Sarah Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Thoughts please people?????? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8096912.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siberian_wolf Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 very interesting added to rep. IMO I dont think dogs intentionally put a guilty look on their face. Dogs and guilt is like dogs and jealousy IMO its one of those subjects, we as owners, mis-interpret with our own emotions as to what the dog is actually trying to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice and Cripton Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Added to rep ...and..... YES!!! [ATTACH]1952.IPB[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siberian_wolf Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 lmao tanika!!!! so funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice and Cripton Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 lool >>> On a serious note, i believe they display a different set of emmotions, body language, they use their eyes, head movements and the tail to to show how they 'feel', us humans then depict a notion of what we get from these movements and gestures. I think dogs are not as simple as people think tho, they are very emmotionally intelligent but you have to own and love and a dog to get it We add our lingo to their world, for example an emmotion may be nothing more to a dog than a position of their tail, however all we have is language so i still think yes! Dogs do have inner feelings which they can portray through how they look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice and Cripton Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 lmao tanika!!!! so funny loool cheeky girl, i caught her trying to nap Balto's chew tutut:th_sur: << So i thought i'd quickly snap her in the act, only thing she moved!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majormom2u Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Yup!... I truly think they know how to put a guilty face!... Any doubts?.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Great pics everyone :D Tia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 OMG Fab pics!!!!!!!!!!! ROFL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice and Cripton Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 OMG Sandy >>>> Shiloh's face screams: BUSTED!!!! loool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bec Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 I agree with the article, especially this part: Researchers concluded that any such "guilty look" is a response to human behaviour and has no relation with the dog's actions or sense of having broken any rules. Do people really think that if they come home to a dog that trashed the lounge room several hours before that the dog is really going to "look guilty"? The dog won't even remember doing it in the first place. If they are responding to us yelling at them or carrying on, by hanging their head down or skunking around I would suggest that is a submissive response to our outburst rather than the dog feeling a human emotion like guilt. Dogs don't think or act like people. Dogs think and act like dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninooks mum Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 I beleive they do show a guilty face I know as soon as I walk in if nooks has been naughty she doesnt come near for a pet and looks as if to say I am sorry mum was the dog next door rofl only thing is no dog next door woof woof to all nooks freinds xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bec Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 I beleive they do show a guilty face I know as soon as I walk in if nooks has been naughty she doesnt come near for a pet and looks as if to say I am sorry mum was the dog next door rofl only thing is no dog next door You'd be surprised what subtle cues we give dogs that they pick up on, she probably feels your anger/frustration and is avoiding you out of submission or because she knows that if she goes up to you she will get in trouble. Her behaviour is probably more a reaction to your body language/voice tone and cues than anything else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninooks mum Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 I also think that a dog is able to have the same emotions as humans or we would not have blind dogs dogs that know when fits are coming on etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bec Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 I also think that a dog is able to have the same emotions as humans or we would not have blind dogs dogs that know when fits are coming on etc Dogs don't have the same emotions as humans because their instincts, drives and thought processes are very different to ours... IMO it does them a discredit to assume they think and feel the same way we do. Dogs that can be trained to detect things like epiletic fits aren't cued into our emotions, they are trained to respond to certain smells/cues like body language etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Dogs looking guilty? No way, oh hang on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majormom2u Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 OMG Sandy >>>> Shiloh's face screams: BUSTED!!!! loool Yup!... we can say he mastered the skill early on!... Nina on the other hand, is more nonchalant... unapologetic... haven't really caught her sporting one of those looks yet... Nina: "Yup... we did it!..." Shiloh: "S-o-r-r-y!" ... this photo says it all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Awe Smithy and Sandy they are great pics :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 I dont know about feeling "guilt" but they do know when they have done something wrong that they will get into trouble for. When Nao was going through his peeing in the house phase I could often tell by the look on his face and body language that he had peed. When I saw that face I knew I had to look around and see where he did it. I don't think that his expression could have been a refection of my emotions since I didn't know there was anything wrong until I saw him and even then I would always give him the benefit of the doubt until I found the evidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majormom2u Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Dogs don't think or act like people. Dogs think and act like dogs. ... and boy don't they look cute doing it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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