Study proves dogs produce more facial expressions when humans are watching

Want to see some serious puppy dog eyes? Try spending more time near your pooch.

Sure, new toys and food are nice, but research from the University of Portsmouth shows that like most humans, what dogs really crave is attention.

In fact, scientists at the university’s Dog Cognition Centre recently found that dogs are more likely to show facial expressions if humans are paying attention to them.

In the study — which was published in Scientific Reports — dog cognition expert Dr. Juliane Kaminski and a team tested how dogs’ facial expressions changed in response to four different factors: a human facing them or turned away from them either with food or without. Read more…

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