The phrase "raining cats and dogs" was originated in seventeenth-century, England. During heavy downpours of rain, many of the poor animals who roamed the streets unfortunately drowned, and their bodies would be seen floating in the rain torrents that raced through the streets. The situation gave
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1. If you scratch a dog before you go job-hunting, you'll get a good job.
2. A strange dog walking into your house portends a new friendship.
3. Meeting a dog - especially a Dalmatian - is considered good luck.
4. A dog eating grass means it will rain soon.
5. If you see three white do
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This is a really interesting study. Alexandra Horowitz, from Barnard College in New York, uncovered the origins of the “guilty look” in dogs in the recently published “Canine Behaviour and Cognition” Special Issue of Elsevier’s Behavioural Processes. Check it out:
http://www.impactlab
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Too often, if a dog does what a person wants him to do, he's labeled "inteligent", and if he's not so compliant, he's called "stupid". But think about it: Do intelligent people always do what they're told? The ones I know are more inclined to think things through and make their own decisions. It's
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Tail chasing is a very common behavior in an active puppy. In an older dog, tail chasing may have different and more serious causes. Here are some reasons that dogs chase their tails:
1. Because the tail is always there. Puppies don't know where their bodies end and begins. So a wiggly little tai
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