How Dogs Are Raised Determines Their Behavior

Although they are our oldest companions in human history dogs Continuing to discover new things about it. One of these discoveries serves to explain how the behavior of dogs can be determined.

In a recent study, dogs the way you were raised and cared for The dogs of people who are more concerned with their dog’s needs become more self-confident, social and non-harming dogs.

Dogs’ behavior is affected by people’s behavior

The study included 48 dog owners and their dogs. First, pet owners how they raise their dogs They were asked to answer questions in a questionnaire about Afterwards, the dogs were subjected to three different behavioral assessment tests in the laboratory. These tests examined dogs’ loyalty and communication between dogs and humans.

Oregon State Universityanimal behavior specialist from Monique Udell, “We discovered that upbringing creates patterns in predicting dogs’ behavior and cognitive levels.” used the phrase. In other words, there is a serious connection between what the dog understands and how it behaves and how it was raised.

Researchers dog owners into three categories separated. They made this distinction in the same way that people communicate with their children. The behavior of the pets of dog owners who were divided into three groups as authoritarian (high expectation, high communication), authoritarian (high expectation, low communication) and liberating (low expectation, high communication) were examined.

As a result, dogs in groups of authoritarian owners able to solve puzzles and it turned out to be more successful in both social and cognitive studies. Animal Cognition The research published in the journal seems to lay the groundwork for other studies in the future. Despite thousands of years together, more work needs to be done to fully unravel the bond between humans and dogs.