Hi I'm Paul and you were reading this articel everyone knows that dogs are colorblind but in fact as a title of this articel may have given away spoilers they aren't not quite anyway while dogs can't see all shades of the ROYGBIV color spectrum like we do they can detect multiple shades and combinations of blue yellow and gray so if your dog was reading this articel with you this is dog myths debunked and how it looks from his perspective this is the first of many common dog myths we'll be tackling today dogs have night vision it's kind of true what dogs lacan see in color they make up for with their ability to see at night now we're not talking like highlighter green night-vision goggles that you'd see in spy movies but dogs do have better night vision than humans they have a larger pupils and retinas along with extra tissues and structures which allow them to see things in very low light the tapetum which is a mirror-like structure in the back of the eye reflects light so this reflection gives dogs a second chance to catch as much light as possible it's great for seeing in low-light but it does take away from their overall vision the dog's mouth is cleaner than a human's you've undoubtedly heard this before and like many of us we've heard it so many times that you've accepted it is true it's true that your mouth and your dog's mouth each contain about the same number of microbes of bacteria.
However the ones found in your mouth are not the same as those in your dog's mouth so comparing the two is like apples and oranges or maybe like a kitchen sponge to a toilet brush both are full of germs but not the same ones when it comes down to who has a cleaner mouth humans have two big advantages over dogs the first is that we don't walk around looking every other person animal surface and object we see and you know we don't use our tongues like toilet paper and secondly most of us practice methods of oral hygiene on a daily basis which removes a lot of the bacteria camping out in our mouths you have the Internet so I assume you use a toothbrush dogs on the other hand do lick everything in sight they also lack opposable thumbs and pretty much everything else that is required the Cynthia being to brush its own teeth so you know your dog relies on you to brush its teeth and you probably brush your teeth more than your dogs also for those of you keeping track at home dogs can't use the internet either so I'm pretty sure my logic is solid on this one so bottom line unless your drinking water comes from the toilet or you're in the habit of ingesting your own excrement it's not likely your dog's mouth is cleaner than yours number four feeding your dog garlic will keep the fleas away false there's plenty of crazy alternative medicine ideas for humans and dogs alike feeding garlic to your dog.
Dog Myths Busted
Is one of the widely accepted methods for flea prevention the thought is that garlic is expelled through the pores of the dog's skin and that repels fleas and ticks but there's little to no evidence that this works on top of that high doses of garlic can cause an Union dog's so it's probably best to find another way to prevent these parasites a wagging tail means a dog is happy and/or friendly to debunk this myth let's compare dog's tail to the human tongue both are used for communication and just like a moving tongue can communicate any number of human thoughts a dog wagging his help and also say many different things also did you know if some humans are born with tails take my advice and do not Google image search done so rather than thinking of a wagging tail as an indication of one specific emotion it's really just a signal that a dog is willing to interact there are many types of tail wags that a dog uses to communicate different things tail wags can express enthusiasm tension hostility confidence playfulness and more so in the interest of keeping all your appendages in tact probably not a good idea to assume that it's okay to pet every dog you see with the leg and tail dogs feel guilt this isn't true sorry those puppy dog eyes are lying to you it's pretty easy to misinterpret this look as shame or guilt research actually suggests that dogs don't have the ability to experience secondary emotions like guilt and jealousy so your puppy isn't feeling bad because he chewed up your favorite pair of shoes.
He's just afraid of getting punished my dog understands what I'm saying this myth is a bit complicated because while dogs are capable of a social words was an action or meaning they rely heavily on the tone of our voice and our demeanor to interpret what we say dogs use the left side of their brain to interpret words and the right side to interpret tones and inflection while the average dog can commit approximately 165 words to memory the words are not a sign of the particular meaning and depending on the way the word is said it can be interpreted by a dog as many different things we're talking about a dog or my wife for example I start scratching behind my dog's ears and my best the most nonsensical dog voice I say I will do so much and use the best dog in the whole wide world yes you are then I repeated the same behavior in the same voice and said he's ruining my house and I hate you and regret the day I brought you home my dog would likely perceive both statements exactly the same way and I mean this I've sent some really horrible things to Norma Jeanes over the years and I feel like this could work on small children as well I'm not saying you should say mean things a little kids though just that you could dogs can sense changes in the weather we've all heard grandpa say my knees hurt so it's gonna rain well it appears.
That dogs are even better at predicting weather than a grant pause and definitely better than your local weatherman dogs have the ability to sense changes in barometric pressure and static electric fields over time they associate these changes with the weather so next time your dog is freaking out it might mean that there's a thunderstorm brewing you can't teach an old dog new tricks completely false not only can older dogs learn new things since they have a longer attention span they are often easier to train than puppies the only learning ability that older dogs seem to struggle with more than pups is that of learning new words or verbal cues however you know what they say practice makes perfect so when an older dog may have to hear a word repeated more times to commit it to memory but it is still absolutely capable of doing so one human year equals seven dog years it's actually not the case dogs mature at a much faster rate than humans in their early stages a one-year-old dog has the same the physical maturity as a 16 year old human and sometimes a personality to match after their first birthday a dog's aging slows down the one dog year equals 7 human years idea comes from an average of all dog lifespans well that's all the myths that we have today I hope you have found dog myths and misconceptions in this articel. Thanks and check out more of our.
