Sam here…after last week’s edition of trivia from mom about Paul McCartney and his pretty OES, Martha, I thought I could do this week’s installment of Tuesday Trivia. So here goes.
- This one is especially near and dear to me and mom’s hearts. One of the Michael Vick dogs, Leo, went on to become a therapy dog who comforted children suffering from cancer. Although Leo passed away a few years ago, he was a big-hearted sweet dog who gave his all with love and compassion. Big woof out for Leo.
- Did you know that seeing eye dogs pee and poop on command so their owners can clean up after them? The command is usually “Get Busy” and male dogs are trained to not lift their legs! WTH is up with that? [Mom: That alone would disqualify Sam because we all know about his propensity for inane sniffing and circling.] “Mom, go away and stop crashing my pawty, you said I could do the post this week by myself!!” Sheesh.
- In ancient China, the emperor’s last line of defense was a Pekingese dog hidden up his over-sized sleeves. As a big dog, any punchline about little dogs and that bit of info probably would be in bad taste so I’ll keep it to myself. I don’t want you guys to think I’m an elitist.
- Did you know we dogs have 3 eyelids? An upper lid, a lower lid and the 3rd lid known as a nictitating membrane which helps to keep our eyes moist and protected.
- Continuing on with the mucus membrane vein, dog’s noses secrete a tiny layer of mucus that help us absorb scents. Licking our nose allows us to sample the scent through our mouths.
- Dalmatian puppies are born all white; their spots begin showing up as they grow older (take that Cruella DeVil, you mean old bat!).
- And finally, this piece of trivia about a dog from Colorado named Naki’o who lost all his legs to frostbite when he was a mere puppy. With the help of a local company in the Denver area, OrthoPets fitted him with prosthetics, and Naki’o is walking, even running and jumping like any bouncy pupster. He’s my kind of bionic dog except for that whole chasing balls thing. I. do. not. chase. balls. For anyone. Period.
Here’s to a safe and happy Tuesday. Mom thinks her office building will probably be the scene of a surprise evacuation drill to be called by the fire department some time later today. As the floor warden for her floor, she’s super excited about shepherding the lawyers down 30+ flights of stairs. See…things could always be worse-there’s nothing quite like trying to herd lawyers. I think she said something like she’d rather set her hair on fire, but I could have misheard because I was howling so loud at the thought her trying to get all her bosses to go downstairs without whining complaining about the whole drill evacuation. When she gets home tonight, I think I’ll give her extra puppy kisses and love because she’s gonna need it. 😉
Live, love, bark! <3
Learnt so much today. Thank you Sam, lovely post
Interesting trivia – especially the one about the seeing eye dogs. I had no idea. Makes perfect sense though.
You don’t herd lawyers unless you are herding them into a deep, fast-moving river. Just kidding. Loved all the trivia, Sam and I am now staring at Max looking for that nictating membrane.
Oh please…kid away. 😉 Yeah, I had to look up that whole membrane thing. Weird, huh?
Oh, Sam! I LOVE your sense of humor!! I was smiling — and outright laughing at times — throughout the whole post! Take that, Cruella Deville!! 😂
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Interesting information! Especially the bit about going to the bathroom on command. I think you did great with Tuesday Trivia, Sam!
Haha…good trivia. Our dog Sally was trained to go pee on command too – it was a pretty handy trick.
I’m green with envy!
Better than yellow from poor aim.
All she needs is a bunch of subpoenas with the lawyers’ names on them. They’ll run the other way. Don’t have any subpoenas ready? Rent an ambulance and drive it down the street.
If only they were the ambulance chasing variety. The fire dept. will issue tickets for those not evacuating which require court appearance so I’m hoping that threat make them comply. They still will complain and kvetch about it though. 🙁
Well now I’m going to spend the rest of the day trying to fit Penny into one of my sleeves.
The wiggly elbow will eliminate any element of surprise. 😉
Awesome information my friend. I had no idea to these statements. Dad calls me his seeing eye pig. As long as he doesn’t start me on demanding pee stance, we’ll be good – snorts with piggy laughter. XOXO – Bacon
No kidding…who knew you could teach dogs NOT to hike their legs!
Snorts – I don’t hike. Houdini doesn’t hike. I guess we are ‘trained’. Rolls with piggy laughter. I mean think about it. If I hike, I fall over. HA HA HA XOXO – Bacon
BOL! ‘Stand’ your ground, Bacon!
Snorts and rolls with piggy laughter. XOXO – Bacon
What a great bunch of information, thanks for sharing. Have a great day!
I cross my paws that efurrything goes well and your mom hasn’t to get a super HOT hairstyle… It was great to read so much doggie-things… I’m glad Naki’o found the help he needed… sometimes this world is a good place… I’m sure that Pekingese dogs are small weapons, Suzy the Pekingese of mom’s aunt tried to eat my granny always when she tried to take her daughter (aka my momma) away from her… Suzy probably thought my momma is her puppy :o)
There are more than a few ‘small weapons’ in my neighborhood, even Sam gives them a wide berth and he loves everyone!