34 Good Facts About Good Doggos (Which Is All Dogs)

Humans and dogs have been buddies for basically as long as there have been both humans and dogs… Humans figured out that dogs would basically work for scraps and some time playing with a stick, and dogs figured out that as long as you look cute enough to go viral on TikTok you'll never go without a meal for the rest of your life. It's basically one of the most impressive and efficient symbiotic relationships in the entire animal kingdom… And leads to masterpieces like Marmaduke.

We may feel like we know our dogs inside and out, from their personalities to their needs, but there are still likely many surprises in how these good boys operate. Below are some of our favorite facts about our goofy four legged friends-- From how they sense time with smell, to what their tail wagging actually means. When you're done reading, maybe give the dog in your life a little extra attention.

34 Owney the Dog

IN 1888, OWNEY THE DOG WAS THE FIRST POSTAL SERVICE MASCOT. Owney loved the smell of mail bags and followed them onto mail wagons and trains. Eventually, as an unofficial mascot of USPS, he traveled internationally, receiving a tag every place he visited. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

33 Dogs Can Count?

DOGS CAN COUNT UP TO FOUR OR FIVE. Dogs can also learn simple arithmetic. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

32 Pooping Magnetic Fields

DOGS POOP IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELDS. They also prefer to poop with their bodies aligned with a North-South axis. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

31 The Cute Muscle

DOGS HAVE EVOLVED A SPECIAL MUSCLE TO MAKE THEM LOOK CUTER TO HUMANS. Dogs can widen their eyes in ways to look more pathetic to humans. Wolves don't have this ability. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

30 Dog Rock Art

THIS ROCK ART IS BELIEVED TO BE THE EARLIEST DEPICTION OF DOGS. Believed to be more than 8,000 years old, this rock features dogs on their way to becoming domesticated. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

29 165-250 Words

THE AVERAGE DOG CAN UNDERSTAND 165 WORDS. Very intelligent dogs can learn up to 250. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

28 Chill With Your Dog

GAZING INTO YOUR DOG'S EYES HAS MUTUAL HORMONAL EFFECTS. Both dogs and owners experience a significant increase of oxytocin levels after staring into each other's eyes. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

27 Neolithic Dogs

SCIENTISTS THINK NEOLITHIC DOGS LOOKED LIKE THIS. The Historic Environment Scotland made this (very handsome) facial reconstruction from a skull buried 4500 years ago. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

26 Perceiving Time With Smell

Dogs can smell time According to one researcher's theory, dogs can smell changes in the hour. In the same way humans are primarily visual, telling time by sunlight, dogs are primarily olfactory, telling time by the odor of the day. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Facts That Prove How Good Dogs Are (As If You Needed Proof)**

25 Dogs and Stress

Dogs can help you graduate college In one study, stressed college students who had therapy dogs had improved thinking and planning skills greater than those using traditional stress-management programs. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Facts That Prove How Good Dogs Are (As If You Needed Proof)**

24 Stray Dogs and People

Even stray dogs have us figured out In Moscow, stray dog packs will send out the cutest dog to beg for food from humans, aware the bigger dogs won't be as successful. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Facts That Prove How Good Dogs Are (As If You Needed Proof)**

23 Word Meanings

DOGS CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WORD MEANINGS AND INTONATION! Older dogs can't tell words apart as well as younger ones. — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

22 Dog Personalities

DOGS' PERSONALITIES CAN CHANGE OVER TIME. Owners have a major influence on their dog's personality. Fear and anxiety, however, are personality traits that remain consistent. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

21 Translating Tail Wagging

WAGGING HAS DIFFERENT MEANINGS DEPENDING IF IT'S ON THE LEFT OR RIGHT. Dogs wag to the left when they have positive emotions and to the right when they have negative. Dogs can understand the difference when looking at other dogs. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

20 Dog Jealousy

A SCIENTIFIC STUDY SHOWED THAT DOGS CAN FEEL JEALOUS. Studies involving other emotions have had inconclusive results. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

19 Dogs and Emotions

DOGS CAN READ HUMAN EMOTIONS. In one study, dogs were able to the match vocal and visual expressions of humans. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

18 Puppies Are Not a Distraction

Looking at photos of puppies helps you work One study found that just looking at photos of cute animals can help increase your attention and concentration. (So we're not distracting you from work...we're helping you right now.) CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Facts That Prove How Good Dogs Are (As If You Needed Proof)**

17 Cheetahs and Dogs

Cheetahs can have emotional support dogs Orphaned cheetah kittens are sometimes paired with puppies as a substitute litter mate to help calm their anxiety. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Facts That Prove How Good Dogs Are (As If You Needed Proof)**

16 Dogs and Cats Living Together

Dogs can donate blood to cats In the war between the species, there's no bad blood. After a bout of cat food poisoning in the UK, vets were forced to use dogs' blood in transfusions to save cats. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Facts That Prove How Good Dogs Are (As If You Needed Proof)**

15 Oh No. Oh God. Why Did I Read This?

Shep's Tragic Love Story Shep the dog saw his beloved owner's casket being loaded onto a train. Не waited at the train station every day for his master to return until his own death, over five years later. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Facts That Prove How Good Dogs Are (As If You Needed Proof)**

14 Rebel Dogs

DOGS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE REBELLIOUS DURING THEIR ADOLESCENCE. Like humans, dogs are more likely to experience heightened conflict during puberty. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

13 Paw Sweat

DOGS SWEAT OUT OF THEIR PAWS. Dogs' merocrine glands are located in their paws. If dogs sweated out of other parts of their body, the sweat would be absorbed by fur. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

12 Dogs Are Crazy Good Smellers

YOUR DOG'S SENSE OF SMELL IS 10,000 TO 100,000 TIMES MORE SENSITIVE. The next time your dog lets one rip, just know they are being punished that much more. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

11 Nose Prints

SIMILAR TO OUR FINGERPRINTS, DOGS HAVE UNIQUE NOSE PRINTS. Some kennel clubs (and a few start-ups) have used nose prints as a way to identify lost dogs. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

10 Puppies Innately Get Us

Puppies are born understanding us Prior to extensive exposure to humans, puppies are able to understand the human social gaze and human cues, like pointing. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Facts That Prove How Good Dogs Are (As If You Needed Proof)**

9 Wolves Play Fetch

Wolves can also play fetch Scientists were surprised to discover that wolf puppies were interested in balls and were able to return them to a stranger with enncouragement. This went against previous understanding of dog evolution. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Facts That Prove How Good Dogs Are (As If You Needed Proof)**

8 Marathon Puppy

A woman ran a marathon carrying a lost puppy Khemjira Klongsanun had ran 7 miles of a marathon when she stopped to pick up an abandoned puppy, carrying it for the final 19 miles. She adopted the dog after she couldn't find an owner. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Facts That Prove How Good Dogs Are (As If You Needed Proof)**

7 They Feel Your Stress

Dogs feel their owners' stress By measuring stress levels in hair, researchers have discovered that dogs are affected by both short-term and long-term stress of their owners. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Facts That Prove How Good Dogs Are (As If You Needed Proof)**

6 Changing Dog Years

RESEARCHERS HAVE A NEW FORMULA TO FIND OUT A DOG'S AGE IN HUMAN YEARS. The updated equation is human years = 16 In(dog's age) + 31 CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

5 Hereditary Dog Ownership

YOUR CHOICE TO OWN A DOG IS PARTLY HEREDITARY. According to one study, genetic variation explains more than half of the variation in dog ownership. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

4 A Literal South Paw

LIKE HUMANS, DOGS ARE USUALLY LEFT-OR RIGHT-PAWED. That's paw-sitively cute as hell. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

3 Dogs of the Titanic

THREE DOGS SURVIVED THE SINKING OF TITANIC Two Pomeranians and a Pekingnese made it aboard lifeboats. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **21 Dog Facts That Are Pleasant As Hell**

2 15,000 Years of Doggos

We domesticated dogs before plants Dogs were domesticated at least 15,000 years ago, with the first attempt to domesticate plants and other animals at around 9500 ВСЕ. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Facts That Prove How Good Dogs Are (As If You Needed Proof)**

1 Dog's and Children

Dogs match children's behavior More than adults, dogs pay a lot of attention to the kids who live with them, including synchronizing behaviors. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Facts That Prove How Good Dogs Are (As If You Needed Proof)**

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