Nosing About

 
FUNNY BONES
Q: What do you get if you cross a sheep dog with a rose?
A: A collie-flower
Q: How come the Dalmatian couldn't hide?
A: He was already spotted
Q: What do you call a sick dog?
A: A "germy"-Shepard
Q: What dog always knows the time?
A: A watch dog

PRESIDENTIAL PETS
George Washington, 1st President, (1789-1797)
Polly the parrot
36 hounds and horses
John Quincy Adams, 6th President, (1825-1829)
An alligator and silkworms
Abraham Lincoln, 16th President, (1861-1865)
A turkey named Jack
Goats named Nancy and Nanko
ponies, cats, dogs, pigs and a white rabbit
Woodrow Wilson, 27th President, (1913-1921)
Old Ike the ram and sheep that grazed on the White House lawn

A dog has three eyelids. An upper eyelid, a lower eyelid and a third eyelid in the inner corner of the eye which can sweep over the eye like a windshield wiper
A dog's nose has over 200 million scent receptors; a human nose has about 5 million scent receptors.
A domestic dog has an average of 321 bones. An adult human has 206 bones.
Adult dogs have 42 teeth. Adult humans have 32 teeth.

Paws for Thought

Luther dug up this poem written a long time ago.

A Dogs' Welcome

Don and Sancho, Tramp and Tray
Upon the parlour steps collected,
Wagged all their tails and seemed to say;
`Our master knows you; you're expected!'

Written by, Winthrop Mackworth Praed
(1802-1839)