Dog is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You

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So deep into the deepest level of biology, into the genetic code that underlies everything that dogs become, you can find it all the way through.

I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that dogs think humans are nuts. If you think of a child living in a human family, if a child loses a parent, that’s a catastrophic event in life that it takes a human being years to recover from, years. It wrecks the mood rapidly, where a mere verbal scolding wouldn't suffice, or would take too long when seconds count.So I’d have a little ‘aha’, but the ‘aha’ takes just a moment, and then I’d have like a month of “No that can’t be right. So dogs can much more easily move into new relationships, which is a great thing because otherwise what would we do with adult dogs who’ve lost their original human family? I’m just saying there’s enough similarity between how dogs form strong emotional bonds and how people form strong emotional bonds that it’s fair enough to use the love word. But what I think we overlook is that we love our dogs precisely because they are such sociable beings and they want to be with us.

But don’t take it as a bad sign if your dog doesn’t always trot along after you whenever you leave the couch and head into the kitchen. If you’ve asked yourself this question, you’re one of the thousands of dog owners who have wondered the same thing. For all that I’ve met some smart dogs, dogs really don’t have special forms of intelligence that other species don’t have. I’ve been to Siberia and I’ve met those foxes for myself and it is an amazing experience to have a fox just jump into your arms and try and kiss you. Around the time he adopted a lovable black mutt named Xephos, Clive Wynne’s work as a canine scientist led him to a crisis of conscience.

You may prefer to use one of the best dog crates to keep your pup safe and secure during the night, but if you tend to let them have free reign of the house and they always end up in your bedroom snuggled up beside you, that’s a good sign that they love you. When an 85-pound mammal licks your tears away and then tries to sit on your lap, it's hard to feel sad. They should be socialized starting in puppyhood to reduce their tendency to mistrust other dogs, however, and they do need regular exercise and attention.