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Interesting Facts about Puppies
« on: November 03, 2009, 10:22 PM »
Interesting Puppy Facts - General and Anatomy

More than five million puppies are born every year in the United States

A puppy is born blind, deaf and toothless

During its first week 90% of a puppys time is spent sleeping and 10% eating

A puppy is only able to crawl during its first week

A puppy begins to see when it is between 2 to 3 weeks old

During the ages of 3 to 7 weeks a puppys first teeth, or milk teeth will appear

At the age of 3 weeks a puppy will develop its sense of smell

A puppy will sleep for 14 hours every day

A puppys adult teeth start to come through between 4 and 8 months when it starts to chew everything!

Some dogs reach sexual maturity at the age of eight months

A puppy is considered and adult at the age of one year. At this age it is as physically as mature as a 15 year-old human
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