another Husky, what would be a good companion for Diego? here are picture links of him. http://s282.photobucket.com/albums/kk254/Sayfray/?action=view&current=diego_2.jpg http://s282.photobucket.com/albums/kk254/Sayfray/?action=view&current=Picture080.jpg http://s282.photobucket.com/albums/kk254/Sayfray/?action=view&current=Im

Ok so (I think) it's done, what do you think? Please, I really want constructive criticism! Let me know if there's something you don't like. I have until the 15th to send it in. Dogs, those furry things that live in the house, make great companions. In fact, there are dogs in 39% of the homes in America. But how can you make sure you’re getting a great dog? One that will have a happy long life, as free as possible from possible genetic issues. How can you make sure you aren’t funding an irresponsible breeder, or worse, a puppy mill? I will always endorse adopting a dog. Pound dogs can make the best of friends. You can check out Petfinder.com or visit one of my favorite local shelters, Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter in East Hanover (their website is available at www.njshelter.org). But if you don’t want to adopt for one reason or another, keep these tips in mind when selecting a breeder. -NEVER buy pet store puppies. Pet stores get their dogs from disgusting places known as puppy mills. The dogs live in small cages their entire lives, exposed to the elements. They’re kept only to be breeding machines and fund the puppy miller’s pocket. Sick dogs receive no vet care at all. Bitches are bred every time they go into heat, which is twice a year. Once they can’t produce any more pups, they’re disposed of. Read more about puppy mills at www.prisonersofgreed.org -Labradoodles, yorkie-poos, and other “designer dogs” are only bred by irresponsible breeders. There is NO way at all to predict what you’re going to get with a mixed breed. Breeders may claim that they’re hypoallergenic and healthier than purebreds; however this is not the case. They can inherit either coat. Well bred purebreds are much healthier than a puppy who is the result of two random untested dogs being thrown together. Responsible breeders DO NOT breed mutts. Every purchase of a designer dog helps encourage a backyard breeder produce more mutts exactly like the kind being put to sleep every day. For more information on designer dogs, go to http://www.canismajor.com/dog/poodogs.html -Teacups do not exist Teacup is a fancy name backyard breeders slap onto runts for an extra buck. There is NO SUCH THING as a teacup. The smallest dog you can get is Toy, which for many dogs such as the Maltese, Shih-Tzu, Yorkshire Terrier, and Pomeranian, is the only size available. Dogs labeled as “teacup” are generally unhealthy and expensive. Read more at http://www.thebombpoms.com/Teacups.html -Never buy a dog online without meeting the mother (and when possible, the father) and seeing its living conditions in person. This one is possibly one of the worst. Someone puts up an adorable picture of a puppy and once you pay for it, it’s yours. Sounds great, right? Unfortunately there is so much that can go wrong. Without actually going out and meeting the breeder and puppy, you don’t know how the dog is being treated. For all you know you could be dealing with a puppy mill. Often the dogs come sick, flea infested, and full of worms. Sometimes no dog is sent at all. Other times they send a dog other than what’s pictured. If the dog is deathly ill, many of these awful breeders may offer another puppy. However they very well know that most people would feel too bad and just keep the dog. Please, please, don’t buy a dog online. Get more information and read people’s stories at http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/scammingbuyers.htm Ok, so now you have a basic idea on what to avoid, but what marks a good breeder? -Responsible breeders show their dogs. They will actively participate in confirmation competitions field trials, agility, and much more. Many good breeders will breed only champion dogs; there are still responsible breeders that show but may not have gotten a championship for their dog yet. Beware breeders who claim their dog has champion bloodlines. This could mean one or two champions several generations back, which would have very little effect on the poorly bred animal today. -Dogs that are not show quality are sold on a spay/neuter contract. Show quality simply means that the dog has traits that closely meet the standard for that particular breed. If a breeder is lucky, there may be one or two show quality dogs in a litter. The rest are usually sold as pet quality. This overall means very little if you’re only looking for a companion. There may be some minor faults that would disqualify or cost the dog points in the show ring. Pet quality dogs make great pets, but are not suitable for breeding. If the person selling you your dog doesn’t care if you breed him or have him neutered, avoid it. -Dogs are tested before breeding, ALWAYS. Testing does not mean having the dog looked over by a vet. There are many tests that should be done on the parents. Depending on the breed there may be more or less. A few commonly done tests are: OFA (Orthopedic issues) PennHIP (Hip Dysplasia) BAER (Hearing) CERF (Eyes) Please keep in mind that many of these tests can’t be done Please keep in mind that many of these tests can’t be done until the dog is over two years old. If one of the parents are under that age, go elsewhere. -Responsible breeders usually only have 2 or 3 breeds at the maximum. While most only have one breed, many are very focused on other breeds of dogs. Keeping track of 2+ breeds is a real job. If you are looking at a breeder and you notice they have 4, 5, 6, or even more breeds of dogs, most likely they aren’t reputable and are pumping out poorly bred puppies for a quick dollar. -Litters are available once a year or less frequently. Having a litter of puppies is a very difficult and time consuming task. If you notice that the breeder you’re looking at has puppies available very often, use the other tips given to decide if they’re responsible. Remember, no matter where you get your new friend from, spay and neuter! If we were to home every animal in the US alone, every person would need to own 6 dogs and 9 cats. That means a family of a family of four would have 24 dogs and 36 cats. There are many benefits to fixing your pets. For the girls, spaying completely stops messy heat cycles, reduces the risks of mammary gland tumors and ovarian and uterine cancer, and may extend her life. For the boys, neutering may stop your dog from marking and wandering, may reduce aggressive behavior, eliminates the risk of testicular cancer, and minimizes the risk of prostate disease. If you still have any concerns talk to your vet. Thank you everyone so far, PP thank you a lot too. I'm glad I posted it because I didn't notice a lot of those mistakes.

Anybody familiar with the kuvasz breed? Couple of Q's? I was 12 years old (which was many moons ago) when I first saw a picture and description of a kuvasz in a dog breed book, and I have wanted one ever since. I've never actually met one; they are pretty rare in the U.S. But for some reason, every few years I am drawn to read information about them and look at pictures of them and wish, wish, wish. It's probably pretty silly. But there are kuvasz's in need of forever homes out there - ones that are rescued from BYB's and puppy mills, or breeders and owners who die suddenly or can't take care of them anymore. I would like to adopt an adult kuvasz one day, and I don't care about AKC papers or how good the bloodline is, or if the dog is 100% kuvasz, or even if the dog has all of its limbs. I just want the basic temperament, size, and look. However, as much as I have read about them, I can't infer from their coat description if they can be comfortable in the climate that I live in. Though I keep my dogs indoors at least 22.5 hours of the day, and every house here (that I am willing to live in) has central air, it's pretty hot here in the Gulf Coast region. And when I say hot, I mean surface-temperature-of-the-sun hot in July and August. I know that Newfoundlands and Huskies are susceptible to strokes down here, and people own them anyway, and I don't like it. But the ones that live life 90% indoors SEEM to do fine. Kuvasz are not quite arctic dogs, but they seem pretty close. Is it humane to have a dog like that in southern Louisiana/Mississippi/Houston area? Second question is, kuvasz's are herding dogs, and I have two dogs already, both of which are about 60 pounds (so, much smaller than a kuvasz). Can herding dogs, as adults, get along with other dogs in their homes? I've seen some herding dogs that most definitely DID NOT. Anybody have any personal experiences? I know this is a long shot, but I just thought I'd ask.

handling an aggressive small dog, please help!? Hi again folks, Really sad to be back here with the same question, maybe at my wits end now, hope someone can help... We have two dogs, one a general utility crosser (don't actually know his breed, we rescued him off the street; if it helps he looks like a small alsatian and weighs around 25kg at 8 months) the other is an absolutely adorable, very cheeky Pekinese/Chihuahua mix (in the picture). We are expecting our first baby in Jan so have recently moved house and from medical advice the dogs are now having to live outside - I've lined their kennels and they tend to sleep together and I'm told it's the done thing apparently here in bulgaria :( I will however be bringing them in when it gets cold - to be honest I hate them being out there full stop... Main problem is that Massive (the cheeks) is getting more and more aggressive and out of hand, I seem to be spending all my time with him managing his bad behaviour and quite honestly not doing very well at it! He seems stressed out more, is jealous and is attacking and growling at the bigger, incredibly passive and mellow dog. I am thinking about castrating him to perhaps calm him down but to be honest, if that's not a 100% surefire answer for an 18 month old dog then I'd rather leave him intact. I wonder if is it a natural small dog (napoleon complex) type behavior or is he just pissed at being outdoors or sharing my attentions?) Tough love time (for me) I really feel we are letting him down and without being able to be around him constantly (as I have to work indoors) is it better that we give him to someone who can a) keep him indoors and b) make him the centre of attention and pamper him like the little prince he seems to like to be? I totally love the little guy, he's all character and charm when he's being good but if he goes bad, I know it will be my fault and I'll never forgive myself... The other issue is that perhaps one day Spyro (larger dog) will lose his patience and Massive may come off very badly. Whenever I am out there I fuss and treat them (as a reward for being calm, sitting etc), we walk them twice a day (off the lead, and they are great, well behaved). Am currently trying to show that he is NOT the dominant member by feeding him 2nd and when he's really bad giving him a time out, which means back to his kennel and put on a lead. I have to confess that my frustration recently spilled out and I spanked him (on the bum) with a newspaper and I'm hating doing that and myself too... I know I need to get a calmer approach but having him at a distance like this is not good all round either... Any advice would be much appreciated! Hi, just to say thank you for the interest and useful insights... Massive goes to the vet on monday and both dogs are now indoors (wife not too happy, but everyone else is...)

Any suggestions to protect us and our dogs from a potentially dangerous neighbor kid? My husband and I have recently moved to a suburban part of town. We use to live in a very rural area. We have three Irish Wolfhounds. The Irish Wolfhound is an extra large breed of dog whose size rivals a Great Dane. See picture( http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images15/IrishWolfhoundFrankBrendan.JPG ) Anyway, my husband and I take dog ownership very seriously. From the moment we bring a dog into our home we begin a rigorous course of training and socialization which doesn't end until the dog dies. We respect our dogs and the fact that they're animals driven by instinct. We are also fully aware of the fact that they have teeth and despite all our training may at some point bite someone if they are presented with a bad situation. Anyway a neighborhood child (who lives 3 houses down) has seen it appropriate to begin tormenting our dogs. This boy throws things over the fence at them (large rocks, bones, garbage, etc.) On one occasion he threw a thing of Recon rat poison over the fence which I thankfully saw and was able to throw away before the dogs got it. I, and other neighbors, have personally seen this child do these things and we have spoken with him on several occasions. When the taunting never stopped we spoke to his parents who blew us off. We are currently building a privacy fence to help ward off some of this unwanted attention but it will take a few days to get it up. However the other day I realized we needed to take further measures. The dogs were in the backyard the other day when they started barking and growling (which is not normal for these dogs) when I went to see what was going on I found my daughter sitting in the grass by the fence, holding her head and crying. This child had started throwing garbage over the fence again and managed to hit my daughter in the head. My dogs are very mellow and quiet but protective of their family (this is true of all Wolfhounds) I'm convinced my daughter's injury set them off because all three were jumping at the fence, barking and snarling. I called them back and the instantly came to my daughter's side and sat down. After evaluating her we decided she needed stitches so we took her to the hospital. We honestly do not wish to live in this neighborhood (or any neighborhood period) but we have to make due for the time being. However this whole situation has made me realize we need to take some serious action to protect us, our children and our dogs. Any suggestion on legal action we can take? It sucks that it's come to this because we've never had problems before. In the area we use to live in no one had fences and our dogs as well as our neighbors dogs were allowed to roam and play together. We all watched out for each others kids and pets. It was wonderful to let them roam the small area freely and not worry because you had a friend and confidante keeping an eye out for you. The dogs were happy. The kids respected them as animals and we never had an incident. Yes they were protecting which does make me swell with pride a bit but the law does not look kindly on dogs who protect their owners property, kids, etc. As much as I cannot stand this child I also don't want him to get hurt. Our Wolfhounds are gentle giants. They are intimidating to look at but very mellow and gentle unless truly provoked. However I DO NOT want them attacking some stupid, uncontrollably child.

Any legal suggestions to protect us and our dogs from a potentially dangerous neighbor kid? My husband and I have recently moved to a suburban part of town. We use to live in a very rural area. We have three Irish Wolfhounds. The Irish Wolfhound is an extra large breed of dog whose size rivals a Great Dane. See picture( http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images15/IrishWolfhoundFrankBrendan.JPG ) Anyway, my husband and I take dog ownership very seriously. From the moment we bring a dog into our home we begin a rigorous course of training and socialization which doesn't end until the dog dies. We respect our dogs and the fact that they're animals driven by instinct. We are also fully aware of the fact that they have teeth and despite all our training may at some point bite someone if they are presented with a bad situation. Anyway a neighborhood child (who lives 3 houses down) has seen it appropriate to begin tormenting our dogs. This boy throws things over the fence at them (large rocks, bones, garbage, etc.) On one occasion he threw a thing of Recon rat poison over the fence which I thankfully saw and was able to throw away before the dogs got it. I, and other neighbors, have personally seen this child do these things and we have spoken with him on several occasions. When the taunting never stopped we spoke to his parents who blew us off. We are currently building a privacy fence to help ward off some of this unwanted attention but it will take a few days to get it up. However the other day I realized we needed to take further measures. The dogs were in the backyard the other day when they started barking and growling (which is not normal for these dogs) when I went to see what was going on I found my daughter sitting in the grass by the fence, holding her head and crying. This child had started throwing garbage over the fence again and managed to hit my daughter in the head. My dogs are very mellow and quiet but protective of their family (this is true of all Wolfhounds) I'm convinced my daughter's injury set them off because all three were jumping at the fence, barking and snarling. I called them back and the instantly came to my daughter's side and sat down. After evaluating her we decided she needed stitches so we took her to the hospital. We honestly do not wish to live in this neighborhood (or any neighborhood period) but we have to make due for the time being. However this whole situation has made me realize we need to take some serious action to protect us, our children and our dogs. Any suggestion on legal action we can take? It sucks that it's come to this because we've never had problems before. In the area we use to live in no one had fences and our dogs as well as our neighbors dogs were allowed to roam and play together. We all watched out for each others kids and pets. It was wonderful to let them roam the small area freely and not worry because you had a friend and confidante keeping an eye out for you. The dogs were happy. The kids respected them as animals and we never had an incident.

What to do with 2 dogs when only one can be in a kennel? I'm dog sitting this weekend. I have a 4.5 month old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and the dog that I'm sitting is the same breed, almost 2 years old. They get along fairly well, but aren't exactly the best of friends yet (have only met twice). I have already discussed with the owner that we have plans to leave the house for a couple hours on Saturday and she states that she's fine with the dog being alone for that long. Our pup is crate trained, so will be in the kennel while we are gone. She typically does very well. The owner of the other dog does not believe in crate training her dog though, so she's allowed to be loose in the house. She does just fine, so that's not what I'm worried about (we've left her alone for a short time before), but what I'm really worried about is one dog being loose in the house while the other is in the kennel. Will this stress our puppy out because she's 'locked up' while the other dog has run of the house? I almost picture the older dog sitting there teasing our pup. lol Not possible of course, but I just kinda feel bad. Do you think they'll do fine? Surely they can't fight when one is in the kennel....... Thanks in Advance! *Note: I can't gate either dog into a small room (like bathroom or kitchen) because they can jump/climb the gates. I also don't like shutting the door on them because they scratch. We live in a rental property, so we don't want the damage. Bozema: Thanks. I hadn't even thought about doing a test run. lol Common sense escapes me sometimes.

Help Me Get My Dog Back Law Enforcement Not Helping? I thought I had lost my 3-year-old Boston Terrier 18 months ago. I put up posters talked to neighbors offered reward called the radio station.Never gave up.Then a week ago my daughter in-law found her at a house about ten miles from me, the lady's mother lives next door to me.She stopped and asked her about the dog and told her that she knows who the dog belongs to.The lady told her to leave, my daughter in-law called me. On the way to the house I called the sheriff who met me there, I brought pictures of my dog and shot record and told him that my dog is easy to idenfy because she is not muscular like the Boston Terrier breed she is very lean and slender and has a small stripe between her eyes.The dog was given to me so no sale papers and is not pure breed. She would not open the door to talk to law enforcement for three days, then she called the sheriff and said to talk to her lawyer, if they came back to her house, she would file harassment on them. Now they will not do anything.

I think the people i got my dog from lied about her breed? I got her when she was 9 weeks and now she's about 4 months... i looked on petfinder and found this very small rescue place and i thought this dog was really cute so i called the number and asked if i can come look at the dog...she told me to come to her house. when i got there she had a black lab that was her own dog, she took it outside and she had like 4 pitbulls and she took those out too. and she brought the puppies inside (they were kept outside i guess) She told me the puppies were a chiuahua and terrier mix. she looked and still does not look like anything like a chiuahua but i didn't say anything at the time, i don't know why. everywhere i take my dog, they ask me what she's mixed with besides lab...and i tell them she's chiuahua and terrier, they look at me like im crazy! so i stopped telling people that cause i sound stupid lol. EVERYONE thinks shes half lab...but we don't know what else she is. i was thinking maybe the lady is just breeding her own dogs! (the black lab and pitbulls i saw at her house) could she be half lab and half pitbull? here are some pictures of her. shes 4 months. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=20l79g&s=7 http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=e8vaqo&s=7 so i have no idea what my dog is! id really appreciate if if you could give me some help! also, i'm confused of why this lady lied to me?? it doesn't seem like she's rescuing any dogs it just seems like she's breeding them and selling them. My dog is smart and learns fast but i've noticed she's also more on the aggressive side. she's defintly not shy, shes not scared of anything or anyone. she kinda has a bad temper sometimes! but i love her shes very smart and loving

What do you think of this crazy high profile dog on house basing issue? We have an american bulldog, and they are not based on air force bases. The housing people saw him and have no problem acknowledging the fact he isn't a pit bull, we have all proper documentation of that. We routed this memo and it is on its third commander, a full bird. Our memo had everything we needed, pics, registration pictures, vet declaration, genealogist statement about how they are not pit bulls, etc etc. The previous two commanders concur he is not banned and should be allowed on base. Well, this might affect the whole military now. In this our base discovered we had the smallest list of dogs banned on base and so we must be like the others and ban more. American bulldog might fall into this new policy and also at other bases now as well. That is with no good reason we can figure out, just because maybe they see they will be a breed hard to tell apart from a pit. ( a pit is terrier, an american bulldog is not, similar, but not the same dog). this commander is so scared to make the call on this because it will become policy, and so this has gone very, very far above his head so he can make sure he doing the right thing. the bottom line is this breed is not banned, so we should be allowed to have him on base, but now, it looks that we might have made things worse for dogs at other bases as well as ours in finding some bases have very strict policies, such as hickam not allowing german shepherds, and some bases not allowing dogs over a certain weight. So thanks to us, there is a big spotlight on making life even harder for families in the service. How crappy do we feel right now? sorry, banned on air force bases...

What kind of dog is that? This dog is in a shelter. I am thinking of taking him but I should know how tall he is. I can only take care of a small dog in my house and i can't tell from the picture how big he is. Also what do you think about his breed? Maybe a terrier mix with something?? Here is the link http://www.petarkadas.com/petbul-foto/7532/foto1 I am turkish so the website is in turkish too. Isn't he so cute?

OK so what is my dog!? Dog Experts Challenge!? I got him at 6 months from a shelter, he was there with his dad see picture (they are the same, hence pure breeds) [url=http://www.imagehosting.com/][img]http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8828/1006075.jpg[/img][/url] http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8828/1006075.jpg The shelter believes them to be Catalan Sheepdogs, but this is a VERY rare breed in Australia, so I find it so hard to imagine how they ended up in a shelter. He is about 63cm tall which is about 10cm larger than a Catalan is supposed to be - when I got him his fur had been clipped because it was all matted and full of prickles, so his fur is not as long as it should be. He doesn't really shed, when I brush him I get hair in the brush but he doesn't really drop hair. His feet are small, and he has dew claws, his eyes have dark rim around them, quite a long body. His legs are quite long and when he walks he does prance a little (sometimes) He is FAST. and I mean seriously fast, the little beagle he runs with can barely catch him, he is much much faster than the other dogs he runs with and a greyhound owner thought he had the body of a greyhound - but again, he's a purebred and not a greyhound. He's not a soft coated wheaten terrier, because he's not wheaten. He's got stripes of cream and grey with some reddish tones, and at the top of his back he has some black fur which is quite coarse, the rest of his fur is soft and fluffy. Temperment: active outside, runs and runs, but as soon as he's in the house he sleeps all day! Quite stubborn. Not much of a barker, talks/whinges Here a pic of him at 4-6 months: http://img7.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ajaxs.jpg And one of him at around 9 months: http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/6581/p1010122m.jpg Please help - serious guesses!! His face is stronger than a Pyrenean Shepherd He was there with his IDENTICAL father, so he MUST be a purebred? Head is too strong to be wolfhound or teacup wolfhound He's too tall to be a Pyr. Sh. PLEASE READ FULL DESCRIPTION

what breed of dog is this? i have no pictures but i can describe it for you BIG ears, like mouse ears. small body. the one i saw was sorta grey-ish. and a face a bit like a pug? i saw it when i was walking to a friends house and i really wanna know what breeed it is, it was soooo cute :) thankyou :) nah it wasnt a chihuahua i could recognize those tiny head btw alright alright ill find something omg paige, french bulldog !!! thankyou isnt it cuuuute i think i was wrong bout the tiny head though haha. its bigger than its body lol :) i have a picture of a baby one http://www.fantasiafrenchbulldogs.com/dogs/BARBIE%20BABY.jpg mm yeah i dunno about the ears but the one i saw had really big ears - compared to its body lol

What breed mixes are my dogs? http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m112/gosney1108/ The link is to some pictures of them. We got them both from the pound. We were told the black one is an australian shepherd mix, we believe with some kind of hound dog (ie the big floppy ears, large paws, deep howl and bark and tendency to chase and kill small animals from the woods behind our house). The white one definitely looks like a jack russell terrier, but she is significantly bigger than an average one. Her black spots kind of threw us off, too. I thought dalmatian, but I'm open to your opinions! The black one is also much bigger than an aussie. She's about 80 pounds, the white one is about 40-45. And they are both 4 years old. sorry bout that, i didn't realize it was private. i changed it.

Help me find a dog like this? Okay so me and my mother have been talking and since she isn't a very big dog person, but agreed to get a dog for Christmas we need a small dog. A dog that doesn't shed or bark that loud... And one that doesn't pee too much, because I have school and she has work and no one else is in the house for basically 6 hours... Can you please help me find a breed [kind of] like this? And pictures/links would be great, Thanks Okay okay sorry. It's just because my friend has a dog and she says that they don't pee as much... I don't know. And I think we can handle the work. Dammit ok. So fine, just a dog that doesn't shed much (and one that doesn't have TOO much energy...)

What breed(s) is my dog? I have an 8 month old puppy. His name is Oliver, Ollie for short. I've had him for about 4 months. The shelter told us that he was Jack Russel. But since then he has grow much larger, almost double in size and weight. Compared to a Jack Russell now, he is more then twice the size of one. People have told me Beagle, but I just want to figure out what he is. It doesn't hurt to ask. He is great with other dogs, but he does have small dog syndrome. He's also great with children even at such a young age. He does well with my cat. My cat just doesn't do well back. He hardly ever barks, just when we leave the house and when we get back. He does enjoy running around but has his days where all he wants to do is lay around. He's about 25 to 30 pound. He's about 16 inches from ground to spine. A stub of a tail that doesn't show signs of a bob. And floppy ears about the size of a (girl) hand. Here are some pictures. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2783/4402402477_1bf00118df_o.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4403178368_4587853212_o.jpg

What breed of dog is this? http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgandolfo/2567766751/ i already own a 10 year old cavalier king charles spaniel female who is in amazing health and very friendly and sweet my family and i are probably going to get another puppy our back yard is quite large and we live near a big park i can probably take my new puppy for a walk every afternoon and maybe some mornings we would only get a small or medium size dog that isnt too crazy or noisy also my older brother and i are at school all day and my dad is at work and my mum is in and out of the house so the dog has to be one that doesnt mind spending the day outside with the cavalier so if you know of any cute little puppies that match my description please let me know and if you have any info about the puppy in the picture thanks! yeah i was thinking maybe a bit of kelpie and a bit of border collie or even cavalier king charles or something similar

How do I nourish a malnourished dog at home? We live out in the country and this dog casually appeared. I gave her dog food and water, which she ate and drank small amounts of. Later I gave her a leftover shake n' bake pork chop which she ate as if it were the greatest gift. I just made an insulated dog house and tied her where she could sleep in there (it was 45 last night). This morning she had medium to loose stools. I want her to gain her weight back. I have put an ad in craigslist looking for the owner, but if no one claims her by the end of November, my son is going to take her. Please look at the link for pictures of her breed and condition if you can help at all, I really would appreciate it. Ihttp://victoriatx.craigslist.org/laf/1445885384.html am thinking of mixing milk and eggs into dog food or making a beef gravy from scratch to add to her dog food along with chunks of the cooked beef. She has been confirmed to be a black mouth cur. I found this recipe (the first one) http://www.heroswaggintrain.com/health/malnourished.htm and made half of it. She had her first pound of it tonight. She is extremely happy and outgoing, active and alert. She is going to be just fine. This recipe will last a week and I will give it to her once a day and have her bowl filled with puppy food constantly. I appreciate everyone's answers and advice and will put to community vote. Thank you all so much, really.

is it ok to take a stray dog off the street? this might be a stupid question but i will ask it anyway 9 years ago i took a puppy off the street he was a total mutt i never wanted to know what breeds he had cause it would be just impossible but i figured that he had to have some large breed cause he had one extra toe on his hind legs but he was really small he was like the size of a corgi he was really young when i took him maybe like 2 or 3 months old when i am from there is no animal control or human society there are heaps of homeless dogs on the street and no one interested in them and they do not seem to bother the people of the village that i lived in im sure that he would live longer but i just had to put him to sleep it was not an easy decision my family had our own house and there was no problem with having a dog but everythign changed when my grandmoster came back she was really not a dog person she beat him with like a broom stick she kicked him is something was not right and then she was surprised that he bit her not once but multiple times and it made me feel soo bad that i wasn't able to do anything i did not know that something like that would even happen that dog got really feral like a wild animal he was not approachable you couldn't even put a collar on him or even get him vaccinated cause he was trying to bite everyone i had to leave him cause me and my parents moved to another country and we were living in a small 1 bedroom apt. so getting him with us wasn't even an option and when i went for vacation back to my homeland it got worse and worse so i had no other choice than ot put him to sleep and end his and my misery now i kinda feel like im a bad dog owner and a person cause of what happened i have 3 dogs right now i have 2 mini schnauzers and a mini bull terrier puppy and i did not forgot about him i have his pictures i have a photo album with the photos of him and me

IS a Doberman Pinscher a right dog for me>>? i want another dog a mideum size dog . my dad will buy one but is this the right breed for me. i already have a 5 year old male Shi Tzu small dog but i want a Doberman Pinscher. i live in a two story house pretty big, but i have a back yard but no fence . i want this two year old MALE doberman at a shelter where i live in florida seems pretty nice in the picture. but do you think this doberman will fight with my shi tzu my shi tzu kind of barks at people and dogs he doesnt know . i will train this doberman to be good i will do whatever it takes for this doberman to be good . so im asking you guys should i get a Doberman Pinscher. oh and by the way how do you get there ears to stand up if i dont get a Doberman Pinscher then i want a Boxer so which one should i get>>>????

What kind of dog is she??? How big will she get? Okay, I have a puppy that I got from my aunt who had a golden retriever who got out and got pregnant, so I know my puppy is 1/2 golden retriever, what I want to know is what other breed she is mixed with. I know she has the markings of rottweiler, but I have noticed there are many other breeds with those same markings, so I don't necessarily think that is what she is. A little about her: She seems to be pretty muscular, she also has very skinny legs. She ALWAYS needs attention and follows me all around the house. When we put her in her gated area (in the house) or outside, she whines, (not at night, mostly just if she knows that we are awake or home and doing stuff). I am TRYING to break her of that! She is very hyper (probably from the golden retriever in her, haha). She digs. She weighs a little over 20 lbs now at 6 months.She tends to bark at any foreign noises, such as sirens (on tv or in real life), other barking dogs, or people outside doing their lawns. She is so sweet and loving! She is very patient with my three year old son, she's never acted aggressive towards him, and we all know that sometimes kids do things that a dog wouldn't like! Anyways, if anyone might know what she is let me know, I am attaching pictures and I was also wondering how big anyone thought she might get? Her mom was the golden retriever and is a pretty small one! Thanks in advance! http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m274/sunshinejenn19_2006/Misc013ed.jpg http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m274/sunshinejenn19_2006/Misc014ed.jpg http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m274/sunshinejenn19_2006/Misc015ed.jpg http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m274/sunshinejenn19_2006/Misc016ed.jpg http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m274/sunshinejenn19_2006/SD532410.jpg P.S. her paws are really pretty proportionate to her body, definitely not overly large!

Absolute *fear* ~ Do you think a dog would react? There is always the ongoing discussions/questions/answers about whether or not the average *pet* dog (meaning NO Professional Personal Protection Training) would indeed come to the aid of it's human if in fact the human was in a real situation of fearing for their life. I have read numerous times the human thinks their dog is *protecting* them when they bark and growl at another human who comes near. I have read about how people have set up a *situation* in which a stranger (to the dog) comes into the house and acts in a manner which would be threatening. The result of these experiments is the dog barking, growling and show of teeth. ( Or simply retreating. ) Neither of the above is actual *protection*. The animal in the first instance is not protecting but simply owning it's human and is resource guarding. The resource, in these situations is the human. The second situation cannot be perceived as protecting or guarding of the human but is simply the animal reacting with anxiety, stress and confusion. The dog is simply fearful IT will be hurt and is not trying to save the human's life. Why? Because human fear cannot be acted. You cannot create genuine fear. Without a true threat to your life there is nothing for the animal to pick up on, so to speak. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a excerpt from Discovery Health explaining the human body's reaction to a true threat: The sudden flood of epinephrine, norepinephrine and dozens of other hormones causes changes in the body that include: •heart rate and blood pressure increase •pupils dilate to take in as much light as possible •veins in skin constrict to send more blood to major muscle groups (responsible for the "chill" sometimes associated with fear -- less blood in the skin to keep it warm) •blood-glucose level increases •muscles tense up, energized by adrenaline and glucose (responsible for goose bumps -- when tiny muscles attached to each hair on surface of skin tense up, the hairs are forced upright, pulling skin with them) •smooth muscle relaxes in order to allow more oxygen into the lungs •nonessential systems (like digestion and immune system) shut down to allow more energy for emergency functions •trouble focusing on small tasks (brain is directed to focus only on big picture in order to determine where threat is coming from) ­All of these physical responses are intended to help you survive a dangerous situation by preparing you to either run for your life or fight for your life (thus the term "fight or flight"). Fear -- and the fight-or-flight response in particular -- is an instinct that every animal possesses. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you were actually fearing for your life, transmitting all of the above, do you think there is a good possibility that a dog (matters not the breed or size) would KNOW this and react with full aggression towards the aggressor? In other words, do you think a dog would fight to the death to save it's human's life? The flood of epinephrine, norepinephrine and dozens of other hormones do release a very distinctive smell. This smell may not be obvious to most humans but there is no doubt a dog can smell it simply because their senses are greater than a human. If a PP trained dog is in a situation the human cannot give the command to attack, will the animal just sit there and do nothing? Or will it's instincts (and training) kick in? The average *pet* cannot do this. But there are exceptions. The PP dog is trained. The PP dog is also aware of the smell of true fear. Same dog but not yet trained in PP. When does the *instinct* come in to play? Never? Because the dog has not been properly trained yet? So the instinct to *protect* must be trained? Or is it simply these dogs have the correct temperment, fearlessness and drive to be trained? The *pet* dog with sound nerves will also wait? For what? It's brain to comminuate the fact it's owner is being attacked? While the PP dog is trained because it possesses the genetic qualities for such training but most simple pet do NOT have the genes? What about the ones who do? This question did not arise about my early morning walk with Launi & meeting up with some homeboys. Launi's reaction is still a mystery to me.( I do not believe she was *protecting* ) But are there not dogs with the genes that will kick in? Dogs with much self confidence and no fear? *Pet* dogs on this level will smell real fear, therefore reacting in such a way the animal is driven by the sense to protect? Yes, human aggression in any dog is not acceptable unless such dog is professionally trained. But, is this *black and white*? We know very little about the workings of the human brain. How much do we really know about the canine brain? This question was prompted by a life threatening situation concerning 2 of my female friends who live together as a couple. They have a Lab/mix (which is highly fearful and not grounded). They also own a 7 year old Rottie mix. Not sure what else the dog has in it. 3 weeks ago Melanie & Kat were preparing for their 2:00 am paper route. They live in a diverse neighborhood. In the process of getting dressed, in a hurry because they were running late, Mel had left the front door ajar. Kat was showering. Mel walked into the living room and came face to face with a man she did not know. He was armed with a knife. He did not immediately threaten her. Mel said she sensed disorientation due to either drugs/alcohol or both. The dogs were on the screened porch. Mel is a strong woman in mind and body. She said as she was backing away towards the bedroom (where a weapon was kept) the man moved forward. Kat was still in the bathroom. Mel shouted for Kat. This all played out in l less than 2 minutes. Anna the Rottie mix, tore through the screened porch went through the back yard and entered the house by the front door. Anna suffered 2 serious knife wounds, the intruder was bitten (how badly is not known). The intruder retreated, Anna followed. Mel now fearful for her dog's life, ran after Anna. She was 2 houses down. Rushed to the emergency vet clinic. Surgery and is healing fine. Their Lab mix was wandering the neighborhood. A police report was filed. The intruder has not been found.

Do black panthers exist? I am from Kentucky and yes i have seen a BLACK PANTHER. It was running across the parking lot at Paintsville Lake State park. I was on guard duty that night. This thing wasnt slim like a house cat. It was very Muscualar in the shoulders and black as coal. It was running across a small area behind the guard booth where you drive to the Rv and tent areas. but it was running from the direction of the lake to the wooded area to the right of the guard booth. I saw it and that Doctor whoever he is on Monster quest is DEAD WRONG because Black Panthers are in Kentucky. I had a cousin who caught a black cat when i was about 7. This cat was about half the size of a boxer dog and its teeth were about 1 inch long and about 3/16 inch thick where they went into its gums. About the size of a dogs canines. This cat was kinda mean and sneaky. Ill never forget this cat. Im thinking maybe an offspring of one of these panthers. No pictures of this cat so noones gonna believe me. This was about 1979 or so. I saw this thing from about 25 feet and it was Muscular in the front shoulders. Also we saw a Cougar at the same lake jump down on a picknick table and eat someones hamburger meat. These people left it there because their grill was heating up to fry them. The Cougar was slimmer than what we should NAME the BLACK PANTHER and meke it a new species. Heres the reason. Being so close to it i know that the tail was nearly the same length. But this cat was bigger in build in the front shoulders or as a scientist ( WHOM DONT KNOW EVERYTHING)haunches is way bigger and more Muscular. This cat would tear a cougar or (Mountain Lion) a new one in a confrontation. If you get what im saying. So im telling you people now i purposely answered my own question because im sick of hearing all this garbled trash talk saying there is no black panther. Remember the Snow leopard. Well They discovered a new species of slow leopard in 2007. Do not tell me we have discovered all things because we have not. I saw a guy on Monster quest claim that a Black Panther wasnt a different species and black pantheres dont really exist as a species.Well I hereby name this Species Black Panther. If some idiot can breed 2 pure breed dogs and call it a picapoo after making a mutt just because he or she is rich I CAN NAME THIS CAT. I know they are here whether we like it or not. Personally i find them stunningly beautiful. I saw one up close for a fact. Now for all you scientist who think you know how to study something. First of all you dont get on a 1 hour program (Which Sucked By the way) and go to areas for 2 days at a time and expect a sighting. Heck you dont go to a place for 5 years and expect a sighting when what you are looking for is this elusive. YOU LIVE there if you really want to know. Also you go out at night alot and go on alot of camping trips and hiking trips. It may take a year it may take 10 years. However you may be one of those people who always get what you want because of luck and see one in the first week (Of course terrified and in disbelief like i was) They are real and they are a different species. You are not staying in a place long enough to see one. If you scientists wanna see one take my advise. Its gonna take more perhaps than even 15 years of living in a very secluded wooded area. There you go there is your tool use it you will see one. James Dheel out. Also this thing was Way bigger than a bobcat. About the size of a black lab or rotweiler. No this was not any bobcat. I was 25 to 35 feet from it . It was Very muscular in front also. And like i said way larger than a bobcat.Id say by the density of its muscles about close to 100 LBS.

Is This Dog an Italian Greyhound Daschund Mix? This is my boy dog, Sparky. We aren't sure if this is his breed, but this is most definitely the closest we've come. He can run pretty fast, and he has a high prey drive. He likes to try and catch the birds by jumping up and chase the squirrels on the fence. Sparky can jump about four feet up in the air and is very energetic. He's friendly to everyone except cats and people walking in the street. He loves to lick and he's a lovable dog. Sparky isn't what you would call 'calm' as he is spunky and energetic. He has a unique bark and barks at everyone and thing. He barks at the mailman, to get attention, when he gets dinner, everything. He's motivated by food, but he also loves his toys. Although, he doesn't really get the 'fetch' idea. He's pretty smart, and he knows: Sit, Wait, Shake, and Speak. He loves to squeak his toys and play tug-o-war, and likes to be carried around. He isn't very fond of water, and hates being given a bath. Sparky has to wear clothes in the winter to keep him warm too. He weighs approx. 13 pounds and stands about 14 inches at the shoulder. My aunt found him on the side of the road in a small trailer park and brought him to my house and we fell in love. He wasn't micro-chipped and had demodex mange, and he couldn't find his owners so we kept him. We estimated his birthday to be February 16th, 2009 so he is about 3 years old. He's been with us since September 2009. Here are a few pictures to help: http://tinypic.com/r/16ljz7k/7 http://tinypic.com/r/118lj5f/7 http://tinypic.com/r/dpe0p4/7 http://tinypic.com/r/wlszl3/7 http://tinypic.com/r/14mcjva/7 http://tinypic.com/r/116rmkl/7 Thanks!

How to stop my dog from peeing at home and what breed is she?(picture)? I adopted a saluki/shepherd mix a few days ago but he turned out to be too hyper and wouldn't settle down so fortunately my cousin wanted to get a dog and I need a smaller one. My cousin is going to take the one I had and I am getting another one. I didn't want to give him back but my mom said that a dog of his size and energy was too much and she wouldn't allow it at home but she said she would allow a smaller dog. I am so happy the saluki mix is still going to have a home and with my cousin so I can see him a lot. Anyways I am going to pick up the other dog today but when I saw her the other day I noticed that as soon as the vet brought her in the viewing room she peed. I expect she will be doing this at my house too and I just want to know how I can prevent this from happening. Also, what breed do you think she is? I know I already asked about the breed but I forgot to add her age and I think it made a difference. ...continued here is her pic: http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc272/Echelon30Believer/cutie_desert_rose.jpg http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc272/Echelon30Believer/desert_rose_2.jpg She is 3 years old and had 3 puppies that were all adopted...do you have any idea what breed she is? Many answers suggested she was part husky and part malamute, then why is she so small? She is not that large. A little below knee height and bigger than jack russell by a little bit. She weighs approximately 24 pounds

Dog questions?!? Dog owners click here :)? Hi, my family is going to be adopting a puppy soon. So we have been looking at puppies up for adoption in my city. We want a small breed, and in two weeks we are going to visit a litter of Terri-Poo's . We don't know what kind of terrier it is, so I left a link to a picture the breeder sent. Questions: Do terri-poos shed? How often do you bathe your dog, if they are white? Any recommendations on small dog food with good price, but good nutrition as well.? Pee pads, where do they go in your house? Would a terri-poo be okay in a cage, while I am at school? (Which is 6 hours) How much will the food,cage,bowls,collar,leash, toys, treats (and other dog necessities) cost?? What (human) food will hurt a dog? And please add any other new dog owner tips you have! http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu302/jacm95/IMG_1015.jpg Thanks so much! :) I won't be in school till september, so I have plenty of time to train it to be in a cage :)

Got a new dog! Don't know any thing about the breed? My mom brought us in a 6 week old female american bulldog/staff today, she is sooooooooo adorable. My cousin was walking down the street and we live in a really rough area, some homeless man handed him a walmart bag with the puppy inside of it and begged him to take the puppy he said some thugs were not treating her too good and she was homeless, my cousin has a 1 year old daughter and 3 day old twin boys, his daughter is allergic to the dogs, so he can't take her so he called my mom over and my mom had to take her she couldn't resist to, she's very petite and small, already had 3 bowls of food, very calm and quite. We are taking her to get all of her shots/injections tomorrow, to get dewormed and my mom is going to spoil her, she has already brought her a pink diamond collar with her name on and a tag with her home address and number, we are going out and buying her a bed and loads of toys and food tomorrow, we are so happy to have her, taken a thousand pictures already but we have a few problems, we have 3 cats and one 8 year old male yorkie, he has growled at her slightly but overall they just sit there and stare at each other, he is getting sad though I can tell, he is crying and I've wiped tears from his eyes and he is shaking because he is the center of attention in this house, when any one comes here they run straight to max, but now all my cousins and aunts are coming over to see our new dog, everyone has seen her today and she is so happy her tail hasn't stopped wagging, but my dog...he has always been the only dog we have ever had, we have a huge house with 8 bedrooms and only 3 people live here so there is loads of room for her to be here, she has seen every room and is sleeping in her box right now with blankets in my sisters rooms, my mom is worrying as we have never had a bigger sized dog before! over all my cats are really scared and are running from her and putting the hair on the back up, the cats are all siblings and all born in this house, so my dog had to get used to all three of them. she is very shaky, she is getting loads of attention and hugs and kisses, been here for about 7 hours and now she is running around happy as ever! Are there any tips we need! I have just ordered the book "cesear milan: how to raise the perfect dog" on amazon I am so lost right now! I need help! I don't know what to do or how to raise her! I'm so lost! MY BIGGEST FEAR IS FOR MY YORKIE, WE ARE SHOWING HIM LOADS OF ATTENTION SO WE DON'T THINK SHE IS REPLACING HIM, BUT MY BIGGEST FEAR IS HIM TRYING TO REBEL AND RUN AWAY OR DIE OF A BROKEN HEART :( will they get used to each other! if not we will have to give her to my aunt WE HAVE ALREADY TAKEN HER TO THE VETS AND THEY SAID HER HEALTH IS PERFECT. AND THEY TOLD US HER BREED AND AGE!

Is it too soon for another dog? (strictly opinion)? Some background. My boyfriend and I adopted a collie (2.5 yrs old) who was always with another dog, so we decided to adopt another. I found a 9 month old border collie (my boyfriends favorite breed) and we adopted him. They were best friends, always playing with each other, sleeping next to each other, etc. We have had our collie since June '09 and we got our border collie in August '09. We recently lost our border collie to an accident. For a dog who never went into the road or chased cars, its ironic that this is how we lost him. He was only a little over a year old :( We miss him dearly. Wade (the boyfriend) says things that make me think about the situation. For example, "the house is really quiet" "i dont have anything to do". He hardly plays his games with his friends anymore and instead he cleans his house. This is a major thing... he also folds his laundry as soon as its done... somethings wrong with this picture. Another thing is our collie, she doesn't want to play with us anymore and tries getting out of the kennel all day. Wade has been taking her to his parents during the day so she isnt alone and she just lays and sleeps all day. There are other small things that happen, like coming home to a quiet house, no excited puppy to great us. And I used to take him to classes, first it was obedience and we were in agility, but we didn't get to finish because of the accident. Wade used to race up the stairs trying to beat him and there were times he'd just wait till he wasn't paying attention then take off up the stairs, he still lost. I'm a lab person, but I must admit, I've been bitten by the border collie bug. He was the smartest, fastest learning dog ever. He was 9 months when we got him and for all the time before we got him, he was tethered in a bag yard and played fetch with some times during the week. He didn't know anything about sit, stay, wait, play dead. I miss teaching a dog (our collie is 'prissy' and just like shaking) and running with him and doing agility. He would also never leave us alone, he just loved attention and always gave puppy eyes with his head on your lap. Sorry for the run on. Anyway, we had him 4 months and he passed away on Nov. 28th. This is strictly an opinion question due to how individuals feel, their dedication, and their relationships to dogs/pets. Do you think it is too soon to get another? I was just thinking of getting Wade one for his birthday (dec. 24) and Christmas. Update: Wade actually ended up asking me when we were getting another dog. He said he wanted one now. The next day I just told him my plan of buying him one for his birthday/Christmas. (by the way I would have, if I would have went and got one on my own, had the dog by this weekend and we don't have the Christmas celebration at our house. So no real stress would have been put on them). I showed him the dogs I was looking at for him, went and looked, and we brought one home. Hes four months old, traditional black and white. Now we are trying to decide on a name... but I think its going to be Riley/Ryley. Clarification, our last dog wasnt hit from running off, he was hit when he was called home by my boyfriend. I prefer our dogs to be able to run around when one of us is out with them and not be confined or tethered all day. Accidents happen. Also, we know no dog will be the same. They all differ in dispositions and personalities.

Is this dog a Great Pyrenees mix (read all)? My fiance and I bought a dog about 5 months ago. We know that he is a mix breed and a large breed mix, but we aren't entirely sure what kind of breed. I have posted this question before but I didn't add information about him that could have helped tell what breed he is. He looks like a Great Pyrenees besides his color. What do you think? Any ideas are welcome. Keep in mind his size...he is only 6 months old. His Body - - - He is 6 months old and he weighs 56 pounds. He stands about 2 feet tall on all fours. His tail curves nicely and is slightly feathered. He has a very thick coat (very soft, kind of wavy). The fur around his ears looks as though it has been crimped. He has a reddish colored fur and a little bit of black in his tail. His paws are white. His snout is wide and he has a black nose. His eyes are brown and around them, it looks almost like he is wearing eyeliner. His Temperament - - - He has an excellent temperament and is very intelligent (at one month he learned how to sit within a matter of days and was house trained within about two weeks). He has a very independent nature. He is great with other dogs (even smaller ones). He is good with our 20 month old son. He loves playing with us and other animals. He is loving and affectionate when he's not playing or sleeping. When he is in the house, he is calm and collected. Characteristics - - - He seems to get hot very easily, even in cool weather. He drools and slobbers every time he drinks (excessively). He loves snow and cool temperatures. He has a tendency to chew on things and he digs a lot. His Family - - - We bought him from a pet store and all I know is that he had two sisters, one was white and one was black. On his cage it said that he was a Border Collie / Sheltie mix but there is absolutely no way due to his massive size. Body Pictures - - - http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh87/empress-emily/GEDC1503.jpg http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh87/empress-emily/GEDC1502.jpg http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh87/empress-emily/GEDC1501.jpg http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh87/empress-emily/GEDC1499.jpg Head & Face Pictures - - - http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh87/empress-emily/GEDC1394.jpg http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh87/empress-emily/GEDC1393.jpg http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh87/empress-emily/GEDC1392.jpg http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh87/empress-emily/GEDC1500.jpg

House Infested With Mice/Rats!? My house is infested with mice again. Same thing happened around this time last year. My mom is scared of them, but they don't bother me. So, my dog, Huey (he's a jack russell), got a hold of one and injured it and it went into the dryer and we think there's a nest of them in there. So now Huey is digging at the dryer and making a huge racket. And he's barking like he's dying. Er.... I don't want him to KILL them... I want to leave them alone, but my dog won't and my mom is scared of them. There was a baby mouse drowning in the toilet the other night, and my mom screamed and said to get it out of the house. >.< Then I caught it with a net and released it outside. Her friend who is like a scientist or something said they were rats because the ears were pointed. I looked up pictures of rats and there were some with round ears. My mom's friend (her name is lori) then said those ones in the pictures were mice. So which was it? It was about 3 inches long and had a small head (very fluffy) with pointy ears and dark eyes. It's tail was about 4 inches long. So what should I do? How can I catch them all humanly without my dog killing them and then release them into the wild? Any tips? How can I get my dog away from the dryer. It's 12:30 AM and it's dark out and we can't sleep with him making all the noise. There isn't a door to block off the laundry room. The dryer is out of there because we got a new laundry machine, and we were planning on moving it back today, but now my mom is too scared to even step down there. How can I keep my dog away? And as stated, he's a Jack Russell. They're natural hunting breeds... Uh-oh... Please help! My dog eats hard food. And I'm not sure if it was a baby. I just assumed. I think it was an adult. One time a baby mose fell from our house fan (in the ceiling. it's a huge vent) and it was about an inch lng. So maybe it was an adult. I can't get a cat. Ours died last year of feline leukemia and my mom doesn't wnt to have another cat. She had over 12 cats since she bought this house. I don't see why she doesn't want one again, though. I guess she doesn't want them to get sick. Every cat she had was vaccinated and spayed or neutered but they all got cancer and had to be put down except for the last one. He died in his sleep. So we got a dog. Besides, he's a hunting breed anyway. I can't keep him away from down there! Help! I tried to block it off, but he did whatever he could to get down there! It's like when a female dog or cat is in heat! The male stops at nothing to get to it! Only this is with mice! Help! He keeps shoving his face into the ventilation pipe! It's been disconnected so we could get our new washing machine in! What if they are rats, not mice?! I heard that rats attack if cornered! What if they bite his face?! I try to cover the hole up, but he keeps getting it open! Should I put a trap or bait in the pipe? If I do, how would I get it out? What if my dog gets to it? And we are going to reconnect the pipe. Will it kill them when the dryer turns on? What if they lived in there before we disconnected it? We can't cover the other end (it goes to outside the house), because then the rats or whatever will die and won't come out and will stink up the house! How can we get them out? We can't get a new dryer, this ones brand new! Help?

Baby name game...since people like them!? Your name: Lauren Harriet Allen - blonde hair and sparkling green eyes. Your man: Craig Thomas Ford - Messy brown hair and piercing blue eyes. 1. You are 21 and have a great job as a _______. You meet your perfect guy, who is a charming and romantic doctor, called Craig Ford. After 2 years of dating he proposes to you on your birthday - March 7th. Of course, you say ''yes!'' and that summer you are married in a _______, and spend your honeymoon in_____ for ____ weeks/months. 2. a year into your happy marriage you give birth to beautiful twin boys. They look almost exactly like their dad - brown hair and blue eyes, but they have your gorgeous nose! You name them _______ and ______. 3. When the twins are 2 you have another baby! This time a girl, with your blonde hair and green eyes. She has your pixie-sort-of face and she is small and very pretty. You name her _______. 4. The twins are now 5 and your girl is 3, and you find that you are expecting triplets! you realise that your 3 bedroom house will not hold you all! Therefore, you decide to move. You can easily afford it, what with Craig's salary and yours and all. a) where do you move to? b) describe your house. Use pictures if you want! 5. When the triplets are born you have 1 boy and 2 girls - a nice even gender spread now! Non are identical, but they all have piercing blue eyes like their dad. a) the boy triplet has curly blonde hair and his dad's jaw. You name him______. b) the first triplet girl has her dad's brown hair and your pixie-sort-of features. You name her _____. c) the last triplet girl has her dad's brown hair and your jaw line. you name her ______ ---------------------- 6. What are your children's' future jobs, and families if:? a) Both twins love music and start a band. They are the school,populars but not in a big-headed way. i) Twin #1 is an amazing actor and dancer. he is always in shows and has drama, dance, and music lessons 6 times a week. ii) Twin #2 likes acting but is very interested in how all the special effects work, more than anything. b)Girl #1 is very creative. she loves are and creative writing-especially stories. her room is full of sketches and short stories, with which she entertains her siblings continuously. she is great with her brothers and sisters and they love her for her story-telling! c) Triplet boy is a little genius; especially in Science and maths. he also loves history and PE. He's in top set everything and very caring towards others. d) triplet girl #1 love animals, and is always out with the dog __*__. __*__ is a _____(breed of dog). She is also very good and science and dance, and is very popular. e) Your last girl is very sporty! all the boys love her and she is great with kids. She is friendly to everyone and a great friend. Enjoy! me: 1. Paramedic married in our parish church and our honeymoon is in Greece for a week. 2. Twins: Anthony Rowan, and Jacob Luke ''Ant'' and ''Jake'' 3. girl: Felicity Rosalind ''Fel'' 4. A small village close to the town so they can still go to school. The house has quite a big garden for them to play in and a big unused barn which we convert into a ''lounge'' room for them, with pool table and video games. Kitchen diner , 5 bedrooms, old house but lots of light. warm colours 5. triplet boy: Graeme Alexander ''Grae'' triplet girl 1: Evelyn Mae ''Ev'' triplet girl 2: Ava Elizabeth ''Ava'' 6. a) i) Anthony becomes an actor in the west end, and has a boy with his wife Ellen called Austin Peter ii) and his brother directs and choreographs, and has 2 girls with his wife denise called Tina Kira and Grace Olive b) Felicity becomes a top selling author and goes on to write a teen section as well as adult fiction. and has twin boys and a girl with husband Gregory Thyme, called Kieron Nate, B oops it didnt add the last name: Bella Wisteria

BNG!! Who can answer with the best names? 1. You are 22, just out of college. You start working for ___Company name here___. Your first day you can't help but notice how attractive your new boss is. But, you keep it professional and do your job better than most of your coworkers. After 6 months of working for this company you start spending more time with the boss. Helping him with things while it's your break and such. You guys finally go out on a date and you fall head over heals for this man. His name is_______. After just 4 months together he proposes!! You accept and 2 months after that you get married in your hometown. You go on a cruise for your honeymoon. 2. When you get back you find out you are pregnant! You and your husband are so excited. You put the crib together and buy the baby clothes, pick out names, and all other stuff to get ready. Unexpectedly though, the doctor tells you you are having twins! A boy and a girl. Their first names must start with the same letter. Here are your newest additions: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/6620144/2/istockphoto_6620144-my-twins.jpg What do you call them? 3. You didn't think being a mom would be this tough! You haven't slept in weeks and if you have to change one more diaper you might go crazy. But, you love your kids so much. They are a year old now and you decide to have another baby. It takes a little while but you finally get pregnant. It's a girl this time! Just one! You give birth to the cutest little girl you've ever seen. This is her: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3331377/2/istockphoto_3331377-newborn-love.jpg What's her name? 4. The twins are now 3 and the baby is 1. Your husband wants to get a dog. You don't want a big dog around the house because it might hurt the children. So you settle for a small one. What breed is it? You let the twins name it. They name it the silliest thing you can ever imagine, what's the dogs name? 5. Now, the twins are 4 and your daughter is 2. You want more kids so you try for more. Sadly, you can't conceive again. You go to the doctor to get IVF treatments. After 2 tries....still not pregnant. So you decide why not just adopt? There are plenty of children out there looking for a family to love them. The first picture the adoption agency shows you, you feel you have to adopt these kids. They are twins a boy and a girl. They just turned 3. They have been in and out of foster home since birth. You adopt the children and can't believe how smart they are already! Here they are: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/2975000/2/istockphoto_2975000-two-happy-children.jpg What are their names? 6. Your kids are now 4, 4, 3, 3, and 2. Your family is getting bigger and it seems like your house is getting smaller and smaller. With only 3 bedrooms you decide it's time to move! You go online and find the perfect home. With this move the daycare your kids are in will now be too far away to take them to. You have plenty of savings to quit and stay home with the kids if that's what you choose. Or you can enroll them in that really expensive, private school a few blocks away. What do you do? 7. Your kids are now, 6, 6, 5, 5, and 4. Even though you have 5 kids you just can't help but feel like something is missing. You talk to your husband and decide that you both really, really want another child of your own. You go back to the doctor for IVF treatments. It takes a lot visits but you finally get pregnant!! Oh jeez! It's triplets! All boys. 9 months later you have a C-Section and meet your 3 handsome boys. This is them: http://clubs.roanoke.edu/sigmachi/alumni1.jpg Their first names have to all have the same amount of syllables. What are their names? 8.4 years later....kids are 10, 10, 9, 9, 7, 4, 4, and 4. You are definitely done having kids. But the kids want a kitten now. Someone was giving them away so you decided why not? You name the kitten something that means small. Because it is the smallest member of your family. 9. Here are your kids at these ages: Twins at 10: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-7958907-playground.php Adopted Twins at 9: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1115229/2/istockphoto_1115229-brother-and-sister.jpg Girl at 7: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1408738/2/istockphoto_1408738-cute-girl.jpg Triplets at 4: Boy1: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-9596285-happy-little-boy.php Boy2:http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/8804823/2/istockphoto_8804823-preschool-boy.jpg Boy3: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/7315193/2/istockphoto_7315193-little-boy-at-breakfast.jpg

what would you do? craigslist? Ok so i just checked craigslist with a search for puppies and here are 2 adds i came across that are making me kind of angry add 1: They were born on November 8th 3 girls and one boy the mom is full yorkie terrier her hair is short because we keep it trimmed if not it will grow long. She got in heat and got out of our garage and mated with another breed of dog we dont know his breed so because of that we are sellin the puppies for cheaper than they go for. The average full breed terrier puppie go for 400 to 1000, so we are selling ours at a low price. We have 3 girls and one boy he is the white and black, the rest are girls so if u want to buy one of the girls the are goin for $250 O.B.O and the boy is goin for $350 O.B.O. This will be a great christmas for a wife or a small child because the puppies wont get real big so its a great house pet. Contact me via Email and leave your contact info SERIOUS BUYERS ONLY... kdbriggs24@yahoo.com kdbriggs2710@yahoo.com add 2: 9 very cute lovable puppies that are 7 weeks old now. Great Daine Lab mix. all black, some have white on the paws. Big dogs great around children of all ages, easy to train. The mom Is a English Chocolate Lab and the dads a black Great Daine. Were asking 100.00 and we want to keep it at that. They'll make great christmas presents! My email address is where you can reach me best (sturgeongetterjames@yahoo.com) My name is james. Thank you all and Merry Christmas! =) (The pictures are a little old, I havent got around to taking more but, they still look the same just a little bigger. && Thats there mom and them when they were 2 days old.) http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/for/1500979614.html what would you response be to these people? legit: what is your dogs nickname is they have one i did flag the post but it seriously made me wanna vomit that they are trying to sell them as Christmas presents!!!

About a feeding schedule for my Italian Greyhound/Chihuahua mix (pictures included)? We have a Italian Greyhound/Chihuahua cross breed (we got him from the humane society, so no worries about us purchasing him from a BYB haha) and we have been trying to put him on a feeding schedule. From what I have read about IG's and Chihuahua's, he acts more so like an IG. When we get up in the morning, I feed him a mixture of Science Diet and Pedigree canned food, keep the food down for about 45-60 minutes, and whatever he doesn't eat, I pick up and put in the fridge. Later I will put that down for him to eat (with the same restrictions as above). I feed him when we eat to try to cut down on his begging, also, we dont give him people food. Right now he is at my parents house (our lease is almost up on the apartment and a lot of cleaning has to be taken place and we didn't want him around the various fumes) so, like their dogs, he's on a free feed schedule (which i don't like) and it has caused him to gain a little weight. OK, now with that bit of background, would it be ok to just put him back on what we are used to doing with him when we get him back, or is it better to do a slow integration back to what he is used to? Also, will that help to drop down his weight back to what it is supposed to be? I do walk him several times a day (no less than 20 min each, usually about 40 min). Also, I have read that IG's like to eat a lot of small portions through out the day, so would it maybe be better to feed him small amounts three or four times a day? Here are some pictures of Baci (Pronounced Bah-tchee, means "kisses" in Italian) We don't have a collar on him anymore, we keep his tags on a harness and he is ALWAYS on leash when hes outside. My parents live out in the country, so he is outside a lot (always supervised) but they don't keep him on a leash. http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s293/swilder1988/?action=view&current=S5001450.jpg http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s293/swilder1988/?action=view&current=S5001452.jpg http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s293/swilder1988/?action=view&current=S5001453.jpg

Dog aggression (a specific scenario) ? My aunt in China has 3 dogs in her house (a Tibetan Mastiff, A German Shepard, and one other breed, can't remember the name, she's the smallest one of all. We'll call her Dudu). So Dudu came first to the family. Several years later the Mastiff and German Shepard joined the family. At first everything was harmonic until one day... Ok... so when my uncle comes home everyday he greets the 3 dogs in order and he always picks up Dudu first. However, one day he came home a little drunk and greeted the German Shepard first (the shepard somehow got in front of Dudu. Dudu was jealous and bit the German Shepard. That angered the German Shepard and she first bit my uncle and then all 3 dogs plus 2 people (my aunt and uncle) got into a fight (yea, picture that). So ever since then every time the German Shepard sees Dudu she will attack and bit Dudu like crazy. Poor Dudu now has wounds everywhere. My aunt has no other choice but to separate the two (Dudu inside the house, Shepard outside). I wonder, for all the animal behavior experts out there... can the Shepard's behavior be corrected? I know that they are not willing to give up neither of them. But can they live happily ever again? This is why I only have a Bengal cat in the family. No dog fights. =P Thanks! I think it's 100% jealousy. My uncle goes on business trips a lot so when he is not home my aunt is the only one breaking off the fight. According to her the fights are pretty intense. Therefore I don't think a water gun will solve the problem. I'll def ask her to try though (but I think she's too scared to let the 2 dogs meet each other again now). All 3 dogs are female.

Akita Inu and American Akita? I am debating whether i should adopt a german shepherd pup or Akita inu . THere is a big difference between the Akita Inu and American Akita . Most of the websites i visited, had them put as 1 breed . I consider them different breeds and i would like only an expert on The differences to tell me what an Akita inu is like . I have a pretty good picture of what an American akita is like , and i dont want an American Akita , they'r too aggressive . My second choice is a German shepherd . i was hoping to adopt an Akita inu for its amazing loyalty , beautiful fox like appearance , intelligence and size . I want a life long companion TT.TT evan though i know i'll lose my friend in about 15 years. D: . But i cant find much of the Akita inu's characteristics that arent combined and mixed up with an American Akita as one , they're certainly not the same breed . Can some one please tell me What an Akita inu's common behavior and personality traits are? If your not an expert at knowing the differences between and Akita inu and American Akita , dont answer this question then , experts only . I have 2 small children in my house hold , so i need a family friendly dog . The children's ages are 5 and 7 . I want the best possible choice of dog for me and my family . Would a German shepherd be better for me and my Family or an Akita inu (not American Akita) ? Whats an AKita inu's characteristics and personality traints and background info ?? (experts only)

What breed of dog do you think this is (pictures)? Ok so my dog is definitely a mix but I'm not sure of what. It is definitely a herding dog because it try to heard people, other dogs, cats and cars and probably a Terrier. Here's a few pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/64904270@N06/?saved=1 I know they're not the best of pictures you if you need to, request more and I'll try to get some better ones. About her: We got her a little over a year ago so that I can have my own, personal dog (I'm her owner and I'm 13) and to be a play companion to a puppy we got about 4 months before. We found her on petfinder.com in this beautiful rescue. Her name was Belle. She was in this rescue for about 6 months and they turned down applications before ours. They figured that she was 6 months when she was dropped off at the rescue because she grew alot. So she was a year when we got her. Now, she's been with us for over a year. She is best friends with our dog we got her to be a playmate for (now a 2 yr. old cairn terrier/ poodle mix) and she also gets along with our 12 year old lab. She does ok with our Siamese cat but sometimes wants to play or heard her. But I don't risk getting my guinea pigs out around her because we think she's part terrier. She loves to go riding in the car. In fact, we just took her on vacation to Tennessee for a week which was a 7 hr. drive and she was "co-pilot" the whole time. She needs alot of exercise and attention to keep her busy. We take her on at least one half hour walk, let Her play in the yard for an hour and take her on a good ride everyday. I believe she's smart but stubborn. She knows sit, lie down, roll over, stay, come and jump. She learned those well but we can't teach much else like high-5 like our other dogs. She was hard to potty train at first though. But sometimes if we leave her at the house she poops but we think it's a separation/anxiety issue. We are also teaching her agility which she loves and is good at because she can jump high. She can sometimes be grumpy if you try to pick her up so I'm not sure how she would be with smaller childern but if she sees one when we are out walking she gets all excited and wags her tail and gives them alot of kisses on their hands. She doesn't bite or anything though. But she isTerritoriall sometimes andguardss me. She is a good watch dog and will give a warning bark if someone or something is in our yard but if you tell her ok she usually stops. She lovesCompanyy but will bark at them too, until you tell her ok and she smells them and checks them out. Her looks: She has thick, wirey fur that is water proof because she swims and dries easily. It is mostly black with some brownish-redish hair on her face, legs and underside of tail. Her hair also has a few grey and white in it were the black is. She is a small dog. She's short but long like a corgi and weighs about 20 lbs. Any guesses on what breeds she is? Some people say corgi, welsh terrier and jack russel. Some people even think she looks like a little German sheppard lol. I don't think she's a yorkie like alot are saying. She's is not toy...I think the pictures are making her seem much smaller...I'll try to upload better ones later. We've tried many times to google pictures like cairn/ corgi mix but she looks nothing like what comes up lol. And she is a herding dog because she herds many things and other animals by nipping at their feet until she gets them to go were she wants them. She also appears to "be wearing pants" like herding dogs. And she focuses on things like border collies do.

How to train an Australian Cattle Dog not to grab, bite and snap?!? Well it's been about a year now, I responded to a very sad post here on Y!A about an ACD in my area that was going to be put to sleep that night. Her picture made me so sad and of course I was on my way to get her the next day. The plan was to take her to my vet and get her leg fixed (it appeared broken and my vet was going to contribute some of the fee for charitable cause) then we were going to take her to a no kill animal shelter to find a home. Well, my mom who already has 1 large black lab and a black lab mix got attached to this dog within a couple days and ended up keeping her. At first it wasn't on purpose, we couldn't find a no kill shelter to take her. Then I found the dog a home and my mom refused to give her up so I guess that means she was attached! This is both good and bad...if you know ACD's, they're a herding breed and can be aggressive and bite/nip if they are not properly trained. This dog was NOT properly trained, and she has bad cataracts which is a flaw that is usually eliminated with good breeders, but obviously she is not that old and has the eye problems as well. She did bite my mom 2 times, once when she was breaking up a fight between all 3 dogs then another time where she was trying to drag her into a crate by her collar, the dog snapped and bit her finger. Whenever we have company over, the dog has to be locked in a room because we can't trust that she won't snap at someone or steal food out of their hands. She was going to have her put to sleep because we didn't want to risk her really snapping and hurting a child when they come over, etc. I was very sad about it but I knew that she was not safe to be around if she continued that behavior and my trust for her future behavior would never be there. Anyways, here we are about a year later. My mom still has her. Her name is Shelby..anyways, she jjumps up in the air if you're holding a piece of food, a dog toy, just about anything she wants. She snaps and doesn't have any regard for biting your hand in the process. She also thinks its ok to sit by you when you eat a meal and steal food off of your plate. She has a room at the house which she claims as her own. My mom had to put a gate up and lock her in the room whenever she has a rawhide or treat because she is also very food aggressive and she will get in fights or attack the other dogs if they come near her. She barks uncontrollably whenever she sees the other dogs getting any attention or food. The smaller of the labs gets bullied by her sometimes but they also play together nicely sometimes. The bigger of the labs doesn't get along with her too well, the lab as put her in her place a few times and pinned her on the ground when she got aggressive with either her or the smaller lab. Is there any way to fix these behaviors? She has to be somewhere between 3-5 years old the vet estimates. She was found near an area with farms so she may have been a working farm dog prior to us finding her. She was wearing no collar and was poorly cared for. My mom is going to keep her no matter what now. But is there a way besides hiring a dog trainer to work on her behavior? My mom already hired a dog trainer and it didn't do much good, so I know she won't do it again. Advice? My parents do spend a lot of time outside with her, playing frisbee, fetching, and she also likes to round up the labs like they are cattle or something lol...but the labs don't like having their ankles nipped at. They run in circles all day. But I agree she would be better as an only dog, the problem is that now she's bitten and knowing this, if we re-home her and she bites, we could personally be sued :/ Also I don't live with my parents so I can't contribute to this as much, I'm just wondering if I can help with the situation so they don't live the next 10 years of her life in misery!

fox wild animal, is it dangerous scared? i am scared i live in new york city which is an urban area. there really are no wild animals here and any wild animal sightings here are rare. the normal animals that usually habitat outside my home are birds,pigeons,squirells,cats,dogs, and mice ocasioally theres A SKUNK OR A RACOON HERE. but thats about it any other animal here either wandered from far away or escaped a zool. ive never really seen a very wild animal close up outside of a zoo. the only one ive seen without a fence or gate between us was a racoon. the racoons near us have rabies so we avoid them; anyways my house is in a tree lines street and theres some small wooded areas but still there is no animal habitat there. only birds and squirells live in the trees. but we do live near the suburbs which leads to upsate an hour or 2 drive away and there are natural wild animal habitats and mountains and forests.but over here its urban and civlized and theres a shopping center a few blocks from my home anyways yesterday i looked outside the window and i saw a baby fox in my backyard in the grass by the tree. i know a fox when i see a fox. it had a snout and it had pointy ears and a bushy tail. this was not a cat or dog but it looked the size of a cat. it looked cute and the fur was half white and half light orange. so i looked on the computer to double check if what i saw was a fox and yes it was a fox, every picture i looked at looked like the thing i saw outside. anyways i saw the fox and it started to wander off into the neighbors backyard. i called animal control and they said they cant help i dont have experience dealing with foxes. ive never seen one in person before. but i know what i saw was a fox and not any breed of dog or cat. but it was a baby and maybe there is a fox family nearby if its A BABy it cant be alone. are foxes dangerous? im scared. do they hibernate? what do they eat? will it kill me? how dangerous is it, do they attack humans. i think this used to be their natural habitat 200 years ago but trees were chopped down and a neighborhood was built. i live in a scenic neighborhood with many hills of grass by a river. but its still urban and theres alot of houses and buildings and paved streets, were right next to a highway just 3 blocks away anyhow how dangerous are foxes, what do i do if i see one/ run? or play dead? should i yell at it? what if it has rabies will it attack me? is it safe to go out at night. half of my backyard is very dark and theres bushes and many trees in my backyard. will it attack me if i walk in the dark wooded area by the back of my house can foxes climb? and how high? can it climb my house? or break into a window. we have had racoons come into the attick by breaking into the crawlspace by the roof, will a fox do this too? do foxes and racoons get along? are racoons afraid of foxes'? what do they eat? have foxes ever killed people? how do they kill people?are their teeth as sharp as a shark? or a dog? im really scared and i know nothing about foxes except for what they look like, whats the behavior of foxes? ps. dora the exlorer teaches nothing on foxes ps. im a woman in my mid 20s who admits they used to watch dora the exlorer in the last few years as a grown adult will yelling ?"swiper no swipey " help? lol seriousely what do i do ? im scared ive never had to come in contact with a fox before. and i know it will hang around mu backyard because we have the largest and most wooded backyard on the street in the area. animals such as racoons tend to stick here and hang around here at night and during the day i forgot to mention, i was attacked by a wild animal a few years ago that had rabies. i had to get rabies shots and almost died. im an animal lover. i love most animals except scary ones such as snakes,bats,tigers,wolves etc. anything that can harm a person i love cats and used to foster cats. i always talk to the neighbors cat. i have been bit by cats and they cant harm you, its just a nip but i am completely q stranger to foxes,coyotes,wolves,mountain lions etc..i hear the name and i jump. it seems scary., the names sound scary but i have no experience with these animals or seeing any of them i have nothing against foxes. i just know nothing about them and dont want to get bit by another wild animal. ive never seen one in person before ever. maybe if i grew up around them or had experience i wouldnt be afraid and yes even cute animals can attack and kill you if they get scared or feel confused such as a rabid animal. the fox was very cute, and no animal control didnt do anything. i just wanted them to trap the fox without hurting it and drive it to the woods, forest where all the other animals live. im terrified when i come home at night theres racoons hanging out and bats in the backyard and it creeps me out. i had a racoon waiting for me by my side door when it was dark. scared me alot. i would never harm an animal. i just dont except them to be here and want them to go live somewhere else where there is a more natural habitat or a more wooded area. a patch of trees among a busy filled neighborhood with small children and pets around isnt good. there are no fruit trees here either. just acorns for squirells its a baby fox the size of a small cat, what if the baby goes near me and the mother is watching and thinks im hurting the baby and charges at me im scared. i need reassurance. i love animals alot. im just not willing to be bitten by another one and go through that again and go to the hospital the only animals i want to go up to right now and domesticated ones like dogs and cats the fox i saw was very cute and pretty by the way. but i cant trust my eyes when it comes to safet. looking cute dosnt mean it cant attack you. althoguh i would like to pet it, i will not its not my property. its my parents property and im a handicapped adult. so im having some living arrangement trouble right now and trying to figure out a different living arrangement. dont bash me. you dont understand. i was an aspiring vetirenerian before i became handicapped. but because of trauma from being bitten by a wild animal when i was younger i cannot do that now and i almost died. im terribly allergic to the rabies shots. i had trouble breathing and broke out all over my skin. they told me i cannot get bitten again by any other animal because if i need rabies shots ever again then i might die from the shots so i am taking appropriate precaution to not die. what if it is dangerous and i get bitten, i cannot fend for myself or run. so i am vulnerable. if i get bitten i wont be able to check it for the rabies and then ill need rabies shots and i could get more sick and die from them. so i am being appropriately concerned. i have nursed cats back to health before i got injur injured and became handicapped. i have done alot for animals and i love them but if you were bitten and almost lost your life and your life is at risk if you get bit again you will become picky on what animals you chose to interact with dont scream at me, wait till you get bitten. then you will become all paranoid about strange animals youve never seen before

Vet put my dog Boomer to sleep Christmas eve morning? I found my dog Boomer when he was a little puppy walking next to the highway at 1am June 5,1995. He was not only my best friend I feel he was my only friend for 14 1/2 years. He was with me 24/7 and rode shotgun with me all the time in my pickup. He was getting crippled up with arthitis and now I know he was having strokes because he began getting vicious with me. I spared no expense for dog food "Innova" and vet care. He was getting harder and harder to give him his medication and I was hoping it was just a bad cold he had and couldn't smell his food. I always gave it to him in soft dog food, but the last week he didn't want his regular dog food so I bought hamburgers that I knew he liked, that worked for about 5 days. I took him to the Vet Christmas eve morning and the Vet said he must have had a stroke because he wasn't the same sweet dog we know be cause he was trying to bite both of us. He had to sudate him in my pickup front seat while I held his head with a pillow to keep him from biting. After about 10 minutes the vet came back outside and gave him the overdose shot they give to stop his heart and put him to sleep while I held him. After the Vet went back into his Clinic, I looked at Boomer and fell appart crying like a baby telling him I was so sorry for putting him to sleep. I cried really hard all the way home with him. I'm crying now as I type this. I'm a 52 year old man that has suffered from depression most of my life. Boomer helped me a lot with that with his constant companionship. My depression has pretty much kept me from having a normal life and Boomer was the only dog I've ever had and I can not stand his loss. If it were not that I had to take care of my 84 year old mother that in dementia, I think I would leave this world. But I can't do that to my mother. I promised myself a long time ago that I would keep my mother from going in a nursing home and that I would take care of her till her death. Right now thou I'm terribly grief stricken. Luckily I have medication that helps me but I worry I might take to much in my grief. It's about 25 degrees out and I just went for a walk wearing short pants and house shoes. I didn't notice the cold till I walked a few blocks, I was crying most of the time. I'd post a picture of Boomer if I knew how here. He was a mixed breed. He looked like a small St. Bernard, he never got more than about 65 pounds. He was so beautiful. Everywhere I went people would comment about him being so beautiful, even in his old age. He never got to looking like an older dog. I read where writing my feelings about Boomer helps, I hope so.

What should I do about this renting situation? We moved into a large apartment complex Oct 1 2009. Pets are allowed but they do have breed restrictions. we have a mixed dog..Rotti and Lab. He is 4 years old and around 80 pounds. When we first moved in we didn't bring him to the apartment because we weren't sure how he'd do in a smaller space. He is living in the country with a friend. Well we decided to bring him home and see how he'd do. He was great! Very calm and acted perfect. Well someone complained that we had a Rotti. We immediately took him back to our friends house. Last week we talked to the property manager and she said to let her meet our dog and make a decision. Well we went and got him and she said no he looks too much like a rotti. We accepted that and took him back to our friends house. Well the other day I saw a lady with a very large Pitt bull (also not allowed) and another lady with 2 Rotti's (but they still have their tails) and a man with an English Bulldog (also not allowed). This irritated me but I kept quiet. Yesterday I went to the mail box and saw the property manager sitting in the courtyard playing with the English Bulldog...hello that dog is on the NO list!!! I feaked out and called the office and spoke with a leasing agent. She said they know the other dogs are there and couldn't give me an explanation as to why they can be there. My question is...what would you do? What can I do? I want to go get my dog because what is fair for 1 should be fair for all. I understand we could be evicted and we are planning on moving when our lease is up. Our rent is always paid on time and we never have any complaints against us. I have pictures of the other dogs. If they do evict us could we go to court and try to fight it? Shouldn't the other tenants get evicted as well? What exactly are my rights? The other dogs are not grandfathered in. We already checked into that. These are dogs that came after we had already signed our lease. Like 4 months after we signed ours. We are in the process of filing a discrimination suit as we speak. UPDATE!!!! Just talked to the regional manager...there is no such thing as grandfathered in at this complex. Any dog on the list when the breed restriction started has to go at the end of their lease. Tons of people are going to be out!!! Leases are not going to be renewed for those people!!! HAHAHAHA

Is a local shelter allowed to take my dog for an unjustified reason? My dog Kayla is one year old. She has been described by numerous veterinarians as recently as July 5th to be very healthy and in excellent athletic condition. She is 47 lbs. (approx.20 kilos?) is described as a medium sized mutt. We are not aware of her mix or main breed. She snapped her tether in the back yard today and ran off. We looked for her for hours, calling her name and squeaking her favorite toys. Finally, tired, hopeless, and desperate, we called the animal shelter behind my house, which will go unnamed to prevent the spread of a bad reputation. They had confiscated her hours earlier, thinking she was abandoned (yet they failed to call the number on her tags) and had been ready to put her up for adoption when we called. When they realized it was our dog, the volunteer on the phone chastised us because Kayla looked too skinny, and persisted to bombard my mother with insults ranging from "despicable human beings" to "psychotic animal killer" and she even went so far as to utter antisemitic slurs. What puzzles me about this is that if Kayla is an unknown mix, who's to say that she could be part Greyhound, or Weimeraner, or a small breed that doesn't weigh as much? The problem that I adressed in my question is this: the shelter has proceeded to confiscate our dog "indefinately" and cut off all contact between Kayla and her home. I was wondering if this is a justified measure, or even legal? Please share your thoughts on whether we were at fault, or the shelter, and dd what you ould do in the situation. If you want to see a picture of Kayla, follow this link: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/photo.php?pid=220198&id=1617843435 in respnse to Schnauzermom, tethering her without supervision is the equivilent of an electric fence for people who cannot afford one. she is never out alone for more then 5 minutes and she is only on the tether as a precaution so that she doesn't make in the house when we are unable to walk her. but thanks for your concern. I though I had made this very clear, but in response to BulliesRock, we have never left Kayla on her tether for more then 20 minutes at a time, and it is the same as an electric fence. Also, our phone number was clearly printed on her ID tag. It seems I made a mistake in my original explaination. When I said they were all ready to put her up for adoption, I didn't mean it literally. I meant that they had made it seem like she was just another stray even though she had a collar on, and they had a place for her set up. I am sorry for any misinformation.

am i right about this ??? this is either a puppy mill or a back yard breeder. my cousin bought a puppy and ..? ok so last night my cousin came over to share the news that he bought a puppy ( like i care about it) i dont have a good relationships with him so he told me that he will have this puppy next week it will be delivered to him i dont know if it iwll be flown over or if the "breeder" will drive it here anyways he paid 300$ for a chihuahua x terrier mix and when he said that he got a mix breed for 300$ i laughed cause no AKC breeder breeds mutts and sells them for 300$ he said that it has all the shots and is de-wormed and that it has papers and quite frankly i don't buy that crap . the person that sells those puppies sent him some picture and it looks like a mutt like you dont have any idea what is it it looks nothing like chihuahua terrier mix but more of a like a German pincher or a mini pin but there were 5 other puppies laying in like a doggy bed with the b.tch i told him that its either a puppy mill dog or from a BYB from the pictures it looked really nice i also told him that for a 300$ you would have a great dog from the shelter that already is spayed or neutered, has all vaccinations and is probably house broken and he said that he doesnt want any mutt from the street that those dogs are "bums " and that there are no small breeds at the shelters so he would rather buy a dog from a pet store ( i know puppy mill dogs ) he doesn't even know what that is he said that its like a prison where dogs are killed and there is no way in hell that those nasty looking dogs are sold in pet stores so i just gave up arguing with him as it didn't made any sense its like talking to the wall the puppy is from Minnesota and he lives in NYC and thats its a private breeder

any idea of the breed? The small female pup was dropped outside my house this afternoon and i came home to her and decided to that i am going to keep her anyone have any ideas what breed she may be? i know she most likely is a mixed breed but i cannot match her to any dogs i know of thank you for any help in advance pictures are posted at the link below . http://www.psychotic-desires.com/junemarie/

What would you name your kids in these situations? This BNG is long, so good luck :) You are 19/20 years old and in your second year of college studying to be a 1)_______, when you meet a man a year older named 2) _____ _____ _____. He asks you on a date and it oes really well. After you are dating for about 4 years, and you are both done with school, he proposes! You say yes and 10 months later you have a beautiful wedding in 3)_______, and a wonderful honeymoon in 4)_______. About a 3 months after you get married you find out your pregnant! The babies gender is a surprise so his first name is a name that is for a boy or a girl. 8 months later you give birth to a beautiful girl! Her middle name is your middle/first name. She is 5) _____ _____. When your daughter is a couple months old you begin to run out of room in your apartment, so you buy a house. It is in 6) ________ and looks like 7) ________. A year goes by and your husband wants a son, so you try again. You soon get pregnant with twins! A boy and a girl. They have first names that have to do with family members, and they have the same middle initial. They are 8)_____ _____ and 9) _____ _____. 2 years after the twins are born, your husband dies in a plane accident. You become pretty depressed, but 3 months after he passes you found out you are 4 months pregnant! Even thought you didn't know you were pregnant for the first couple months, you give birth to a healthy baby girl. She has her fathers eyes, and reminds you of him, so her first name is the feminine version of his, her middle name is a flower. She is 10) _____ _____. Another 2 years go by and you get the kids 2 dogs. The are 11) _____ (breed) and there names are 12) _____ and _____. 2 years later, you meet a man named 13) _____ _____ _____, and his kids from a previous marriage, 14)_____ _____ (Boy, 7 years old) and 15) _____ _____ (Boy, 11 years old). You really like each other and start dating. After only going out for 18 months he proposes and you say yes. You have a small, but, wonderful wedding in 16) ______ and honeymoon in 17) _______. Him and his kids move in to a new bigger house with you and your kids in the same town that looks like 18) _____. 1 year after your wedding, you suprisingly find out you are pregnant with identical twin girls! There first names have to be states and there middle names have to be months. They are 19) _____ _____ and 20) _____ _____. The End!!!! If you want, give pictures, tell sports they do, there jobs when they're adults, there apperance, and anything else!

Why won't my background color show up?? HTML? For a silly computer class project. Here is my code. <html> <head><h1><b>BOXERS ROCK!! </b></h1><hr> <title> Everyone should love one...</title> </head> <body> <body bg color="hotpink"> <align left><img src="C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Pictures\cuteyoungboxer.jpg" width="260" height="220" /> <br /> <p1> Boxer's are one of America's favorite breeds. So it was no surprise when a boxer won <br /> on the first season of <i> America's Greatest Dog </i> on CBS. Known for their presistently<br /> puppy-like nature and their characteristicly "smushed" boxer snout, this breed is sure to <br /> win the heart of anybody who knows one.<br /> </p1> <br /> <p2> From personal experience, I can certainly say that boxers can be VERY well trained, housebroken, <br /> happy and well adjusted animals. I have also seen instances where this is not the case. <br /> Irresponsible pet owners can raise "bad" boxers. I say "bad" with quotation marksbecause I am a <br /> firm believer that there are no bad boxersonly bad dog owners. Boxers do require a good amount <br /> of attention and excercise. They are very athletic dogs who needa place to run free (a back <br /> yard will do). I have witnessed on many occassions, my boxer, Moose, in the back yard running <br /> what seemed like laps in the back yard. He was getting out his pent up energy. He does spend <br /> about 3-4 hours per dayin a kennel. And boxers actually do very well in kennels, but not for<br /> prolonged periods of time. <br /> </p2> <br /> <p3> Despite their energetic nature, boxers also make very good house pets, when properly cared for. <br /> When allowed sufficient excercise at appropriate times, boxers will be very calm indoors.Left <br /> alone in a home, a well-trained boxer may simply sleep all day, however it may end up being a <br /> nap taken on your couch! <br /> </p3> <br /> <p4> The boxer breed is named for its playfullness. "Boxer" refers to the fact that when play-fighting<br /> they will paw at you with their front paws, much like they are boxing. It is an endearing trait,<br /> however with small children around you will first want to acclaimate your boxer to understand how<br /> to behave with children. You can do this by frequently introducing the dog to children and always <br /> encouraging a calm soothing energy so the dog will not be excited by small children. It will amaze you <br /> how quickly the dogs will pick up on this signal and even become protective of children. This is yet<br /> another reason why boxers are excellent family pets.<br /> Plus, they are so DARN cute!!! </p4> <br /> <align left><img src="C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Pictures\cuteboxerpuppy.jpg" width="200" height="220" /> < </body> </html>

Are Akitas good Pets? So I recently was given a puppy as our last dog had died a couple months before and this was a rescue pup. I got him at 5 weeks old he was young I know but I have raised pups before. We didn't know what breed he was as the mother of the puppy was dumped at some ones house and had had puppies we thought he was a lab at first because he was lovely yellow but now he is getting a darker back pattern and his tail curls over onto his back. So I know for a fact that the pup now named Gunner is not a full bred Akita but I saw pictures of one and he looks much like them. I am curious as I have heard mixed reviews as I research this breed. My household has other dogs, small animals, and children. I don't know what his personality is yet since he is only 7 weeks now he seems a loving pup he gets rowdy when playing with our other dogs but I think that is just because he is a baby still and he needs to be knocked in line by other dogs. So I just want some opinions as I would like to keep Gunner and I just want to know if I should truly be concerned.

Border-line puppy mill? This girl I know has a dog kennel business. She has about 40 adult dogs locked up in cages. The cages arent too small or anything and they have a dog house in the cage for shelter. She feeds them and makes sure they get vet care and shots, etc. But what I have a problem with is that 1) they get no exercise. 2) they are just for breeding. She starts breeding them as soon as they are old enough and breeds them as soon as they are ready again after they have the puppies. 3) She takes the puppies away from the mother when they are only 3-4 weeks old and sells them. I know its not what people picture as a "puppy mill" but isn't this kind of getting close? She is selling like 200 puppies a year. It is strictly for the money and not for the love of the dogs.

Does anyone own a Cane Corso????????? Or have you ever owned one? I am getting a three year old female from a friend of mine who has ended his breeding program. She has been socialized well with children, (I have three ages 11, 8, and 3), but am still a little leary as she is huge (97 lbs), and I will have to house train her as she has been kept in a outside dog run all her life. I have two small mini schnauzers, (9lbs and 14lbs), will she do ok with them? I know all dogs are different, but how are the breed standards with other pets? Any advice? Please dont send links as I have probably already read it as I like to do my homework, but I am looking for stories and advice from owners, or previous owners. Also any one have pictures of their Cane Corso???? Thanks a million!!!!!!

Should i get a Doberman Pinscher? want another dog a mideum size dog . my dad will buy one but is this the right breed for me. i already have a 5 year old male Shi Tzu small dog but i want a Doberman Pinscher. i live in a two story house pretty big, but i have a back yard but no fence . i want this two year old MALE doberman at a shelter where i live in florida seems pretty nice in the picture. but do you think this doberman will fight with my shi tzu my shi tzu kind of barks at people and dogs he doesnt know . i will train this doberman to be good i will do whatever it takes for this doberman to be good . so im asking you guys should i get a Doberman Pinscher. oh and by the way how do you get there ears to stand up if i dont get a Doberman Pinscher then i want a Boxer so which one should i get>>>???? by the way my dad dont got enough money for a fence now just got back from vacation

should i get a doberman Pinscher puppie >? want another dog a mideum size dog . my dad will buy one but is this the right breed for me. i already have a 5 year old male Shi Tzu small dog but i want a Doberman Pinscher. i live in a two story house pretty big, but i have a back yard but no fence . i want this two year old MALE doberman at a shelter where i live in florida seems pretty nice in the picture. but do you think this doberman will fight with my shi tzu my shi tzu kind of barks at people and dogs he doesnt know . i will train this doberman to be good i will do whatever it takes for this doberman to be good . so im asking you guys should i get a Doberman Pinscher. oh and by the way how do you get there ears to stand up if i dont get a Doberman Pinscher then i want a Boxer so which one should i get>>>???? . by the way my dad dont got enough money for a fence now just got back from vacatio and 1 more thing does anyone know where to get a doberman puppie in florida or a boxer puppie>>???

What Breed Do You Think Bubba Was? My first ever dog was my Bubba! I was only a few hours old when I met him, he turned out to be 250lbs! huge! I use to ride him like a horse! literally! I was so tiny and he was so big, he was like the pony every girl wanted for Christmas :P I loved him very much! of course him being so large, and large breeds don't live long, he only lived to be 8. Making me 8 when he passed. I am 21 so that was quite some time ago. Well my mom got him out of a box of free puppies. She had NO clue how big he was about to get. My dad knew tho, the first time my mother brought him home my dad goes "omg honey! look at his paws, there the same size as my fist!" My dad is a big guy and Bubba was only about 8 weeks old when we got him. My dad was shocked to see how big his paws where! Bubba reminds me of the story/kids show "Clifford The Big Red Dog" The story talks about how they got a small puppy that kept growing and growing till he couldn't fit in the house anymore - same thing with Bubba! he got so big that he had to live in the backyard, don't even get me started on the size of his poops! yikes! Anyway I remember when my dad use to walk him, this neighbor with rottweilers was so proud of his tough dogs, I remember my dad walking Bubba and they came walking up to the neighbor, and his rottweiler turned around practically dragging his owner down the street! Bubba scared the living hell out of everyone including other dogs! thats how big he was. But he was such a gentle giant and loved us so much! If my dad ever raise his voice at us, Bubba would get up and growl! he was probably the best dog, I have ever had. Anyway, I'm sharing my life story! Sorry about that :P It was good thinking about those memories again. Anyway now to the point: What do you think he is mixed with? We are certain he is an English Mastiff mix. He had the same head piece and coloring as a Mastiff and not to mention the size! I actually think he is pure English Mastiff. But not so sure, this is probably the worst photo to provide, but its all I got. I took a photo of a photo :P and yes thats me! hehe... http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/ss124/LovethyChihuahua/Bubamyfirstdog.jpg Geez now taking a second look! No one could guess his mix, the pic is just to blurry. Darn it! Well if you somehow can see him, and have any idea of what he might have been, please tell me what you think, thank you! Since it is such a bad picture, how about, you tell me a little something about your first dog! Id love to hear :) Thank you!

Are oldenglish sheepdogs a good family breed? Okay so i live in san antonio texas with my wife and 11 year old daughter. We have 4 dogs at the moment. A female pug, a male chihuahua, a male pitbull, and a male lab. and 2 male cats that hang around the house.The male pitbull is very old (over 10 years) he already lost his eyesight and i am sure he is going to pass soon. So me and my wife are looking at big dog breeds and my daughter has always wanted a long furr dog and she showed me this picture http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/738/20022563.JPG is this a good breed for our family? The grooming is fine, and my brother is professional dog trainer. but will it be able to get along with my famiy and 3 other dogs?(2 small ones). and 2 cats?

Who do you report animal abuse/neglect to when the police won't do anything about it? My family and I live in a very small, rural town. The police here don't really care about anything unlawful unless it's going to get them a big story in the local newspaper. My mother and I know something bad is going on at a house outside of town. The people that live at the house have numerous Bichon Friese dogs and they are in poor health. Female dogs are bred numerous times a year, and are shut up in a hot shed while they are nursing their puppies. Our dog groomer even has pictures of one of the dogs who had a collar embedded into its neck and one who had a large, oozing sore in its side - and of course, neither of the injuries were checked out by a vet. We have called the police and even talked to the county sheriff about this numerous times, and they always say they will call back to get information, like the address of the house and whatnot, but they never do. It's been weeks since we first called about the neglect and still nothing has been done. My mother and I are very worried about these poor little dogs who are obviously not getting the care they need, but the local authorities won't do anything about it. What do we do? We've called the humane society and animal control and they won't do anything about it either. They come up with reasons like it's out of their jurisdiction, or we need to talk to the police, etc.

I'm about to buy a puppy dog can some one help me out? http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t282/aznbball4lyfe/austalia.jpg its a chihuahua mixed with something else, based on this picture can somebody tell me what dog type this is chihuahua with what other breed. i want to potty train the dog early on what can i do so it does pee and poop inside the house? what can i do to teach it to not pee and poop inside the house? Any tips would really help i have 2 dogs and its really hectic to keep them from peeing and pooping in the house? the label said its small breed mixed with something that pic is only 2 months old. thanks guy!

what do you think? Puggle or labbe? Hi I have owned a labrador and a german shepard before and now me and my new wife are looking for our first dog together. She likes labrador's and i like all breeds but although our first house together has a large back garden the house its self isnt quite big enough for a lab. one of my friends has a puggle however and i read about the labbe or beagador as some call itand liked the idea of that as i am to understand they are just as close to a miniture lab as you can get. I dont agree with designer dogs bred on order but i do think mutts like these (as long as they are from reputable households or breeders) are every bit as good as a pedagree as it is a family pet we are after and not a show dog. I also looked at the boglen terrier but from what i have read they can be a little agressive towards children. any owners of a boglen teriier fell free to set me right on this. i know it most probibly is depentent on how it was raised but a little insite could be good. Can anyone tell me which dog would sound like the closer option for least amount of shedding and smaller of the two once fully grown, puggle/labbe? also any owners of either do you have any pictures? thank you very much, john.

what do you think happens to puppies who don't sell in petshops? URGENT!? this is what i heard You may have asked yourself “What happens when Pet Stores do not sell the puppies?”, I am going to tell you the true answer, but first let me tell you the wrong answer. The wrong answer is one given when somebody recently posted this question on the Internet (no surprise getting the wrong answer on the Internet). The question asked “What happens to the puppies that Pet Stores cannot sell?”. One person replied that they had asked this at a store and were told “We take them back to where we get them and they euthanize them.”. Now, I have to tell you, in all my years in the pet industry I have never once heard of this happening – and logically it wouldn't ever happen, here is why: Pet stores pay for pups, then pay to have them vaccinated, checked and dewormed. Pet stores then greatly inflate the cost of the puppies, knowing that if one doesn't sell quick they can lower the price many, many, times before reaching a point where they are not making profit. Some pet stores are part of a chain, if a pup doesn't sell in one location, they can move it to another. If they could not sell a pup, even for a break even price, they would rather give it away, than return it to their supplier, because eventually a supplier would not be willing to work with that store if they kept getting unsold pups returned. If they needed, for any reason, to return the pup to their supplier (generally a Puppy Mill) the supplier would NOT euthanize it, they would use it as a breeding animal themselves. The suppliers are in the business to make profit by breeding animals, euthanizing animals is not profitable. A veterinarian would not be so willing to euthanize puppies left, right, and sideways, simply because it did not “sell”, there are plenty of rescue groups that willingly take small dogs, which most pet store pups are. Even in cases where pet stores get pups from animal shelters (see below) they are not automatically euthanized when returned to a shelter. Shelters give puppies a long time to get adopted, the stay at the pet store might only be a small part of their time up for adoption. Once a shelter has had a puppy vaccinated and so forth, they are in no rush to kill it. Very likely the pet store employee was telling the girl this fib in an effort to get a sale. By making the person feel like pets' life is in danger, they force the person to make a rash decision, “Buy the puppy.”. Pet Stores are not highly ethical, they don't do home checks to make sure the animals are well placed, they let people pay for pets on “credit”, they seldom talk people out of buying a breed not suited for their lifestyle or one with loads of health problems, and they buy from unscrupulous breeders known as “Puppy Mills”. Puppy Mills breed over and over for the purpose of profit, in some of the worst cases the dogs live in cages stacked on top one another, breeding over and over, living in filth, until they can no longer reproduce. A reputable breeder would not sell to a store, nor would they need to hide anonymously, using a store to sell the pups. A reputable breeder always has a waiting list of names of people wanting pups before even breeding their dogs, and potential buyers can see, at least, the mother dog. Pet Stores deny using puppy mills, but who else would sell to a store? Who else would need to? When people buy from stores they support the industry of breeding dogs (or other animals) only for profit. You can not truly be assured of the facilities the animals come from, no matter what the store says, again who else would sell to the store? Any one who has invested money into the pup would not sell it cheap enough for the store to make decent profit. So to put an end to puppy mills people are being told to stop buying pups from pet stores. Equally they are told to stop buying other pets too, most of whom are bred in mass warehouse type situations. So if everyone stopped buying from pet stores what would happen to the puppies? Cute Puppy, picture from Wikimedia. Here is what will really happen to pups if nobody buys them: The price is lowered, and lowered, and eventually the store will give it away. That is it. One thing, one stop, a Store isn't going to pay to have it put to sleep. If nobody buys it, they will give it away. If this happens enough, the store will realize that selling puppies just is not profitable,and stop. However, typically some person thinks they are “saving” the puppy, and buys it. Thus the cycle continues. Some stores have already discontinued selling pups because of public outcry, to keep up their image, and save expenses, many have turned to housing animals that are owned by the local animal shelters. While in theory this is good, and hopefully the animals get homes. It is stressful for the animals to be in a store situation. Sometimes, although Pet Stores often get the food donated, they even charge the shelter for providing this service, all the EDIT: sad stuff

Does anyone want a wonderful German Shepherd? She's a German Shepherd, spayed, one year old. She is housetrained, UTD on HW and flea/tick preventative, and she doesn't chew on anything but her toys. She is healthy, and current on shots. She's loyal, affectionate, and protective, and knows obedience commands in German. She needs to be an ONLY dog, as she is not getting along with the other dog or the cats in my house. There was a dog fight yesterday, and I realized that I can't keep both dogs, and I figured the GSD would have a better chance at finding a new home than the mixed breed mutt. Her only other problem is that sometimes she will bark and lunge at the leash when she sees another dog, but she is getting better, and with some work, she should stop that behavior completely. A small adoption fee applies, and I'd prefer to meet any potential adoptors to make sure she is a good fit for their family. Pictures are available upon request. I live in the Tuscaloosa, AL area. Thanks! I've already contacted the local GSD rescue group, but they may not take her, because she's not a papered purebred. I've got an ad on craigslist; thanks for the suggestion! If I had the means to keep them separated, I would, but I work 24 hour shifts, and it's impractical to expect either dog to be happy in that situation. Did I mention that the GSD nearly killed the other dog? I don't feel safe around her anymore... (and she tried to kill my kitten twice!)

What kind of DOG is this!? His name is Dwight! He's about 4 1/2 months right now. He's DEFINITELY mixed with dachshund but we're not entirely sure of the other part/parts of him! We got him from some friends of friends in Seattle and they only knew what type the mother was, not the father! Mom is a purebred dachshund. She is a fawn color... But dwight doesn't much resemble a doxie. He has a doxie face, and a sort of long body. His paws are larger than a dachshunds paws, or another smaller breed. He also has the fur of a labrador retriever (not short but not long) He is VERY energetic, and has an athletic build. People have mistaken him for a puppy lab, but we're pretty sure hes not mixed with that for it would be too big for mom! I've inserted some picture of him! Your help would be great! Any questions of anything else that might help you, just ask! and I'll answer! ALSO! Hes VERY smart! He learned sit in about 5 minutes. He immediately goes to his crate when he comes inside. he rarely barks, looooves people...but isn't good with children. He likes to BITE! :( and rough house with my boyfriend. He also HATES water. http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p143/zaaambie/DSC02281.jpg http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p143/zaaambie/DSC02280.jpg http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p143/zaaambie/DSC02280.jpg http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p143/zaaambie/DSC02278.jpg http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p143/zaaambie/DSC02276.jpg

Should i get a Doberman Pinscher? i want another dog a mideum size dog . my dad will buy one but is this the right breed for me. i already have a 5 year old male Shi Tzu small dog but i want a Doberman Pinscher. i live in a two story house pretty big, but i have a back yard but no fence . i want this two year old MALE doberman at a shelter where i live in florida seems pretty nice in the picture. but do you think this doberman will fight with my shi tzu my shi tzu kind of barks at people and dogs he doesnt know . i will train this doberman to be good i will do whatever it takes for this doberman to be good . so im asking you guys should i get a Doberman Pinscher. oh and by the way how do you get there ears to stand up if i dont get a Doberman Pinscher then i want a Boxer so which one should i get>>>????

Are My Puppies Purebred? Well one puppy out of the litter Has a small white dot on his chest and paw (See picture he would not hold still for the chest picture lol) Anyway Mom is an AKC registered pure German shepherd she is a personal protection dog and has had all her heath testing done before breeding and she is three years old (First litter) Sire is AKC registered SAR and has been in shows and won And he is health tested to..And is 3 years old also. We paid $1500.00 for a stud fee but wondering if something else got her while she was at the studs house. Here is a picture of the puppies paw http://pictures.sprintpcs.com/share.do?invite=jEhr2gJS8Y8x87xLL89L&shareName=MMS&messageState=RETRIEVED All other puppies are black and tan is this normal for a German shepherd pup Here is another one http://pictures.sprintpcs.com/share.do?invite=mEar2GJg8Y8Vk82U0aMk&shareName=MMS&messageState=RETRIEVED The puppies were born yesterday and I called/emailed the breeder and no answer I have been keeping contact this whole time so i high doubt she would screw me over We have already lined up homes for all nine pups...Sire is show dog and has won!!! Bitch has show lines both of her parents were CH show dogs...as well as grandparents we did not want to show her as we had her trained for personal protection...Puppies are being sold for $2000.00 as family pets/SAR/Show dogs/Therapy dogs/Agility dogs Sorry we are charging $800 for pet prices and $2000.00 for show dogs...Our puppies come with a 5 year health guarentee..Vet check ups through out there time they are staying with me...First shots and microchip and de worming. We already have 8 people have deposits down I have fallen in love with the male with the white spots on him he loves to fall asleep in my arm and i am going to keep him!

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The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. On average people fear spiders more than they do death. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Butterflies taste with their feet. A cat's urine glows under a blacklight. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Coca Cola was originally green. The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words. There are more collect calls made on Father's Day than on any other day. Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury. Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better than men. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. The world's youngest parents were 8 & 9 and lived in China in 1910. Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. The youngest Pope was 11 years old. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the Rosey...). These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies..."). People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down"). The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. American car horns beep in the tone of F. No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes The continents names all end with the same letter with which they start A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles

how many facts do you know!!? For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h). If you stretched all the nerves in the body from end to end, they would be about 47 miles long. Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. The largest cabbage weighed 144 lbs. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" - and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A." A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just stripped fur. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life." A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at home!) The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Many hamsters blink one eye at a time. The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A. Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world. Starfish have no brain. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E". Bulls are color blind. A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds. "Babe" was played by over 48 pigs. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Lip stick contains fish scales. The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people. The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms. Kidney stones come in any color from yellow to brown. Women blink twice as many times as men do. The McDonalds at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs. A bowling pin only has to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down. The first episode of Leave It To Beaver aired on October 4, 1957. Beaver Cleaver's locker number is 9. The first flushing toilet seen on TV was on Leave It To Beaver. Jerry Seinfeld's apartment number (on the show) is 5A. In the old episodes it was 3A. The life span of a taste bud is ten days. Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits. The billionth digit in Pi is 9. The first 100 numbers of Pi are: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884... 58209749445923078164062862089986280348... Click HERE for 99,999 digits of pi! A stretched out Slinky is 87 feet long. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. Emus can't walk backwards. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of owls is called a parliament. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of bears is called a sleuth. 12 or more cows is called a flink. A baby oyster is called a spat. Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down. In the October 22, 1945 edition of Life magazine there was a picture of a chicken with its head cut off. It was alive too! The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. Pinocchio was made of pine. The largest pumpkin weighed 377 lbs. A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will. More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery. There are 22 stars in the Paramount logo. The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie. The pound sign # is called anoctothorpe. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states. There was once a town in West Virginia called "6". Singapore only has one train station. The parking meter was invented in North Dakota. Napolean made his battle plans in a sandbox. Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. The green stuff on the occasional freak potatoe chip is chlorophyll. If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange. Pluto's orbit crosses Neptune's making Pluto the eighth planet from the sun. It has been that way since 1979 and will remain that way until 1999. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The force of 1 billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT. Popeye was 5'6". Howdy Doody had 48 freckles. The first word spoken on the moon was "Okay". Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first. The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year. Hilary Clinton once said We are the President. The percent of women who wash their hands after leaving a restroom is 80%. The percent of men who wash their hands after using a restroom is 55%. There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll. The Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it. "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish. On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles. The average American eats 2 donuts a day. The longest word in the Old Testament is Malhershalahashbaz. The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years. Every minute in the U.S 6 people turn 17. It takes the Where's Waldo artist one month to complete a drawing. 2500 lefties die each year using products designed for righties. A baby is born every 7 seconds. 10 tons of space dust fall on the Earth everyday. On average, a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day. Blue and white are the most common school colors. Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year. The first message tapped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: What hath God wrought?. The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: Watson, please come here. I want you. The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: Mary had a little lamb The three words in the English language with the letters uu are: vacuum, residuum and continuum. A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestd... His middle name is George James. It is illegal to ride a street car on Sunday if have been eating garlic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In a normal life time an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat. A new book is published every 13 minutes in America. America's best selling ice-cream flavour is vanilla. American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year. American's eat 134 pounds of sugar a year. Every year the sun loses 360 million tons. Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe. You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071 ounce of its spray. Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool. Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises. India has 50 million monkeys. By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life. Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year. Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed. You breathe about 10 million times a year. The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream. The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse. Lee Harvey Oswald was booked with mugshot number 54018. The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour. The bullseye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground. The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects. The most common time for a wake up call is 7am. The doorbell was invented in 1831. The are 255 squares on a Scrabble board. The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928. There are 500 sheets of paper in a ream. The monkey wrench was invented by Charles Moncke. Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs. There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown. There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow. The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay. The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight. A squid has 10 tentacles. A snail's reproductive organs are in its head. A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose. The word "AND" appears 46,277 times in the Bible. The first word played in the Scrabble rules demonstration game is "horn". The telephone's U.S. patent number is 174,465. The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day. There are 17 steps leading up to Sherlock Holme's apartment. When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from it's eyes. Napoleon was terrified of cats. The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint. The typical American eats 263 eggs a year. The ballpoint pen was invented in 1938 by Laszlo and Georg Biro. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935. In 1961, an IBM 7090 computer calculated Pi to 100 265 digits. The human body weighs forty times more than the brain. After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp. A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner. The oldest known vegetable is the pea. Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes. The avocado has the most calories of any fruit. The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia. The letter N ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel. France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese. The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone. 4000 people are injured by teapots each year. The typical American consumes 27 pounds of cheese each year. The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback. The ostrich has a 46 foot long small intestine. The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states. The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger. George Washington Carver invented peanut butter. The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year. Stainless stell was invented by Harry Brearley in 1913. A scallop has 35 blue eyes. The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one. The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow. Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935. The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal. The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey. Russia has the most movie theaters in the world. Albert Blake Dick invented the mimeograph machine. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday. An Oscar weighs seven pounds. It takes the typical person seven minutes to fall asleep. Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer. The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps. The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902. Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning. Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 600 m.p.h. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year. Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet. Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue. A jellyfish is 95 percent water. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump. The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly. America once issued a 5-cent bill. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails. You blink about 84,000,000 times a year. In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans. Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used. Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right of left handed... or is that pawed? The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lighting than women. Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions. Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings. Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight. After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again! When someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown, but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head. Coca-Cola was originally green. Hong Kong has the most Rolls Royce's per capita. Alaska is the state with highest percent of people who walk to work. 28 percent of Africa is wilderness. 38 percent of America is wilderness. A duck's quack does not echo and no one knows why. It costs $6400 to raise a medium size dog to age of 11. Average number of people airborne over the U.S. during any given hour: 61,000. 70 percent of Americans who visited Disneyland/World. Intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their hair. The youngest pope was 11 years old. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other country. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet and was developed by Western Union to test telex/twx communications. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only "mobile" National Monuments. The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter "uncopyrightable." Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ? The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and learned how to walk up standard staircases. When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because, when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people (without killing them) used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know his voice was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel fuel that it burns. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-star Game. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. On average people fear spiders more than they do death. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Butterflies taste with their feet. A cat's urine glows under a blacklight. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Coca Cola was originally green. The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words. There are more collect calls made on Father's Day than on any other day. Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury. Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better than men. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. The world's youngest parents were 8 & 9 and lived in China in 1910. Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. The youngest Pope was 11 years old. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the Rosey...). These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies..."). People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down"). The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. American car horns beep in the tone of F. No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

336 useless fact STAR IF U LIKE? Useless Facts For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h). If you stretched all the nerves in the body from end to end, they would be about 47 miles long. Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. The largest cabbage weighed 144 lbs. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" - and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A." A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just stripped fur. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life." A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at home!) The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Many hamsters blink one eye at a time. The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A. Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world. Starfish have no brain. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E". Bulls are color blind. A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds. "Babe" was played by over 48 pigs. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Lip stick contains fish scales. The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people. The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms. Kidney stones come in any color from yellow to brown. Women blink twice as many times as men do. The McDonalds at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs. A bowling pin only has to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down. The first episode of Leave It To Beaver aired on October 4, 1957. Beaver Cleaver's locker number is 9. The first flushing toilet seen on TV was on Leave It To Beaver. Jerry Seinfeld's apartment number (on the show) is 5A. In the old episodes it was 3A. The life span of a taste bud is ten days. Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits. The billionth digit in Pi is 9. The first 100 numbers of Pi are: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884... 58209749445923078164062862089986280348... Click HERE for 99,999 digits of pi! A stretched out Slinky is 87 feet long. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. Emus can't walk backwards. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of owls is called a parliament. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of bears is called a sleuth. 12 or more cows is called a flink. A baby oyster is called a spat. Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down. In the October 22, 1945 edition of Life magazine there was a picture of a chicken with its head cut off. It was alive too! The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. Pinocchio was made of pine. The largest pumpkin weighed 377 lbs. A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will. More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery. There are 22 stars in the Paramount logo. The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie. The pound sign # is called anoctothorpe. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states. There was once a town in West Virginia called "6". Singapore only has one train station. The parking meter was invented in North Dakota. Napolean made his battle plans in a sandbox. Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. The green stuff on the occasional freak potatoe chip is chlorophyll. If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange. Pluto's orbit crosses Neptune's making Pluto the eighth planet from the sun. It has been that way since 1979 and will remain that way until 1999. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The force of 1 billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT. Popeye was 5'6". Howdy Doody had 48 freckles. The first word spoken on the moon was "Okay". Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first. The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year. Hilary Clinton once said We are the President. The percent of women who wash their hands after leaving a restroom is 80%. The percent of men who wash their hands after using a restroom is 55%. There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll. The Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it. "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish. On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles. The average American eats 2 donuts a day. The longest word in the Old Testament is Malhershalahashbaz. The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years. Every minute in the U.S 6 people turn 17. It takes the Where's Waldo artist one month to complete a drawing. 2500 lefties die each year using products designed for righties. A baby is born every 7 seconds. 10 tons of space dust fall on the Earth everyday. On average, a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day. Blue and white are the most common school colors. Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year. The first message tapped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: What hath God wrought?. The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: Watson, please come here. I want you. The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: Mary had a little lamb The three words in the English language with the letters uu are: vacuum, residuum and continuum. A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestd... His middle name is George James. It is illegal to ride a street car on Sunday if have been eating garlic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In a normal life time an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat. A new book is published every 13 minutes in America. America's best selling ice-cream flavour is vanilla. American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year. American's eat 134 pounds of sugar a year. Every year the sun loses 360 million tons. Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe. You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071 ounce of its spray. Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool. Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises. India has 50 million monkeys. By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life. Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year. Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed. You breathe about 10 million times a year. The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream. The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse. Lee Harvey Oswald was booked with mugshot number 54018. The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour. The bullseye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground. The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects. The most common time for a wake up call is 7am. The doorbell was invented in 1831. The are 255 squares on a Scrabble board. The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928. There are 500 sheets of paper in a ream. The monkey wrench was invented by Charles Moncke. Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs. There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown. There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow. The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay. The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight. A squid has 10 tentacles. A snail's reproductive organs are in its head. A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose. The word "AND" appears 46,277 times in the Bible. The first word played in the Scrabble rules demonstration game is "horn". The telephone's U.S. patent number is 174,465. The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day. There are 17 steps leading up to Sherlock Holme's apartment. When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from it's eyes. Napoleon was terrified of cats. The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint. The typical American eats 263 eggs a year. The ballpoint pen was invented in 1938 by Laszlo and Georg Biro. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935. In 1961, an IBM 7090 computer calculated Pi to 100 265 digits. The human body weighs forty times more than the brain. After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp. A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner. The oldest known vegetable is the pea. Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes. The avocado has the most calories of any fruit. The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia. The letter N ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel. France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese. The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone. 4000 people are injured by teapots each year. The typical American consumes 27 pounds of cheese each year. The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback. The ostrich has a 46 foot long small intestine. The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states. The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger. George Washington Carver invented peanut butter. The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year. Stainless stell was invented by Harry Brearley in 1913. A scallop has 35 blue eyes. The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one. The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow. Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935. The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal. The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey. Russia has the most movie theaters in the world. Albert Blake Dick invented the mimeograph machine. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday. An Oscar weighs seven pounds. It takes the typical person seven minutes to fall asleep. Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer. The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps. The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902. Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning. Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 600 m.p.h. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year. Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet. Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue. A jellyfish is 95 percent water. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump. The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly. America once issued a 5-cent bill. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails. You blink about 84,000,000 times a year. In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans. Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used. Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right of left handed... or is that pawed? The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lighting than women. Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions. Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings. Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight. After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again! When someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown, but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head. Coca-Cola was originally green. Hong Kong has the most Rolls Royce's per capita. Alaska is the state with highest percent of people who walk to work. 28 percent of Africa is wilderness. 38 percent of America is wilderness. A duck's quack does not echo and no one knows why. It costs $6400 to raise a medium size dog to age of 11. Average number of people airborne over the U.S. during any given hour: 61,000. 70 percent of Americans who visited Disneyland/World. Intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their hair. The youngest pope was 11 years old. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other country. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet and was developed by Western Union to test telex/twx communications. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only "mobile" National Monuments. The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter "uncopyrightable." Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ? The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and learned how to walk up standard staircases. When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because, when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people (without killing them) used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know his voice was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel fuel that it burns. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-star Game. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. On average people fear spiders more than they do death. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Butterflies taste with their feet. A cat's urine glows under a blacklight. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Coca Cola was originally green. The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words. There are more collect calls made on Father's Day than on any other day. Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury. Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better than men. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. The world's youngest parents were 8 & 9 and lived in China in 1910. Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. The youngest Pope was 11 years old. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the Rosey...). These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies..."). People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down"). The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. American car horns beep in the tone of F. No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

fun facts...? For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h). If you stretched all the nerves in the body from end to end, they would be about 47 miles long. Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. There are 293 ways to make changea for a dollar. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. The largest cabbage weighed 144 lbs. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" - and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A." A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just stripped fur. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life." A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at home!) The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Many hamsters blink one eye at a time. The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A. Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world. Starfish have no brain. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E". Bulls are color blind. A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds. "Babe" was played by over 48 pigs. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Lip stick contains fish scales. The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people. The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms. Kidney stones come in any color from yellow to brown. Women blink twice as many times as men do. The McDonalds at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs. A bowling pin only has to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down. The first episode of Leave It To Beaver aired on October 4, 1957. Beaver Cleaver's locker number is 9. The first flushing toilet seen on TV was on Leave It To Beaver. Jerry Seinfeld's apartment number (on the show) is 5A. In the old episodes it was 3A. The life span of a taste bud is ten days. Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits. The billionth digit in Pi is 9. The first 100 numbers of Pi are: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884... 58209749445923078164062862089986280348... Click HERE for 99,999 digits of pi! A stretched out Slinky is 87 feet long. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. Emus can't walk backwards. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of owls is called a parliament. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of bears is called a sleuth. 12 or more cows is called a flink. A baby oyster is called a spat. Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down. In the October 22, 1945 edition of Life magazine there was a picture of a chicken with its head cut off. It was alive too! The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. Pinocchio was made of pine. The largest pumpkin weighed 377 lbs. A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will. More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery. There are 22 stars in the Paramount logo. The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie. The pound sign # is called anoctothorpe. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states. There was once a town in West Virginia called "6". Singapore only has one train station. The parking meter was invented in North Dakota. Napolean made his battle plans in a sandbox. Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. The green stuff on the occasional freak potatoe chip is chlorophyll. If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange. Pluto's orbit crosses Neptune's making Pluto the eighth planet from the sun. It has been that way since 1979 and will remain that way until 1999. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The force of 1 billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT. Popeye was 5'6". Howdy Doody had 48 freckles. The first word spoken on the moon was "Okay". Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first. The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year. Hilary Clinton once said We are the President. The percent of women who wash their hands after leaving a restroom is 80%. The percent of men who wash their hands after using a restroom is 55%. There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll. The Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it. "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish. On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles. The average American eats 2 donuts a day. The longest word in the Old Testament is Malhershalahashbaz. The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years. Every minute in the U.S 6 people turn 17. It takes the Where's Waldo artist one month to complete a drawing. 2500 lefties die each year using products designed for righties. A baby is born every 7 seconds. 10 tons of space dust fall on the Earth everyday. On average, a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day. Blue and white are the most common school colors. Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year. The first message tapped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: What hath God wrought?. The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: Watson, please come here. I want you. The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: Mary had a little lamb The three words in the English language with the letters uu are: vacuum, residuum and continuum. A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestd... His middle name is George James. It is illegal to ride a street car on Sunday if have been eating garlic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In a normal life time an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat. A new book is published every 13 minutes in America. America's best selling ice-cream flavour is vanilla. American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year. American's eat 134 pounds of sugar a year. Every year the sun loses 360 million tons. Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe. You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071 ounce of its spray. Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool. Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises. India has 50 million monkeys. By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life. Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year. Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed. You breathe about 10 million times a year. The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream. The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse. Lee Harvey Oswald was booked with mugshot number 54018. The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour. The bullseye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground. The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects. The most common time for a wake up call is 7am. The doorbell was invented in 1831. The are 255 squares on a Scrabble board. The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928. There are 500 sheets of paper in a ream. The monkey wrench was invented by Charles Moncke. Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs. There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown. There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow. The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay. The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight. A squid has 10 tentacles. A snail's reproductive organs are in its head. A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose. The word "AND" appears 46,277 times in the Bible. The first word played in the Scrabble rules demonstration game is "horn". The telephone's U.S. patent number is 174,465. The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day. There are 17 steps leading up to Sherlock Holme's apartment. When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from it's eyes. Napoleon was terrified of cats. The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint. The typical American eats 263 eggs a year. The ballpoint pen was invented in 1938 by Laszlo and Georg Biro. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935. In 1961, an IBM 7090 computer calculated Pi to 100 265 digits. The human body weighs forty times more than the brain. After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp. A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner. The oldest known vegetable is the pea. Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes. The avocado has the most calories of any fruit. The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia. The letter N ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel. France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese. The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone. 4000 people are injured by teapots each year. The typical American consumes 27 pounds of cheese each year. The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback. The ostrich has a 46 foot long small intestine. The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states. The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger. George Washington Carver invented peanut butter. The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year. Stainless stell was invented by Harry Brearley in 1913. A scallop has 35 blue eyes. The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one. The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow. Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935. The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal. The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey. Russia has the most movie theaters in the world. Albert Blake Dick invented the mimeograph machine. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday. An Oscar weighs seven pounds. It takes the typical person seven minutes to fall asleep. Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer. The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps. The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902. Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning. Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 600 m.p.h. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year. Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet. Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue. A jellyfish is 95 percent water. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump. The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly. America once issued a 5-cent bill. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails. You blink about 84,000,000 times a year. In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans. Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used. Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right of left handed... or is that pawed? The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lighting than women. Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions. Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings. Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight. After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again! When someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown, but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head. Coca-Cola was originally green. Hong Kong has the most Rolls Royce's per capita. Alaska is the state with highest percent of people who walk to work. 28 percent of Africa is wilderness. 38 percent of America is wilderness. A duck's quack does not echo and no one knows why. It costs $6400 to raise a medium size dog to age of 11. Average number of people airborne over the U.S. during any given hour: 61,000. 70 percent of Americans who visited Disneyland/World. Intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their hair. The youngest pope was 11 years old. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other country. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet and was developed by Western Union to test telex/twx communications. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only "mobile" National Monuments. The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter "uncopyrightable." Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ? The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and learned how to walk up standard staircases. When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because, when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people (without killing them) used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know his voice was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel fuel that it burns. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-star Game. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. On average people fear spiders more than they do death. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Butterflies taste with their feet. A cat's urine glows under a blacklight. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Coca Cola was originally green. The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words. There are more collect calls made on Father's Day than on any other day. Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury. Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better than men. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. The world's youngest parents were 8 & 9 and lived in China in 1910. Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. The youngest Pope was 11 years old. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the Rosey...). These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies..."). People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down"). The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. American car horns beep in the tone of F. No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes The continents names all end with the same letter with which they start A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles

did you know? For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h). If you stretched all the nerves in the body from end to end, they would be about 47 miles long. Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. There are 293 ways to make changea for a dollar. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. The largest cabbage weighed 144 lbs. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" - and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A." A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just stripped fur. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life." A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at home!) The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Many hamsters blink one eye at a time. The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A. Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world. Starfish have no brain. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E". Bulls are color blind. A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds. "Babe" was played by over 48 pigs. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Lip stick contains fish scales. The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people. The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms. Kidney stones come in any color from yellow to brown. Women blink twice as many times as men do. The McDonalds at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs. A bowling pin only has to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down. The first episode of Leave It To Beaver aired on October 4, 1957. Beaver Cleaver's locker number is 9. The first flushing toilet seen on TV was on Leave It To Beaver. Jerry Seinfeld's apartment number (on the show) is 5A. In the old episodes it was 3A. The life span of a taste bud is ten days. Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits. The billionth digit in Pi is 9. The first 100 numbers of Pi are: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884... 58209749445923078164062862089986280348... Click HERE for 99,999 digits of pi! A stretched out Slinky is 87 feet long. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. Emus can't walk backwards. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of owls is called a parliament. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of bears is called a sleuth. 12 or more cows is called a flink. A baby oyster is called a spat. Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down. In the October 22, 1945 edition of Life magazine there was a picture of a chicken with its head cut off. It was alive too! The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. Pinocchio was made of pine. The largest pumpkin weighed 377 lbs. A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will. More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery. There are 22 stars in the Paramount logo. The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie. The pound sign # is called anoctothorpe. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states. There was once a town in West Virginia called "6". Singapore only has one train station. The parking meter was invented in North Dakota. Napolean made his battle plans in a sandbox. Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. The green stuff on the occasional freak potatoe chip is chlorophyll. If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange. Pluto's orbit crosses Neptune's making Pluto the eighth planet from the sun. It has been that way since 1979 and will remain that way until 1999. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The force of 1 billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT. Popeye was 5'6". Howdy Doody had 48 freckles. The first word spoken on the moon was "Okay". Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first. The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year. Hilary Clinton once said We are the President. The percent of women who wash their hands after leaving a restroom is 80%. The percent of men who wash their hands after using a restroom is 55%. There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll. The Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it. "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish. On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles. The average American eats 2 donuts a day. The longest word in the Old Testament is Malhershalahashbaz. The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years. Every minute in the U.S 6 people turn 17. It takes the Where's Waldo artist one month to complete a drawing. 2500 lefties die each year using products designed for righties. A baby is born every 7 seconds. 10 tons of space dust fall on the Earth everyday. On average, a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day. Blue and white are the most common school colors. Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year. The first message tapped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: What hath God wrought?. The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: Watson, please come here. I want you. The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: Mary had a little lamb The three words in the English language with the letters uu are: vacuum, residuum and continuum. A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestd... His middle name is George James. It is illegal to ride a street car on Sunday if have been eating garlic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In a normal life time an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat. A new book is published every 13 minutes in America. America's best selling ice-cream flavour is vanilla. American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year. American's eat 134 pounds of sugar a year. Every year the sun loses 360 million tons. Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe. You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071 ounce of its spray. Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool. Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises. India has 50 million monkeys. By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life. Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year. Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed. You breathe about 10 million times a year. The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream. The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse. Lee Harvey Oswald was booked with mugshot number 54018. The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour. The bullseye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground. The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects. The most common time for a wake up call is 7am. The doorbell was invented in 1831. The are 255 squares on a Scrabble board. The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928. There are 500 sheets of paper in a ream. The monkey wrench was invented by Charles Moncke. Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs. There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown. There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow. The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay. The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight. A squid has 10 tentacles. A snail's reproductive organs are in its head. A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose. The word "AND" appears 46,277 times in the Bible. The first word played in the Scrabble rules demonstration game is "horn". The telephone's U.S. patent number is 174,465. The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day. There are 17 steps leading up to Sherlock Holme's apartment. When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from it's eyes. Napoleon was terrified of cats. The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint. The typical American eats 263 eggs a year. The ballpoint pen was invented in 1938 by Laszlo and Georg Biro. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935. In 1961, an IBM 7090 computer calculated Pi to 100 265 digits. The human body weighs forty times more than the brain. After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp. A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner. The oldest known vegetable is the pea. Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes. The avocado has the most calories of any fruit. The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia. The letter N ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel. France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese. The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone. 4000 people are injured by teapots each year. The typical American consumes 27 pounds of cheese each year. The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback. The ostrich has a 46 foot long small intestine. The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states. The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger. George Washington Carver invented peanut butter. The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year. Stainless stell was invented by Harry Brearley in 1913. A scallop has 35 blue eyes. The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one. The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow. Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935. The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal. The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey. Russia has the most movie theaters in the world. Albert Blake Dick invented the mimeograph machine. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday. An Oscar weighs seven pounds. It takes the typical person seven minutes to fall asleep. Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer. The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps. The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902. Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning. Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 600 m.p.h. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year. Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet. Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue. A jellyfish is 95 percent water. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump. The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly. America once issued a 5-cent bill. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails. You blink about 84,000,000 times a year. In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans. Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used. Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right of left handed... or is that pawed? The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lighting than women. Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions. Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings. Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight. After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again! When someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown, but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head. Coca-Cola was originally green. Hong Kong has the most Rolls Royce's per capita. Alaska is the state with highest percent of people who walk to work. 28 percent of Africa is wilderness. 38 percent of America is wilderness. A duck's quack does not echo and no one knows why. It costs $6400 to raise a medium size dog to age of 11. Average number of people airborne over the U.S. during any given hour: 61,000. 70 percent of Americans who visited Disneyland/World. Intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their hair. The youngest pope was 11 years old. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other country. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet and was developed by Western Union to test telex/twx communications. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only "mobile" National Monuments. The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter "uncopyrightable." Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ? The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and learned how to walk up standard staircases. When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because, when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people (without killing them) used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know his voice was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel fuel that it burns. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-star Game. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. On average people fear spiders more than they do death. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Butterflies taste with their feet. A cat's urine glows under a blacklight. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Coca Cola was originally green. The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words. There are more collect calls made on Father's Day than on any other day. Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury. Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better than men. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. The world's youngest parents were 8 & 9 and lived in China in 1910. Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. The youngest Pope was 11 years old. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the Rosey...). These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies..."). People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down"). The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. American car horns beep in the tone of F. No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes The continents names all end with the same letter with which they start A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles

did you know? For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h). If you stretched all the nerves in the body from end to end, they would be about 47 miles long. Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. There are 293 ways to make changea for a dollar. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. The largest cabbage weighed 144 lbs. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" - and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A." A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just stripped fur. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life." A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at home!) The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Many hamsters blink one eye at a time. The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A. Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world. Starfish have no brain. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E". Bulls are color blind. A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds. "Babe" was played by over 48 pigs. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Lip stick contains fish scales. The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people. The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms. Kidney stones come in any color from yellow to brown. Women blink twice as many times as men do. The McDonalds at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs. A bowling pin only has to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down. The first episode of Leave It To Beaver aired on October 4, 1957. Beaver Cleaver's locker number is 9. The first flushing toilet seen on TV was on Leave It To Beaver. Jerry Seinfeld's apartment number (on the show) is 5A. In the old episodes it was 3A. The life span of a taste bud is ten days. Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits. The billionth digit in Pi is 9. The first 100 numbers of Pi are: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884... 58209749445923078164062862089986280348... Click HERE for 99,999 digits of pi! A stretched out Slinky is 87 feet long. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. Emus can't walk backwards. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of owls is called a parliament. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of bears is called a sleuth. 12 or more cows is called a flink. A baby oyster is called a spat. Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down. In the October 22, 1945 edition of Life magazine there was a picture of a chicken with its head cut off. It was alive too! The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. Pinocchio was made of pine. The largest pumpkin weighed 377 lbs. A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will. More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery. There are 22 stars in the Paramount logo. The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie. The pound sign # is called anoctothorpe. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states. There was once a town in West Virginia called "6". Singapore only has one train station. The parking meter was invented in North Dakota. Napolean made his battle plans in a sandbox. Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. The green stuff on the occasional freak potatoe chip is chlorophyll. If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange. Pluto's orbit crosses Neptune's making Pluto the eighth planet from the sun. It has been that way since 1979 and will remain that way until 1999. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The force of 1 billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT. Popeye was 5'6". Howdy Doody had 48 freckles. The first word spoken on the moon was "Okay". Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first. The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year. Hilary Clinton once said We are the President. The percent of women who wash their hands after leaving a restroom is 80%. The percent of men who wash their hands after using a restroom is 55%. There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll. The Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it. "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish. On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles. The average American eats 2 donuts a day. The longest word in the Old Testament is Malhershalahashbaz. The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years. Every minute in the U.S 6 people turn 17. It takes the Where's Waldo artist one month to complete a drawing. 2500 lefties die each year using products designed for righties. A baby is born every 7 seconds. 10 tons of space dust fall on the Earth everyday. On average, a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day. Blue and white are the most common school colors. Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year. The first message tapped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: What hath God wrought?. The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: Watson, please come here. I want you. The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: Mary had a little lamb The three words in the English language with the letters uu are: vacuum, residuum and continuum. A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestd... His middle name is George James. It is illegal to ride a street car on Sunday if have been eating garlic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In a normal life time an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat. A new book is published every 13 minutes in America. America's best selling ice-cream flavour is vanilla. American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year. American's eat 134 pounds of sugar a year. Every year the sun loses 360 million tons. Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe. You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071 ounce of its spray. Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool. Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises. India has 50 million monkeys. By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life. Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year. Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed. You breathe about 10 million times a year. The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream. The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse. Lee Harvey Oswald was booked with mugshot number 54018. The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour. The bullseye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground. The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects. The most common time for a wake up call is 7am. The doorbell was invented in 1831. The are 255 squares on a Scrabble board. The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928. There are 500 sheets of paper in a ream. The monkey wrench was invented by Charles Moncke. Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs. There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown. There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow. The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay. The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight. A squid has 10 tentacles. A snail's reproductive organs are in its head. A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose. The word "AND" appears 46,277 times in the Bible. The first word played in the Scrabble rules demonstration game is "horn". The telephone's U.S. patent number is 174,465. The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day. There are 17 steps leading up to Sherlock Holme's apartment. When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from it's eyes. Napoleon was terrified of cats. The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint. The typical American eats 263 eggs a year. The ballpoint pen was invented in 1938 by Laszlo and Georg Biro. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935. In 1961, an IBM 7090 computer calculated Pi to 100 265 digits. The human body weighs forty times more than the brain. After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp. A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner. The oldest known vegetable is the pea. Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes. The avocado has the most calories of any fruit. The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia. The letter N ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel. France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese. The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone. 4000 people are injured by teapots each year. The typical American consumes 27 pounds of cheese each year. The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback. The ostrich has a 46 foot long small intestine. The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states. The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger. George Washington Carver invented peanut butter. The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year. Stainless stell was invented by Harry Brearley in 1913. A scallop has 35 blue eyes. The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one. The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow. Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935. The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal. The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey. Russia has the most movie theaters in the world. Albert Blake Dick invented the mimeograph machine. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday. An Oscar weighs seven pounds. It takes the typical person seven minutes to fall asleep. Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer. The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps. The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902. Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning. Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 600 m.p.h. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year. Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet. Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue. A jellyfish is 95 percent water. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump. The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly. America once issued a 5-cent bill. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails. You blink about 84,000,000 times a year. In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans. Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used. Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right of left handed... or is that pawed? The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lighting than women. Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions. Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings. Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight. After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again! When someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown, but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head. Coca-Cola was originally green. Hong Kong has the most Rolls Royce's per capita. Alaska is the state with highest percent of people who walk to work. 28 percent of Africa is wilderness. 38 percent of America is wilderness. A duck's quack does not echo and no one knows why. It costs $6400 to raise a medium size dog to age of 11. Average number of people airborne over the U.S. during any given hour: 61,000. 70 percent of Americans who visited Disneyland/World. Intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their hair. The youngest pope was 11 years old. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other country. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet and was developed by Western Union to test telex/twx communications. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only "mobile" National Monuments. The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter "uncopyrightable." Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ? The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and learned how to walk up standard staircases. When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because, when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people (without killing them) used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know his voice was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel fuel that it burns. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-star Game. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. On average people fear spiders more than they do death. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Butterflies taste with their feet. A cat's urine glows under a blacklight. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Coca Cola was originally green. The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words. There are more collect calls made on Father's Day than on any other day. Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury. Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better than men. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. The world's youngest parents were 8 & 9 and lived in China in 1910. Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. The youngest Pope was 11 years old. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the Rosey...). These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies..."). People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down"). The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. American car horns beep in the tone of F. No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes The continents names all end with the same letter with which they start A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles

Did you know...? For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h). If you stretched all the nerves in the body from end to end, they would be about 47 miles long. Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. There are 293 ways to make changea for a dollar. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. The largest cabbage weighed 144 lbs. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" - and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A." A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just stripped fur. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life." A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at home!) The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Many hamsters blink one eye at a time. The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A. Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world. Starfish have no brain. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E". Bulls are color blind. A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds. "Babe" was played by over 48 pigs. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Lip stick contains fish scales. The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people. The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms. Kidney stones come in any color from yellow to brown. Women blink twice as many times as men do. The McDonalds at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs. A bowling pin only has to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down. The first episode of Leave It To Beaver aired on October 4, 1957. Beaver Cleaver's locker number is 9. The first flushing toilet seen on TV was on Leave It To Beaver. Jerry Seinfeld's apartment number (on the show) is 5A. In the old episodes it was 3A. The life span of a taste bud is ten days. Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits. The billionth digit in Pi is 9. The first 100 numbers of Pi are: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884... 58209749445923078164062862089986280348... Click HERE for 99,999 digits of pi! A stretched out Slinky is 87 feet long. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. Emus can't walk backwards. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of owls is called a parliament. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of bears is called a sleuth. 12 or more cows is called a flink. A baby oyster is called a spat. Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down. In the October 22, 1945 edition of Life magazine there was a picture of a chicken with its head cut off. It was alive too! The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. Pinocchio was made of pine. The largest pumpkin weighed 377 lbs. A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will. More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery. There are 22 stars in the Paramount logo. The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie. The pound sign # is called anoctothorpe. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states. There was once a town in West Virginia called "6". Singapore only has one train station. The parking meter was invented in North Dakota. Napolean made his battle plans in a sandbox. Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. The green stuff on the occasional freak potatoe chip is chlorophyll. If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange. Pluto's orbit crosses Neptune's making Pluto the eighth planet from the sun. It has been that way since 1979 and will remain that way until 1999. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The force of 1 billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT. Popeye was 5'6". Howdy Doody had 48 freckles. The first word spoken on the moon was "Okay". Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first. The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year. Hilary Clinton once said We are the President. The percent of women who wash their hands after leaving a restroom is 80%. The percent of men who wash their hands after using a restroom is 55%. There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll. The Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it. "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish. On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles. The average American eats 2 donuts a day. The longest word in the Old Testament is Malhershalahashbaz. The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years. Every minute in the U.S 6 people turn 17. It takes the Where's Waldo artist one month to complete a drawing. 2500 lefties die each year using products designed for righties. A baby is born every 7 seconds. 10 tons of space dust fall on the Earth everyday. On average, a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day. Blue and white are the most common school colors. Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year. The first message tapped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: What hath God wrought?. The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: Watson, please come here. I want you. The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: Mary had a little lamb The three words in the English language with the letters uu are: vacuum, residuum and continuum. A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestd... His middle name is George James. It is illegal to ride a street car on Sunday if have been eating garlic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In a normal life time an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat. A new book is published every 13 minutes in America. America's best selling ice-cream flavour is vanilla. American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year. American's eat 134 pounds of sugar a year. Every year the sun loses 360 million tons. Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe. You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071 ounce of its spray. Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool. Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises. India has 50 million monkeys. By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life. Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year. Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed. You breathe about 10 million times a year. The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream. The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse. Lee Harvey Oswald was booked with mugshot number 54018. The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour. The bullseye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground. The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects. The most common time for a wake up call is 7am. The doorbell was invented in 1831. The are 255 squares on a Scrabble board. The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928. There are 500 sheets of paper in a ream. The monkey wrench was invented by Charles Moncke. Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs. There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown. There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow. The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay. The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight. A squid has 10 tentacles. A snail's reproductive organs are in its head. A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose. The word "AND" appears 46,277 times in the Bible. The first word played in the Scrabble rules demonstration game is "horn". The telephone's U.S. patent number is 174,465. The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day. There are 17 steps leading up to Sherlock Holme's apartment. When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from it's eyes. Napoleon was terrified of cats. The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint. The typical American eats 263 eggs a year. The ballpoint pen was invented in 1938 by Laszlo and Georg Biro. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935. In 1961, an IBM 7090 computer calculated Pi to 100 265 digits. The human body weighs forty times more than the brain. After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp. A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner. The oldest known vegetable is the pea. Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes. The avocado has the most calories of any fruit. The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia. The letter N ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel. France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese. The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone. 4000 people are injured by teapots each year. The typical American consumes 27 pounds of cheese each year. The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback. The ostrich has a 46 foot long small intestine. The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states. The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger. George Washington Carver invented peanut butter. The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year. Stainless stell was invented by Harry Brearley in 1913. A scallop has 35 blue eyes. The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one. The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow. Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935. The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal. The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey. Russia has the most movie theaters in the world. Albert Blake Dick invented the mimeograph machine. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday. An Oscar weighs seven pounds. It takes the typical person seven minutes to fall asleep. Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer. The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps. The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902. Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning. Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 600 m.p.h. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year. Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet. Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue. A jellyfish is 95 percent water. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump. The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly. America once issued a 5-cent bill. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails. You blink about 84,000,000 times a year. In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans. Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used. Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right of left handed... or is that pawed? The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lighting than women. Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions. Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings. Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight. After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again! When someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown, but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head. Coca-Cola was originally green. Hong Kong has the most Rolls Royce's per capita. Alaska is the state with highest percent of people who walk to work. 28 percent of Africa is wilderness. 38 percent of America is wilderness. A duck's quack does not echo and no one knows why. It costs $6400 to raise a medium size dog to age of 11. Average number of people airborne over the U.S. during any given hour: 61,000. 70 percent of Americans who visited Disneyland/World. Intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their hair. The youngest pope was 11 years old. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other country. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet and was developed by Western Union to test telex/twx communications. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only "mobile" National Monuments. The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter "uncopyrightable." Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ? The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and learned how to walk up standard staircases. When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because, when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people (without killing them) used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know his voice was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel fuel that it burns. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-star Game. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. On average people fear spiders more than they do death. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Butterflies taste with their feet. A cat's urine glows under a blacklight. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Coca Cola was originally green. The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words. There are more collect calls made on Father's Day than on any other day. Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury. Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better than men. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. The world's youngest parents were 8 & 9 and lived in China in 1910. Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. The youngest Pope was 11 years old. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the Rosey...). These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies..."). People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down"). The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. American car horns beep in the tone of F. No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes The continents names all end with the same letter with which they start A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles

breeding pitt bulls help with breeding puppies? okey ass u can c from the last question i asked people was being dumb...im not fixing my pitt there for take yo lady and her fixed go get yo daughter fixed or yo sun or yo boyfriend cut his balls off......like i said if u not going to help please dont leave dumb answear and waste yo time my dog is not geting fixed 2nd i am going to breed my dog i just was seeing if there was a easier option then payen 400 dollors for something i can do at home but ass selfish as people is these days....and there is a diffrents between pitts u idiot blue nose come out with diffrent color then red nose and they cum out in diffrent style u idiot now u need to now wat u breeding dumb and another thing my dog isnt getten fixed and i say it again im breeding my dog i was checkin to see if there was a easy way out of spending over 400 dollars..and these arent back yard pitts these peddagress goes back before the dude thats finna comment on here rite now back yard pitt wow haha...these pitts go for a house note meaning atleast 2200 cheapist 1500...now my blue nose razer edge has gotten stuck wid a blue nose gotti reverse brindle pitt now i have a pitcher of how there going to cum out short note even knee high probley and stocky bully style ...yes i let them get stuck 2twice yes i was out there maken shore they did to so what u mad kill me hahah im breeding 2nd time they have gotten stuck was jan 23/09 thats the last time i couted it from and i have seen her nipples get bigger lazyness and more attitude now if u like i have pictures of both of them yes im seeling them yes im starting a kennel...for everybody who doesnt want to help dont bother or feel free to comment so i can laugh at u cause there is homes out there that people actually do like to keep there dogs why waste 2000 on a dog u going to give up think smart ones.....nope getten my dog fixed is not a opion so hi...if i get my dog fixed u get your self fixed then ill see whats sup .......for those who realy like to help please email me any information so i can save money and spend more on my dog then at the vet for what i can do at home if u have no option for me thanks for your help ill just take vet way yes i am truley sorry for the missed spelled words im typing on my g1 and the screen is small so there for i cant go back up take to much time thanks you for your support u can aslo aim me wid options to at aim:dagboiturfappeal well if most of you guess read it i have said i was typeing on a g1 fone not computer...second i said you are wasting your time even bringing negaticety to the question and education are u serouse when i just told you im typeing on a g1 meaning cell phone....and another thang if u was in school and had a very good education you probley would know that if you dont no nothing or unsure about something you ask a simple question.the way i say it u say its alright for you to breed sence u been doing it and its not for me so that i can start out doing something...you people are very sick and lame..if your not helping please dont respond and i said sorry for the missed spelled words im on a cell phone and im very use to short word texting..

Want to know 336 useless facts? Useless Facts For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h). If you stretched all the nerves in the body from end to end, they would be about 47 miles long. Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. The largest cabbage weighed 144 lbs. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" - and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A." A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just stripped fur. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life." A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at home!) The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Many hamsters blink one eye at a time. The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A. Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world. Starfish have no brain. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E". Bulls are color blind. A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds. "Babe" was played by over 48 pigs. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Lip stick contains fish scales. The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people. The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms. Kidney stones come in any color from yellow to brown. Women blink twice as many times as men do. The McDonalds at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs. A bowling pin only has to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down. The first episode of Leave It To Beaver aired on October 4, 1957. Beaver Cleaver's locker number is 9. The first flushing toilet seen on TV was on Leave It To Beaver. Jerry Seinfeld's apartment number (on the show) is 5A. In the old episodes it was 3A. The life span of a taste bud is ten days. Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits. The billionth digit in Pi is 9. The first 100 numbers of Pi are: 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510 58209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679. Click HERE for 99,999 digits of pi! A stretched out Slinky is 87 feet long. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. Emus can't walk backwards. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of owls is called a parliament. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of bears is called a sleuth. 12 or more cows is called a flink. A baby oyster is called a spat. Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down. In the October 22, 1945 edition of Life magazine there was a picture of a chicken with its head cut off. It was alive too! The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. Pinocchio was made of pine. The largest pumpkin weighed 377 lbs. A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will. More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery. There are 22 stars in the Paramount logo. The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie. The pound sign # is called anoctothorpe. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states. There was once a town in West Virginia called "6". Singapore only has one train station. The parking meter was invented in North Dakota. Napolean made his battle plans in a sandbox. Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. The green stuff on the occasional freak potatoe chip is chlorophyll. If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange. Pluto's orbit crosses Neptune's making Pluto the eighth planet from the sun. It has been that way since 1979 and will remain that way until 1999. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The force of 1 billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT. Popeye was 5'6". Howdy Doody had 48 freckles. The first word spoken on the moon was "Okay". Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first. The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year. Hilary Clinton once said We are the President. The percent of women who wash their hands after leaving a restroom is 80%. The percent of men who wash their hands after using a restroom is 55%. There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll. The Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it. "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish. On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles. The average American eats 2 donuts a day. The longest word in the Old Testament is Malhershalahashbaz. The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years. Every minute in the U.S 6 people turn 17. It takes the Where's Waldo artist one month to complete a drawing. 2500 lefties die each year using products designed for righties. A baby is born every 7 seconds. 10 tons of space dust fall on the Earth everyday. On average, a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day. Blue and white are the most common school colors. Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year. The first message tapped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: What hath God wrought?. The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: Watson, please come here. I want you. The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: Mary had a little lamb The three words in the English language with the letters uu are: vacuum, residuum and continuum. A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestdestiny. His middle name is George James. It is illegal to ride a street car on Sunday if have been eating garlic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In a normal life time an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat. A new book is published every 13 minutes in America. America's best selling ice-cream flavour is vanilla. American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year. American's eat 134 pounds of sugar a year. Every year the sun loses 360 million tons. Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe. You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071 ounce of its spray. Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool. Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises. India has 50 million monkeys. By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life. Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year. Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed. You breathe about 10 million times a year. The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream. The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse. Lee Harvey Oswald was booked with mugshot number 54018. The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour. The bullseye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground. The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects. The most common time for a wake up call is 7am. The doorbell was invented in 1831. The are 255 squares on a Scrabble board. The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928. There are 500 sheets of paper in a ream. The monkey wrench was invented by Charles Moncke. Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs. There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown. There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow. The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay. The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight. A squid has 10 tentacles. A snail's reproductive organs are in its head. A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose. The word "AND" appears 46,277 times in the Bible. The first word played in the Scrabble rules demonstration game is "horn". The telephone's U.S. patent number is 174,465. The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day. There are 17 steps leading up to Sherlock Holme's apartment. When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from it's eyes. Napoleon was terrified of cats. The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint. The typical American eats 263 eggs a year. The ballpoint pen was invented in 1938 by Laszlo and Georg Biro. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935. In 1961, an IBM 7090 computer calculated Pi to 100 265 digits. The human body weighs forty times more than the brain. After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp. A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner. The oldest known vegetable is the pea. Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes. The avocado has the most calories of any fruit. The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia. The letter N ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel. France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese. The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone. 4000 people are injured by teapots each year. The typical American consumes 27 pounds of cheese each year. The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback. The ostrich has a 46 foot long small intestine. The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states. The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger. George Washington Carver invented peanut butter. The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year. Stainless stell was invented by Harry Brearley in 1913. A scallop has 35 blue eyes. The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one. The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow. Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935. The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal. The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey. Russia has the most movie theaters in the world. Albert Blake Dick invented the mimeograph machine. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday. An Oscar weighs seven pounds. It takes the typical person seven minutes to fall asleep. Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer. The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps. The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902. Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning. Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 600 m.p.h. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year. Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet. Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue. A jellyfish is 95 percent water. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump. The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly. America once issued a 5-cent bill. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails. You blink about 84,000,000 times a year. In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans. Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used. Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right of left handed... or is that pawed? The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lighting than women. Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions. Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings. Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight. After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again! When someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown, but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head. Coca-Cola was originally green. Hong Kong has the most Rolls Royce's per capita. Alaska is the state with highest percent of people who walk to work. 28 percent of Africa is wilderness. 38 percent of America is wilderness. A duck's quack does not echo and no one knows why. It costs $6400 to raise a medium size dog to age of 11. Average number of people airborne over the U.S. during any given hour: 61,000. 70 percent of Americans who visited Disneyland/World. Intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their hair. The youngest pope was 11 years old. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other country. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet and was developed by Western Union to test telex/twx communications. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only "mobile" National Monuments. The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter "uncopyrightable." Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ? The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and learned how to walk up standard staircases. When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because, when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people (without killing them) used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know his voice was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel fuel that it burns. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-star Game. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. On average people fear spiders more than they do death. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Butterflies taste with their feet. A cat's urine glows under a blacklight. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Coca Cola was originally green. The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words. There are more collect calls made on Father's Day than on any other day. Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury. Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better than men. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. The world's youngest parents were 8 & 9 and lived in China in 1910. Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. The youngest Pope was 11 years old. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the Rosey...). These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies..."). People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down"). The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. American car horns beep in the tone of F. No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.