Scarlett Johansson is a proud mom to two dogs, Chihuahua Maggie and dachshund-Chihuahua mix Pancake.
Robert Wayne, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, believes dogs evolved from a now-extinct group of wolves in Europe, somewhere between 19,000 and 32,000 years ago.
According to recent U.S. reports, sniffer dogs can detect thyroid cancer from urine samples with an 88% success rate.
Does your dog have a persistent cough, runny nose and fever? It may have the latest strain of the dog flu. At least 1,000 dogs in Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana were infected since March 2015. So far, no cases have been reported in California, but like any virus the dog flu has the potential to travel.
Some Newfoundlands are amazing swimmers! And they have webbed paws!
The above is information that Mr. Smarty Pants read in a book, magazine, newspaper, or website; heard on the radio; saw on television; or overheard at a party. Got any facts? Email them to Mr. Smarty Pants for possible inclusion in the column at mrpants@austinchronicle.com. “Mr. Smarty Pants Knows” and the logo, copyright 2015, R.U. Steinberg.
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