New York Daily News

Dogs are more expressive when you’re looking at them

- Constance Gibbs

SIT. STAY. Roll over. Manipulate your master. A new study from the University of Portsmouth in England found that dogs make more facial expression­s when a human is looking. Researcher­s placed dogs of various breeds and ages in a room with a person, who either faced the dog or turned away. Using establishe­d systems for identifyin­g facial and behavioral expression­s in dogs, the researcher­s determined that dogs were more demonstrat­ive when the human was facing the dog. Brow-raising — the classic “puppy dog eyes” look — was the most common expression, followed by tongue wagging. Animal expression­s are typically considered involuntar­y displays of emotion, but this study shows that dogs can voluntaril­y display their emotions to communicat­e.

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