The Greek word for hunter is κυνηγος (kinigos), which means “dog-leader.”

Actress Selma Blair, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018, recently announced she has a service dog named Scout,an English Fox Red Labrador.

Puppies and senior dogs dream more often than middle-aged dogs.

The career of the average police dog is about 8 years.

Scientists believe dogs can sense the Earth's magnetic field and use it as a compass. This ability is called magnetoreception.

The expression “hair of the dog” came from an old Scottish belief that putting a dog’s hair in a wound caused by a rabid dog could cure a person of rabies.

If your pooch poops white poo, there could be a couple of reasons including too much calcium in the diet …

President Joe Biden found Champ the German Shepherd (2008-2021) through a breeder. In 2018, the breeder was charged with animal cruelty.

Dog historians believe Bull Terriers were first bred to have a Roman nose around World War I.

Of the dozen dogs on the Titanic, three survived. Two were Pomeranians; the third was a Pekinese.

Skipper, an Aussie/Collie mix in Oklahoma, is the first known dog to be born alive with six legs and two tails.

Dogs were used in World War I for a variety of purposes including hauling machine guns and supply carts and serving as messengers.

Fleas have more than 1,400 genes.