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Dogs’ noses can sense heat/thermal radiation, which explains why blind or deaf dogs can still hunt.

9. Only one breed that was among the five most popular breeds in 1934— the Beagle — still remains in the top five today.

10. The name Collie means “black.” (Collies once tended black-faced sheep.)

11. Yawning is contagious—even for dogs. Research shows that the sound of a human yawn can trigger one from your dog. And it’s four times as likely to happen when it’s the yawn of a person he knows.

12. The Dandie Dinmont Terrier is the only breed named for a fictional person—a character in the novel Guy Mannering, by Sir Walter Scott.

13. Dogs curl up in a ball when sleeping to protect their organs—a hold over from their days in the wild, when they were vulnerable to predator attacks.

14. The Basenji is not technically “barkless,” as many people think. They can yodel.