Introduction – International Dog Day is celebrated on August 26 every year worldwide to encourage individuals to adopt dogs by providing a better quality of life. This global day is dedicated to the unconditional love for dogs among common individuals across the world. The main aim of this global day is to encourage common individuals to adopt dogs from shelters and rescue organizations.

Dogs – Nowadays, several individuals are interested in adopting dogs as domestic animals because some dogs are used as pets to help individuals do their work. Dogs are very popular pets as they are most loyal, playful, friendly, and listen to humans. They are used in many works such as finding bombs, army dogs, police dogs, fire dogs, messenger dogs, and many more. Dogs are also used for detective purposes by police or investigating murders cases by finding evidences.

Several dogs are trained to find bombs and are also used to small and search any particular individual in any criminal or murder case. Sometimes dogs are known as human friends because they are kept as pets that are very loyal and used to secure homes from thieves or criminals.

Important facts about dogs – There are several important facts about dogs are given below –

1. Dogs are very popular pets as they are most faithful, playful, friendly, and listen to human beings.
2. Dogs have 18 muscles for moving or controlling their ears and also help in changing the direction of their ears slightly to hear or listen to noises around them.
3. The sense of smell in dogs may be 40 times better as compared with human beings. Thus, dogs are used in searching for bombs and finding evidence. Therefore, dogs are used by police to investigate any murder case.
4. As per animal psychologists, dogs may be unhappy and stressed if they are hugged.
5. Sometimes dogs are known as human friends because they are kept as pets that are very loyal and used to secure homes from thieves or criminals.
6. As per research, dogs can to learn or understand the same number of words as compared to a two-year-old child.
7. As per the American Heart Association, interaction with dogs may enhance the production of happy hormones such as dopamine, oxytocin, and serotonin.