Researchers found that during domestication, dogs developed a facial muscle that enables them to raise the inner eyebrow intensely. The researchers concluded that “dog puppies are more attracted to humans, read human gestures more skillfully, and make more eye contact with humans than wolf puppies do.”Īnother study focused on the tendency of our dogs to stare right into our eyes, communicating love and devotion. When they observed all the pups’ responses to people, the dog puppies were much more likely to be attracted and make eye contact. The dog pups had very little human contact while they stayed with their mother and littermates. They took young wolf pups away from their mothers and litters and raised them in human homes. In one study, scientists compared how wolf pups and dog pups responded to humans. When my Lagotto Romagnolo rests her head on my stomach as I do my morning exercises when she greets me with her silly smile whether I return from the mailbox or a trip when she stayed quietly by my side while I recovered from chemo treatments – what I feel is her love. Is love defined as a strong bond, a show of affection, the desire to be with you always? They may or may not tell you whether dogs are capable of feeling this strong emotion, but the answer for every dog owner lies in your own personal definition of love. Summaries of some of these research findings are included below. Are we being anthropomorphic when we interpret our dogs’ behavior in human terms of love? We feed and exercise them, set our schedules based on their needs, get up with them in the middle of the night, buy them silly toys, and tell them our deepest secrets.įor years, however, scientists and animal behaviorists have researched whether our dogs have the ability to return our love. Humans don’t question their ability to love their dogs.
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