A hound is faster than a horse.
At one of the British stadiums greyhound named Just Legend has left no chance to a stallion named Tiny Tim on the track of 400 meters. In the first part of the race a horse and a dog were running at the same speed, but at the middle of the road Just Legend suddenly made a great breakthrough. The result of the winner - 23 and a half seconds, which is almost two seconds less than the opponent.

Deaf Dalmatians.
1 of 12 Dalmatian (by statistics) will be born deaf. The fault of the breed.

Returned home after 6 years.
Pomeranian Spitz named Winnie-the-Pooh disappeared in 1996 in Florida. Only six years later he was found in Cincinnati and was taken to the vet, who scanned an implanted chip under the skin of the dog and found the address of the owner. She lived a thousand kilometers from the place where the Spitz was discovered.

Translator from dog's language.
In Japan and Hong Kong soon will appear for sale collars - translators which will translate a dog's barking to the words of human speech.

Contact lenses for cats and dogs.
In Japan are already released for sale the contact lenses for dogs and cats. They are sold in veterinary clinics to those animals who are having problems with the cornea. In the new product every detail is carefully selected: dog lenses are easy to remove and put on, but they do not jump off and do not cost any uncomfortable disturbance for the animals. If in the same time with wearing those lenses a dog or a cat will receive an eye-drops, the effect will be significantly strengthened and the cornea will recover faster.

Statistics of dog's lifespan.
Purebred dogs live less than their relatives of mixed breeds. The life expectancy of pedigreed dogs (20 breeds were studied) is about ten years. Mixed dogs have an extra year - on average they live for 11 years. The purebred dogs have also a centenarians. Scottish Shepherds, Poodles and Dachshunds often live more than twelve years. Rottweilers, Hounds and Wolfhounds normally have a shorter lifespan, than the other breeds. The hypothesis that the small dogs live longer than the large ones was confirmed, but there is no exact explanation of this fact. Among the leading causes of death is an old age - because it coses death to more than 20% of dogs. In the second place is cancer, that kills 14.5% of all dogs.

Stray dogs will be imported overseas.
The United States are probably in lack of a stray dogs, and there is allot of people now, who would like to have a mixed breed as a pet. Therefore the administration of American shelters decided to seek help from foreign animal shelters. Thus, from Taiwan there were ordered several thousand dogs, who were sold in America for approximately $ 250 per one pup! In the United States, a stray dog has more chances to find a good loving home, than in it's own country.

Dogs for rent.
The unusual offer was made to the buyers by a big pet store in the heart of Hong Kong. Before you buy a dog, it can be taken for a week for rent - to see if you will like a new pet or no. During this period were sold five times more puppies than usually. Only ten percent of the leased dogs returned back to the store.

The most ugly dog in the world, died at age of 14.
Sam, who became famous for his phenomenal ugliness, who was a hero of television series for several years, visited the media tycoon Donald Trump and frequently was riding in a limousine, died in Santa Barbara shortly before his fifteenth birthday.

"I do not think there will be another Sam ever, - said Susie Lockheed, of a sorrowful owner of a half-blind dog with crooked teeth and a thin punch of hair on his head - and in fact some think that his death - it a good something to happen..." Sam became famous after winning the competition for an ugliest animal, held in 2003 at the Fair in Sonoma Martin in California. He was the undisputed winner in the last three years.

About Sam, a representative of the breed "Chinese naked dog", were reporting the Japanese television and New Zealand radio, British "Daily Mirror " wrote about him, he appeared in many talk shows. Lockheed sold T-shirts and calendars featuring her favorite pet. In the near future it was planned that the Discovery Channel will shoot Sam for the documentary film about the ugliest phenomenons in the world. According to the owner, when she was six years ago offered to take Sam home, she was frightened by his appearance, but nevertheless agreed to take him for two days - just to give it a try. After this Susie felt in love with him. Later Sam managed to help his beloved owner to find her love - her current boyfriend saw her picture with a dog on some dating site.

According to Susie, Sam was euthanized after the vet said that because of the heart condition the dog will die soon and painfully. She said that she feels very upset after the death of Sam and she sleeps with his favorite toy - teddy bear, Sam picked up on the street and dragged home. "Sam and I slept under one blanket for six years", - said the owner of the most ugly dog in the world. Susan has three other dogs left - Teytor Tot, Tinkerbell and Piksi Nudl.

Dogs are taking the subway by themselves.
In general, urban animals are very well adapted to the conditions of the city. Many stray dogs are crossing the road only when there is a green light and they know how to take the same route on the subway.