Aspen and Misty
02-25-2005, 02:55 PM
I'm conducting my own research as I am really interested in it.
Do dogs see laughter as:
a sign of Human Happiness
a sign of the dog being good.
does it make them nervous
other (please state what your dog does)
I want to see what the majority is, so I thought I would ask PT. I have made the poll multi-answer so that people with more then one dog can answer for them all.
For my dogs, Nova sees it as I am happy and Connor sees it as praise.
To test this theory out this is what I did.
Connor:
I took his favorite toy and threw it. When he returned with it I just laughed. I didn't pet him and I didn't play with him. I just laughed. His whole body began to wiggle and he made his "I've been good face" (he has extraordinary movement of his cheek bones) you could see I was "telling" him he was good.
Nova:
Nova doesn't really like to play, so she was laying on the ground and I started Laughing (insane I know). She started off wagging her tail. She then started getting really happy. Eventually she stood up, licked my face and sat on the couch with me. She gave me a distinct look and then started rubbing her face on the couch She rolled over on her back and started wiggling. I took this as Nova thought I was happy, so she decided she would be happy.
Both dogs have a distinct pattern of behavior they do when they think I'm happy and when they think they have been good. Since I know this I am able to say which pattern they were exhibiting. I may be wrong, but to the best of my knowledge this seemed to be what the dogs though.
So, if you could please test your dogs by either doing one of the experiments I suggested or coming up with your own. It would be REALLY appreciated.
Ashley
Do dogs see laughter as:
a sign of Human Happiness
a sign of the dog being good.
does it make them nervous
other (please state what your dog does)
I want to see what the majority is, so I thought I would ask PT. I have made the poll multi-answer so that people with more then one dog can answer for them all.
For my dogs, Nova sees it as I am happy and Connor sees it as praise.
To test this theory out this is what I did.
Connor:
I took his favorite toy and threw it. When he returned with it I just laughed. I didn't pet him and I didn't play with him. I just laughed. His whole body began to wiggle and he made his "I've been good face" (he has extraordinary movement of his cheek bones) you could see I was "telling" him he was good.
Nova:
Nova doesn't really like to play, so she was laying on the ground and I started Laughing (insane I know). She started off wagging her tail. She then started getting really happy. Eventually she stood up, licked my face and sat on the couch with me. She gave me a distinct look and then started rubbing her face on the couch She rolled over on her back and started wiggling. I took this as Nova thought I was happy, so she decided she would be happy.
Both dogs have a distinct pattern of behavior they do when they think I'm happy and when they think they have been good. Since I know this I am able to say which pattern they were exhibiting. I may be wrong, but to the best of my knowledge this seemed to be what the dogs though.
So, if you could please test your dogs by either doing one of the experiments I suggested or coming up with your own. It would be REALLY appreciated.
Ashley