15 Facts About Puppies 1. THE WORD PUPPY HAS FRENCH ROOTS. Etymologists figure the term puppy may originate from "poupeĆ©", a French word meaning doll or toy. The word puppy doesn't seem to have entered the English language until the late sixteenth century—before that, English speakers called infant mutts whelps. William Shakespeare's Top dog John, accepted to be written during the 1590s, is one of the most punctual realized attempts to utilize the (very adorable) term puppy hound. 2. PUPPIES EVOLVED TO BE BLIND AND DEAF AT BIRTH. puppies are practically visually impaired and hard of hearing during childbirth. On the very beginning, their eyes are solidly closed and their ear trenches shut. Why? In a word, it's a piece of a transformative exchange off. Since pregnancy can hurt a meat eater's capacity to pursue down nourishment, hounds advanced to have short incubation periods. Brief pregnancies implied that canine moms wouldn't hav