Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
10
Meysi is one of the world's smallest dogs, measuring in at just 7cm tall, 12cm long, and weighing a meagre 250 grams (only slightly heavier than a hamster!)
11
Dogs can make about 100 different facial expressions.
18
Service dogs are trained to know when they are on duty. When their harness is on, they know they are at work. When you take it off they instantly become playful and energetic.
11
One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.
427
Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
14
Dogs have four toes on their hind feet, and five on their front feet.
179