Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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The most expensive dog in the world is the Tibetan Mastiff; worth $1.5 million.
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Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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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.
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