April 2021
Skipper, an Aussie/Collie mix in Oklahoma, is the first known dog to be born alive with six legs and two tails.
Nikita Khrushchev gave Caroline Kennedy (JFK’s and Jackie Kennedy’s daughter) a white, mixed-breed puppy named Pushinka, which is Russian for “Fluffy.” She was a puppy of Strelka, a Soviet space dog who orbited the planet aboard Sputnik 5 in 1960.
A femur bone fragment found in Alaska belonged to a domestic dog who lived in the region about 10,150 years ago--the oldest such remains found in the Americas to date.
Anthropologists at Washington State University have determined that women in 144 cultures are 220% more likely to treat dogs like people than men.
The Barking Mat lets your dogs tell you when they need to go outside and do their business. Dogs step on the mat, which makes a barking sound, signaling owners.