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Dogs can get jealous, too

Dogs can get jealous, too

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by: FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Jul 24, '14 7:47am  
I love it when money is spent on a study, that any decent dog owner could have told you....Jealousy may not be the sole domain of humans, with new research showing dogs can get downright possessive when it comes to the love of their master.When their owners showed affection toward what was actually a stuffed dog, the real puppies in the study responded by snapping or pushing the stuffed dog aside, report researchers from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).This jealous streak only surfaced when owners were attending to the stuffed dog and not when they were occupied with random objects. However, this was no ordinary stuffed dog: It was engineered to bark, whine and wag its tail convincingly.Since jealously is generally believed to be an emotion that requires more complex thinking, the researchers suggested there could be a more basic form of jealousy specific to dogs and some other social animals that helps protect their bonds and ward off outsiders. 4951
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Nurse3 Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 9 years ago   Jul 24, '14 7:51am  
Apparently the researchers dont own animals. My dog and cats get jealous if i pay attention to only one of them or my hubby when i get home from work. 4951
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TheTruthHurts Active Indicator LED Icon 12
~ 9 years ago   Jul 24, '14 8:52am  
Jealousy is a protective thing when you love someone. There are indeed normal levels of it that most people and animals feel.
 
But then their is psycho levels that are not acceptable. I think this kind has more to with ones self instead of the object of their affection. 4951
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WJo Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 9 years ago   Jul 24, '14 11:56am  
I have 3 poodles & they will get jealous if I show one attention & not the other 2 , they fight over who will sit next to me on the sofa & who will win the best spot on my lap . All animals have "feelings"  you just have to pay attention  to hear what they are saying with their body language. 4951
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bp2018 Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 9 years ago   Jul 24, '14 12:11pm  
I agree @FoFa nice to see money wasted on studies that everybody already knows the answer to. 4951
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KTownTexican Active Indicator LED Icon 11
~ 9 years ago   Jul 24, '14 12:16pm  
and people get paid for this,,,, I need to be a researcher... I would research how much money I can get just by asking for research money. 4951
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