Dogs Can Tell Whether People Are Selfish Or Generous After Brief Human Exposure

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If you’ve ever wondered whether your dog indeed is a good judge of a person’s character or whether that’s just the wishful thinking of a doting dog parent, new research suggests that dogs are aware of human personality. However, it doesn’t have anything to do with a canine sixth sense.

A study published in the journal PLOS One found that dogs learn to recognize whether a person is selfish or generous after little human interaction. Adult dogs in the investigation preferred to get physically closer to generous people instead of selfish people.


The researchers conducted two rounds of a “training” session followed by a “choice” session on family dogs, shelter dogs, and puppies as participants.

In the training sessions, one person would point to a bowl that held roasted chicken, allowing the dog to eat it. Another person would direct the dog to the container with food, but would personally eat it at the moment that the dog would have had access to the meal. The offering or withholding of food represented generosity or selfishness, respectively.

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[lapfog_1]

1. Dogs, Cats, and Children

have always warmed up to me... sometimes right after the "parental figure" has just finished telling me how their pets or children are shy or don't like strangers.

[cstanleytech]

6. How have you done with Chihuahuas on average?

[lapfog_1]

7. well... there are always exceptions

lol... but even some very protective pitbulls love me.

[defacto7]

2. I'm sorry, berate me, beat me, call me a poo head....

But this study is so flawed it smells of KFC.

Although I really think dogs as well as other animals have a special way to decern things we can't see as easily, this is not measuring generosity of the human. It's measuring the dogs instinct for learning and obedience to an alpha. This is normal canine disposition. The alpha eats first, the submissives eat last. They are learning who is to be approached as their alpha (with respect giving distance) and who can be approached at ease (another submissive they can play or fight with without concern). It's genetic, it's ancient, it's a known.

They are reading human reactions into a dogs nature. You can't do that.

[Canoe52]

4. Totally agree. nt

[romana]

5. Yep

There's also punishment and aversive conditioning happening to explain these results.

[femmocrat]

3. That's just mean.

[milestogo]

8. All dogs think I'm generous.

And I don't think its just because I have a pocket full of dog treats.

[MineralMan]

9. Rotisserie Chicken Night at Our House

is the best night in our dogs' entire life. Every time. They know it's that night the minute I walk through the door, hours before dinnertime. When the chicken goes in the oven to be reheated, they know. When I take it out of the oven, they stand nearby and look lovingly up at me. Then, as my wife and I enjoy it, they sit next to us and snap up the tidbits we hand them.

Whatever night it happens to be, it's the best night of their lives! Ever!

IT'S CHICKEN! IT'S CHICKEN!