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Inside the mind of a dog, with Prof Alexandra Horowitz

Instant Genius

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The Consequences of Dog Shaming

A popular topic on the internet is, I think they call it dog shaming. When your dog wrecks something in your house, they take a photo of it and it looks like it's guilty or sorry or something. Do we know anything about that? Yeah, in fact, I have studied what I call the guilty look, right? As most people who live with dogs recognize, a dog who looks guilty of some infraction,. Maybe their ears are back, their head is down, or they're looking a little bit away, or their tail is wagging low between their legs.

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