Dogs often give us the “guilty look” 👀—avoiding eye contact, lowering their heads, or tucking their tails. We assume this means they know they’ve done something wrong, but research shows it’s actually an appeasement behaviour—a way for dogs to diffuse tension and avoid conflict 😬 A key study by Dr. Alexandra Horowitz, head of the Dog Cognition Lab at Barnard College, found that dogs showed these ‘guilty’ behaviours more when scolded—regardless of whether they had actually misbehaved. This mean
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Dogs often give us the “guilty look” 👀—avoiding eye contact, lowering their heads, or tucking their tails. We assume this means they know they’ve done something wrong, but research shows it’s actually an appeasement behaviour—a way for dogs to diffuse tension and avoid conflict 😬 A key study by Dr. Alexandra Horowitz, head of the Dog Cognition Lab at Barnard College, found that dogs showed these ‘guilty’ behaviours more when scolded—regardless of whether they had actually misbehaved. This mean
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