Sometimes a dog’s growl actually means it wants to play

in dog •  8 years ago 

When interpreting dog growls, some people are surprisingly good at taking the hint, a new study shows. Scientists testing how people categorized different types of growls found that people — especially women and dog owners — could largely tell playful vocalizations from threatening ones.

Read more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/sometimes-a-dogs-growl-actually-means-it-wants-to-play/2017/05/19/7afafbc4-3bf0-11e7-a058-ddbb23c75d82_story.html?utm_term=.456e7d45f819

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duuuuh! xD

But there are also the complete opposite type of people, who can't even distinguish two dogs playing(!) from fighting.