Celebrate National Puppy Day in 2015, You may be dog-tired this ruff Monday morning, but luckily, it's National Puppy Day. You're totally justified in paws-ing your work to look at puppy pictures and read quotes about the adorable animals. After all, dogs are man's best friend -- and for that, they definitely deserve a bit of extra love and celebration.
5 Interesting Facts About National Puppy Day 2015
1. Puppy Bowl: Instead of watching the regular Super Bowl, audiences can tune in each year to the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet. The pups play "football," and kittens provide the halftime entertainment.
2. Most popular pups: People love Labrador Retrievers. American Kennel Club has named it the most popular dog breed for 24 consecutive years.
3. Bathroom behavior: Puppies don’t know how to urinate or defecate by themselves. During their first few weeks, mothers will “instinctively stimulate their babies to excrete waste through licking,” according to the ASPCA.
4. Christmas puppies: While the idea of getting or giving a puppy on Christmas morning is adorable, make sure you know the risks. Puppies are expensive and time-consuming. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) recommends giving someone a gift certificate to adopt instead of surprising them with a furry friend.
5. Brothers and sisters: Puppies have plenty of siblings. Litters usually contain four to six puppies, the ASPCA states, and fertile mothers typically produce one litter per year.
