Does your dog love you?

Read the original Craked.com article HERE or HERE

Dr. Miho Nagasawa has come up with a better way to gauge a dog's emotions than the standard tail wag, and it relies on its face rather than its ass. You might think that dogs have only the one stupid dog expression, but by attaching sensors to the animals' faces, they discovered that there are subtle differences depending on whether your pooch is happy to see you or contemplating pooping in your slippers.
The researchers put the dogs in front of a curtain that they would pull back to reveal either their owner or a stranger. When the owner appeared, the dogs would move their left eyebrow upward, but when it was a stranger, they would pull their left ear back. If it was something they hated, like nail clippers or a vacuum cleaner, the right ear would go back. Tail wagging was largely irrelevant -- dogs are all about the intricate dance of ear position and eyebrows like a bunch of smelly, furry little Groucho Marxes.
But, because scientists are more emotionally insecure than a pick-up artist, this still wasn't proof enough for Nagasawa's team. So they carried out yet another experiment, which examined the emotional and biological connection between dog and owner. This one focused on our pee. By analyzing the urine of dog owners after they'd just interacted with their pets, the researchers found that it contained increased levels of oxytocin, also known as the "bonding hormone," because it's what mothers produce to help them form a connection with their newborns. And guess what? Researchers in Sweden found oxytocin in the dogs' systems, too. The feeling is totally mutual. Now just give that damn puppy some space, Nagasawa. Insecurity is not an attractive trait.

I'm going to be checking out my lots eyebrows   

Interesting. Millies eyes, eyebrows and ears make tiny movements when I talk to her. I read an article a while ago about other dogs not being as friendly towards dogs with black fur because the subtle facial expressions aren't as easy for them to read.
I think I will give the urine testing a miss though  

 

I read a article years ago about how dogs with docked tails and curled tails are bitten more and are more likely to bite. Their tails are part of doggy talk and can cause miscommunication between dogs and also people misread body language of these dogs.

Interesting! Quite funny as well!

I think I'll give the urine samples a miss!

Interesting, but a bit bonkers.

I think most of us dog owners realise that dogs are capable of many facial expressions (not just the "one stupid dog expression" whatever that may be), and we don't just concentrate on the tail end.

All i can say is hell yeah Chance loves me!

LyndaW wrote:Interesting, but a bit bonkers.

I think most of us dog owners realise that dogs are capable of many facial expressions (not just the "one stupid dog expression" whatever that may be), and we don't just concentrate on the tail end.

Yes, you're right. I think most dog owners know the different expressions that their dogs are capable of!

I know Tilly loves me from the bottom of her eyes , ears , eyebrows, tail and anything else she can get moving when I walk in the room

Aaaah - well said Dave. We all know when our dog loves us, whether their right ear goes back, forward or spins in a circle!

It's proven long ago that oxytocin is present in both animals & their owners, when they love ea other. There's no surprise there to me.

My Rottie's had docked tails before it was illegal here & I can't say they were any harder to read than the tails in the house now. I believe their face, ears, nose, eyes & especially their body stance say everything you need to know if you pay attention.

I think you're going to get yourself confused if you focus just on one, or a few, aspects of a dog's body language. Each part of a dog's body moves in sync with other parts to create one overall behaviour.

I do think the article is interesting, funny and worth reading, but I also wonder about the intellect of some scientists!

The article is from a joke site. They write up nonsense but factual, proven nonsense.

I usually can't stand Cracked articles, but some of them aren't too bad!