Alyona dogs

03/03/2024

Bye, Benny! 😍👋

This one-eyed wonder dog waited and waited, but he never lost sight of his dream to have his own family. Today, that dream became a reality! 🙌🏡💙💚

Fostering saves lives again and again, and we're glad to have expanded our foster programming in 2023 to support adult dogs and make more like Benny's happen. We sure as h*ck didn't do it alone!!! Thank you to his foster for giving him a cozy place to crash and in doing so, helping ease the transition into his new home and to our donors whose financial support helps make these programs possible. Happy tails, Benny and fam!

Head to mehs.org/foster to get started making a difference in the lives of pets like Benny or consider a donation to Metro East Humane Society today!🐾

01/03/2024

01/03/2024

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

01/03/2024

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

28/02/2024

A dog’s sense of smell is legendary, but did you know that their nose has as many as 300 million receptors? In comparison, a human nose has about 5 million.

23/02/2024

While dogs do sweat, don’t expect them to be getting damp armpits any time soon. Where humans sweat watery liquid to cool down, dogs produce a pheromone laden oily substance that us humans can’t detect (dogs know it’s there because of that great sense of smell). The only place that dogs sweat like us is on their paws, so instead they pant to cool down. This is why it’s so important to keep your dog cool on those warmer days to make it easier on them.

21/02/2024

Most dogs could easily outrun a human – they’re built to run and chase! The fastest breed of dog by far, though, is the Greyhound. These speedy sight hounds can reach a top speed of 45mph within seconds of starting to run

‘But how does this beat a cheetah?’ we hear you ask. Well, while a cheetah can get up to almost 70mph, they can only keep this going for around 30 seconds. Greyhounds, on the other hand, could easily run at speeds in excess of 35mph for seven miles. So despite the cheetah’s head start, they’d soon overtake!

19/02/2024

Check out this list of 10 fascinating facts you may not have known about Man's Best Friend.

19/02/2024

Yup, medical detection dogs are a thing. Because their sense of smell is so great, some dogs can be trained to sniff out medical conditions. They are used to diagnose a particular condition or to alert their owners if they need more medication. Some are even being trained to sniff out Covid-19!

14/02/2024

14/02/2024

. Dogs have a sense of time. It's been proven that they know the difference between a hour and five. If conditioned to, they can predict future events, such as regular walk times.