Dogs Are So Sweet That They Get Upset Even When Strangers Cry [Dogs]

Dogs Are So Sweet That They Get Upset Even When Strangers Cry [Dogs]:

Most dog owners will tell you their dog does not like it one bit when they cry, but did you know that it also bugs the sensitive little creatures when people they don't even know are crying? Yes, that is how freaking sweet and squeezably lovable dogs are. Dr. Deborah Custance and Jennifer Mayer, psychologists at the University of London, did a study to gauge whether dogs responded to different emotional states in humans. They used 18 dogs of all different breeds and ages and exposed them to experimental conditions where either their owner or a stranger pretended to cry, hummed, or carried on a conversation. What they found was that more dogs "looked at, approached and touched the humans" when they were crying rather than humming, and no dogs reacted to the talking. More »