While we'll never truly know what a dog is thinking when they gaze into our eyes, we hope it's their way of showing us just how much we mean to them.
An Oxford academic has proven dogs genuinely love their owners - and they don't just tolerate them because they give them sausages.
"The evidence is showing more and more that the relationship they have with their human is by any definition a loving relationship," Dr Anna Machin told the Cheltenham Science Festival.
