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Juliane Kaminski, Associate professor of comparative Psychology, University of Portsmouth

Humans are bad at reading dogs’ emotions – but we can learn to do better

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A lot of dog owners believe that they can tell what their dogs are feeling. They believe that they can assess their dog’s emotions no matter the context.

Yet newspapers frequently publish stories about dogs who attack “out of nowhere”, where owners claim there were “no signs” prior to the attack. A recent US study has found the answer may lie with humans – as it turns out, we’re not very good at interpreting dogs’ emotions.

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