Dog Yawn Study: Human Yawns ‘Contagious’ For Canines
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mike
May 10, 2012
General, dog training, dogs yawning, keep it simple stupid dog training, kiss dog training, mike deathe, stress signals in dogs, stress sinals in dogs
Interesting article about contagious yawning in dogs via humans, but it does not take into count that yawning is also a stress signal by dogs.
I do not doubt the validity that dogs will imitate or yawn back at humans just as they will in dogs, but I am just not convinced it is simply a contagious act and rather not a response to a stress signal that they see.
For example, Dog A is nervous and not comfortable in a given situation, so Dog B reciprocates the yawn to let Dog A know He/She understands and to relax. Either way, it is an interesting article that needs way more research to determine causality… worth a read and a little bit of a think-a-round!
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