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Smell of human stress can affect dogs' emotions, leading them to make more pessimistic choices (phys.org)

submitted 3 months ago by restingboredface@sh.itjust.works to c/science@lemmy.ml

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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

this is such bad news for my dog.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 months ago

Your dog recognises you're trying your best, and is there for you, in the same way that you are there for your dog — one of the reasons dogs evolved to be so in tune with human stress is because often they're more than pets, they're our partners.

[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

So that's why the dogs were avoiding me this morning when I was crying in bed.

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

40k years of "evolution"

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago

Likely 11k living with humans.