Are dogs really that jealous like what humans do with their loved ones or romantic mate? A recent study in the PLOS ONE journal conducted by the researchers at the University of California San Diego showed that dogs, like humans, exhibit jealous behaviors and other obvious acts associated to jealousy with rival dogs.
Performing the Case Study Shows a Wonderful Process with Awesome Results During actual study, the volunteer dog owners were individually given a plastic jack-o-lantern pail, a stuffed dog that barks, whine and wags, and a children’s book in musical pop-up style. The dog owners were asked to ignore the presence of their pets while treating the pail and the stuffed dog as their own precious Fido pet. They even pretended to be reading the book actively to a child while the pets watch.
The results shows how humans would naturally respond to the scenario. They would actually make their presence known by squeezing their bodies to their owners, making them feel that they were the real precious pets that must be given attention and even sniff the stuffed dog or move closer to the pail to stress out their dominance and real value.
This proves how dogs show feelings of jealousy when faced with difficult situations with their rivals just as human’s experience. Although they cannot equal the mind and emotions of human beings, they can be said to resemble a two-year old boy or girl in most ways, so jealousy and affection play major roles here. Valuing Dogs through the Years Dogs are man’s best friends as what humans have come to realize for the past 15, 000 years.
Although dogs originate from the wolf family, there are no solid evidences that could testify where this usual friendly behavior in dogs usually came from. Some would just theorize or even think of friendly wolves or pups who have been tamed by humans in the past to show feelings of empathy, joy, sadness or even loyalty to its own owner. While there are no clear points to tell by now why dogs are so close to people, still dogs are the best pets that you can have that imitate human behavior in their own doggy way.
Deborah Campbell
