• The seeing-eye dog, or any dog trained to guide the blind, cannot tell a red light from a green one. When he leads his master across the street, the dog watches the traffic flow to tell when it is safe to cross.
• 33% of U.S. dog owners admit that they talk to their dogs on the phone or leave messages on an answering machine while away.
• The Basenji, which originated in Africa, is the only dog that cannot bark.
• Fluid from a gland inside a dog's nose keeps the tip of his nose moist. This moisture helps a dog detect odours.
• Three dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic. Two lapdogs, a Pomeranian and a Pekinese, boarded early lifeboats in the arms of their owners. A third dog, the first officer's large Newfoundland, swam between another lifeboat and the rescue ship. The sound of his bark guided the survivors to safety.
• One of the world's oldest breeds of dogs is the Saluki, thought to have been developed in ancient Mesopotamia around 3000 B.C.
• The expression "three dog night," which is attributed to the Australian Aborginal tribe, came about because on especially cold nights nomadic people needed three dogs (wild Dingoes) to keep from freezing.
• At the end of the Beatles' song "A Day in the Life," an ultrasonic whistle, audible only to dogs, was recorded by Paul McCartney for his Shetland sheepdog.
• The first living creature to orbit the earth was a dog. Named Laika ("Barker" in Russian), she blasted off aboard the Soviet Union's Sputnik 2

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A Dog's love is unconditional! and wuff from Alfie Mini black Schnauzer, born 9/10/09. R.I.P Charlie, Harvey and Bobby.