Posted on 02/22/2014 4:03:45 AM PST by driftdiver
Think your dog can tell when you’re feeling sad or happy? You may be right.
Dogs are sensitive to cues of emotion in human voices, according to a new study from Current Biology. Researchers suspect the area of the brain responsible for voice and sounds in both dogs and humans evolved at the same time, 100 million years ago, when the two species shared common ancestors.
"Dogs and humans share a similar social environment," Attila Andics, of MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group in Hungary, said in a press release. "Our findings suggest that they also use similar brain mechanisms to process social information. This may support the successfulness of vocal communication between the two species."
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Mrs. ShirleyP was on the phone getting the news that a dear friend had died. She started crying, and our doggie Homer jumped up on her and was crying too.
And to Dennis Prager, yes, I would have saved Homer from drowning before saving an unknown person.
That is totally understandable.
The rule in our house is the Boy Dog gets at least a taste of everything the rest of the pack gets, unless it is specifically something not-for-dogs.
We don’t _give_ him coffee. He specifically sneaks up and steals it right out of Dad’s cup (only Dad’s. He leaves mine, with cream and sugar, alone). I’m pretty sure it is on the not-for-dogs list.
All that face-licking and butt-sniffing is really just about who got to eat what, you know. He probably is wondering why he’s so unloved.;~)
There are Australian Cattle Dogs ACD and Australian Shepherds. The later were actually bred and developed I believe, in Texas. I had what may have been an early version when I was a kid. Born with no tail, small with markings and coat like a German Shepherd. He was a great dog. Now the breed is larger and comes in a variety of colors. ACDs are a mix of shelpie, Dalmatian, and dingo and were developed in Australia to herd cattle. They are also called healers since they were bred to nip at heels. They are wicked smart and athletic. Our ACD is one/quarter border collie which makes him even smarter and a little hyper. We had to train the dingo out of him at an early age. He’s now very beta. I still wouldn’t leave him a lone with an infant.
And dogs have a big sense of humor. Cats struggle with that. With socialism, half of America is being bred less intelligent, while some dogs are being bred more intelligent. At some point the average IQs will pass each other. The question will become: do I adopt a pet dog from the pound, or a pet Democrat from the ghetto.
Even now you’re infinitely better off adopting the dog than the DemonCrap.
I wonder; just how much did this cost us?
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These researchers have a time machine, don’t cha know.
My doxies can tell when I’m mad at them. They don’t quit doing what they are doing but I can tell they understand by the smirk.
The dogs had never left our unfenced yard, they strolled from back porch to front porch and went no farther and were watchful.
After he was killed the dogs became very protective. Their circle around the house became larger and larger.
It finally extended into the middle of our next door neighbors yards and into the street. The post office stopped delivering our mail, no one could walk down the sidewalk in front of our house.
If people came into our house the dogs stayed between us and the guest,they were calm and watchful but they were so big people felt threatened. I miss those dogs!
That’s a nice story!
One of my favorite sayings is “Be the person your dog thinks you are!”
That is of course very true, but I also think dogs pick up on hormonal/pheromonal levels in body scent and can detect stress, illness, and other emotional states through nonverbal cues as well.
Dogs are people too! Well no, but you understand what I mean.
Gee, really?
As if I didn’t know this.
No MY dog, but most dogs can. Or at least she doesn’t care.
Mammals have existed for as long as dinosaurs, by evolution views. Or at least their immediate ancestors.
Actually you also missed the point that Tyrannosaurs weren’t the only dinosaurs, and they existed a very long time before, so easily your 30 million is covered. (Actually it’s billion.)
Even more than that, with no telltale movement or sound, they can -smell- your emotions, even before you might realize you’re feeling them.
Every ‘emotion’ has a unique chemical signature and they read us like books.
If I have to “share an ancestor” with an animal, far better it be dogs than monkeys.
:)
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