Lol huskies don’t waste their energy moving their eyebrow muscles. They sing the songs of their ancestors any time they are less than thrilled with a given situation.
I hate hearing all their howls and barks. It's like their each calling for a home, like theyre saying "Please love me!" and I want to! I do! I love every dog and every cat, I just wish I could care for them. I love you, doggies, but I can't give you all the life you deserve.
Dogs used weaponized cuteness to domesticate humans. Jokes aside, I think dogs need to be acknowledged as a unique case. No two species interact, live together, work together and communicate like humans and dogs. They are genuine friends and adopted family. They are partners. And that partnership has been ridiculously successful. Both species are far better off together. This is still true, from the paleolithic to the 21st century.. The human/dog relationship is unique on this planet. Dozens of millennia together in bonds of love and friendship. This I seriously propose a separate legal category for dogs. They are NOT typical domesticated animals... Or even pets really. This is a much older and deeper bond. They are humanity's partner and true friend. All I propose is that we acknowledge that.
C'mon. Will you bring you best friend with a leash ??? Will you yell at your partner when they do what's their instinct do to protect their territory? Will you decide what you teue friend can do and what its can't? Dog are domestic animal. We kept the cutest and abandon the less useful. More of 70 % of dogs are now wild dog, trying to survive in cities. It's true that's a unic bond btw dog and human. But its still a relation btw a master and donesticed animal The only bound where the other animal kept a bit of its freedom is cat/human relationships.
You know in a time of asinine political and gender confused movements, your argument towards reclassification of dogs from pet to "Companion" should be serious considered. It would indeed be better for both of us if they were treated equal to humans and thus people getting dogs to be chained up as a yard accessory would be criminally charged and if you didn't pick up your dog/childs feces you'd be charged with child neglect. I would even go as far as making it mandatory that your dog is behaved enough to walk off leash and that the use of a leash is considered Companion cruelty unless used in dangerous situations.
I've had many dogs, a number of them Golden Retrievers. I had one in particular (sadly gone at only ten from bone cancer), who was a naturally born therapy dog, no training required at all. He pretty much forced me into visiting drug rehabs and retirement homes with him, because it was what he was born to do. He could pick people out of a crowd who needed comfort from him. One example (of many I could give): heading back to the car at the end of an outdoor concert, he kept lagging behind, looking back into the crowd. I assured him the show was over, it was time to go home...but he plunked that big unbudgeable butt down, refusing to move, looking back behind us. A man caught up with us, and said, "Can I please pet your Golden Retriever? My mother had Goldens, now they're all gone, and so is she." Somehow, that precious boy knew the man was coming. He was a big boy, 118 pounds, all big fluffy mane and silky dark gold fur, kids buried their faces in that mane. His eyes were something else, chestnut brown, open, trusting, loving. He had bushy eyebrows, set higher than most, and could raise and lower them independently...honestly, the most expressive face I've ever seen on a dog...wish I could post a photo. He was a smart boy, but such a big doofus, and behaved perfectly every place but at home. He had a special affinity for kids and people in wheelchairs; he'd plant that unbudgeable butt next to them and I was there for the duration. I miss that boy deeply. All my dogs have loved me, but Rowdy loved everyone. He had so much more comfort and love to give to hurting people, and that stupid cancer robbed him of time to give it. He was a gift.
@YourPalKindred Rowdy's mom was a rescue, 6 years old when we saw the "free or she goes to the pound" ad. Her owner's new wife claimed Kelly might hurt their newborn...ridiculous, she was a very sweet girl, never any problem. As soon as the idiot dropped her off, she clung to my door crying and peeing blood, so off to the doctor we went. We piled her into the car with a couple other dogs and had a long ride with snacks before her appointment...she was so happy! Turned out she had huge bladderstones and an infection, needed surgery. She also had nails so long they curled under, and impacted fur between her pads; neglected for maybe a year, we think. I sure didn't plan on breeding her, but my 10-month-old male Golden realized she was in heat before I did, I'd been told she was spayed and had shots (but no proof). Fortunately, there were only two puppies, and we gave one to a family that had recently lost their elderly Golden; the pups were eight weeks old on Christmas Eve, the family was overjoyed. We always said Rowdy was a gift to us for rescuing his mother and giving her a loving home for the rest of her life. When we lost Rowdy, his father was inconsolable. Two weeks afterwards, I found him sitting on the last spot Rowdy had lain in the house, wailing a high, thin, pathetic howl. He loved his boy.
Another unique musculature some dogs have (pittie type dogs particularly) is the ability to pull the corners of their mouths back into a smile. Many find this endearing like the raised eyebrows.
Many Spitz-type breeds also "smile." This is because the corners of their mouth are upturned to prevent drooling in cold environments where it might freeze.
i have a husky and foster huskies and they lose their minds if they are alone…my husky would attach himself to me if he could…if he can’t see me at the dog park, he starts frantically looking everywhere and then if i call him he immediately bolts to me. They have all been super pack oriented, I know dogs are individuals but having had tons of huskies in my house, ALL of them have wanted to be together…they don’t demand constant pets like a golden retriever might, but they want to be with you all the time.
I have a half Alaskan malamute half German shepherd, and he's exactly like this. We got him when he was 3, and I don't think the original owners ever left him alone as a puppy, he just always had someone around the house. Well come to find out when I left him alone at home for the first time, he did not like that at all. Destroyed my front door trying to look for me lol. Now if I have work or something I just take him over to the nice old lady that lives across the street from me and he hangs out with her, thank god cause doggy daycare gets expensive! I mostly just bring him with me on errands now, literally like a child. I'd say it's worth it, he's a very loyal dog.
@@tylerharry6319 the dog in my profile picture, an alaskan klee kai, tried to chew through two different doors as well to get to where I was…I totally understand what you’re talking about…it’s a blessing and a curse. He has since passed and since then i’m focusing on huskies, I don’t get the “they are like cats” sentiment. Nico, the klee kai was more like a cat in that he didn’t indiscriminately love everyone but he also was VERY loyal to the people he decided were his friend and hated being alone.
@@grantbennett8171 Check out the mini dyson handhelds, we got one lets us use a fur brush attachment we grabbed for it. If those are too pricey just look up other battery powered handheld ones, some are made just for vacuuming dogs. Works great, able to get out a good pillows worth of hair with hardly any fuss. Though it still only puts a dent in the problem, but it does help.
My Boxer/Great Pyrenees does too, though not to that extent. But if he's in his kennel he's perfectly happy until I walk out of the room. Then he lets out the sadest little whine.
Every parent/caregiver thinks their own babies are the most cutest/beautiful babies they have ever seen❤ what makes dogs special to me, is the special bond we humans can have with a dog. Some dogs are cuter than others. Its sad to see a cute puppy adopted into a family, but then when the dog gets bigger and less cute they get neglected or yelled at. We need to commit to a Pet for their entire lifetime, not just the cute stage❤
So glad I'm not alone in this - every time a baby was on screen I just sorta sat there waiting for the PUPPIES to come back! I've never, not once, found babies cute, which is why I had a vasectomy at 24.
I remember a routine from a standup comedian that went something along the lines of: Comedian: "Imagine you're on an airplane, and beside you is a baby..." Audience: *groans* Comedian: "...Aligator" Audience: "Awww" Comedian: "Did you hear that reaction? What is it about the infants of our own species that we'd prefer the company of the infant of a reptilian apex predator?"
@@DoktorApplejuceAbridgedalligators are quiet and only need to eat once a week. The baby gonna cry and need to breastfeed and shit itself all in the span of that flight.
I worked with dogs at Kennels- We saw lots of Huskys but it NEVER occured to me that they didn't make the 'puppy dog' eyes. And I thought I knew a lot about dogs. Wow, learn something new everyday. I love the 'Silver Fox experiment'! I found that fascinating when i watched the documentary on it. I just adore this video. I didn't think i'd enjoy it so much, but as a dog lover I guess it was really awesome.
I'm a dog person but I don't find ALL dogs cute. Some are ugly af (which obviously has nothing to do with their deserving of love, happiness, and a good home.) Adopt, don't shop!
i have a husky mix (parents were husky and husky-aussie mix) and while she can do the puppy eyes, she will also always vocalise a bit when she wants something. I think the reason pure huskies vocalise even more than her is because they have to so that humans understand what they want while other dogs can do it with their eyes
This kind of makes me think it would be funny to make a little animated sketch about how the huskie can't use its eyes to get what it wants and discovers the song of it's people, lol
Dogs 🐕 have extremely wholesome personalities. Very friendly, easily in a good mood, liking being useful, working on making themselves better, and being extremely curious of the world around them.
There are some things that are cute about dogs that are nothing like babies though. Such as their noses, whiskers, paws, and happy tails. The way their mouths are shaped like Ws. There's got to be more to it than just their resemblance to babies! :P
@@supernovic99 Sure. But one cannot claim that the whole reason we think they're cute is their resemblance to babies. Some of their cuteness is entirely unrelated to being baby-like.
@@nikk6435a lot of wild animal babies need to be cute for the same reasons our babies do. Cuteness builds an incentive for the parent(s) to invest time and energy into taking care of their young. Cuteness is, of course, subjective, but it works more often than not.
@@vinnieg6161 Their slit pupils give that evil look in them - that makes them more appealing to me than dog among other things. Dogs are pretty boring to me. They are very predictable. There was a cat documentary movie that came out during pandemic and the producer was asked why cats, and he said because `dogs are boring` essentially.
@maximodakila2873 Boring? With dogs, you can experience adventures together. Even if just racing through the park. You just have to put in the effort to train them.
@@vinvenus4581 I mean, you can experience adventures together with cats too. That's not unique to dogs. People tend to view cats the same way, like they are lazy or aloof when those people clearly never owned a cat that loved them. Both cats and dogs are good, but they definitely attract different people with different traits.
Someone who finds all babies cute is more the exception than the norm. This makes evolutionary sense in the harsh, resource-limited world of our caveman ancestors, where finding others babies ‘cute’ risks compromising the ability of a parent to care for the survival of their own babies, if they also feel the pull of caring for the cute babies of others. Finding all dogs cute is easier, as they can more quickly contribute to the survival of the human and require less human care in order to survive. The evolution of the strictly companion lap dog of today is a function of the evolution of our modern society, where the living is easier, with more abundant resources to share with them.
Human groups where every member thinks all babies are cute thrive more compared to ones that don't. The more babies live and prosper, the better for the species.
@@miguelbranquinho7235 , but you just said "human groups". You're constraining the question to individual groups that are a tiny portion of all of humanity. In order to make this claim, you have to first identify a group. So, what makes that group a group? Maybe that's the more important part of the question.
@@NickRoman I used the word group instead of tribe. Do you want me to explain the word "group"? If you combine all the groups of people, you get all people. Certain tribes were more likely to protect their babes than others, and that behavior was reproduced because those babes that were cared for survived better.
I think furriness is part of it. I pretty much want to pet anything furry. Squirrels are funny and cute in a way. What's that about? Brown bears are cute, especially young cubs. It's not just dogs. Bears did not evolve with humans to be cute.
Dogs could hardly look less like us among mammals, but they act much like us and are near equals in the food chain. They grow up faster than children, but develop much like them. They understand us well -- probably better than we understand them.
I imagine it as someone training a wolf to help them murder their human enemies, but eventually growing to love the first dog with them for how wholesome their personality was. After the enemies were dead.
Retired groomer here.. I learned long ago that to trim a cute face on a fluffy dog the eyes should be just halfway up the face, equal head hair and chin hair. It makes a huge difference in how "cute" the dog becomes. It seems to me that this holds true with people too.. babies and adults.
It’s not just the eyebrow muscles. It’s hard for me to see a relaxed and happy husky or even a wild wolf and not have that “Awww! Look at the cute doggie!” feeling. I mean, look at this wolf, at 5:21 in the video. No raised eyebrows, but still, who could possibly resist the look and body language we all recognize?
Huskies not being able to move their eyebrows has never stopped them from being perceived as cute, in my observation. In fact they're some of the most popular dogs on the Internet. I guess they make up for it by being cute in other ways.
The silver fox experiment is not a “lovely” experiment. It was cruel and torture for the foxes, if you’ve seen the actual footage you wouldn’t call it cute. Most probably dogs domestication started off like that as well, sadly to say.
"With animals and people there's a sense of trust with eye contact." Actually, It's ONLY people and dogs that feel that. I don't think I can emphasize enough how much the rest of the animal kingdom hates eye contact and prolonged staring of any kind. Even other domesticated animals don't enjoy eye contact, they're simply inured to it.
If a cat is your friend, they will use eye contact to communicate many things. If you want to make friends with a cat, be cat-polite and do not look them in the eyes (because you don't know one another yet). This, I think, is why cats will make a bee line for the one person in the room who doesn't like cats: that person is usually averting their eyes Also, a cat may pick out the cat-averse person just to bust their chops. 😉
It's not just about the size of the eyes themselves, it's about the pupil to eye ratio. Our pupils dilate when we see something/someone we love. So our brains automatically associate dilated or bigger pupils or in case of reptiles their entire eye (since it is black and looks like a pupil from a distance), with an expression of friendliness. That's why we find birds, reptiles, rodents and even spiders cute in some cases, because of their higher pupil to eye ratio, despite their eyes being small. Dogs dilate their pupils when they do the puppy face. Same with kids.
I would have to agree with that last statement..."maybe dogs and humans domesticated each other" ~~~ I'd say the humans need a Whole lot more work at it. As says Cesar Milan, the Dog Whisperer : " I train Humans..." Whatever craziness the humans are doing, PLEASE spay and neuter your dogs & cats. A world without kill shelters, just imagine! If you have a dog be responsible and do your part.
It's funny-I've always found baby animals, especially puppies, to be irresistibly cute, but not human babies. (In fact, I find the appearance of human babies to be repulsive.) My wife is the same way, so I know there must be other people who agree.
Not just the appearance, also the noises they make. Puppies make cute noises, babies‘ noises just make me angry. I always wonder how humans could survive with those little things screaming all day and just telling predators: here we are, in this cave, come and eat us…
Human babies give me the ick. But I adore puppies and dogs. I want to be the doggie godmother to all family and family friends' dogs. I love spoiling our dog as it is. Spoil and love the doggies ❤.
As far as being hardwired to like babies I don't buy it. I don't like the way they look can't stand the way they smell and I'm thoroughly annoyed by the sounds they make. I find babies repulsive in every way. On the other hand puppies are adorable.
Interesting, because babys will grow out of this phase after 2 years. They learn more and will become more independent. But dogs will smell, make noises and be 100% dependent for their whole life time, which is 12-15 years😂💀
Honestly the good news is just check out demographics. Japan, South Korea, China, france, Germany and believe it or not even America if not for immigration all have drastically reducing population levels over the course of the next 80 years. By the end of the century China is going to lose more than 600 million of their population at current rates. So who knows maybe evolution is doing this to us at one point or another we just get tired of children.
Perhaps there is a part of some of us that subconsciously see infants as an obligation or drain on resources. I've never wanted children because I could never be sure I could take care of myself. But a dog doesn't necessarily "need" to be cute for anyone with a heart to know their loyalty.
I've noticed that some individual cats can have expressive faces. My current one will beg and furrow his brow much like a dog does. Even when he senses something isn't right, he's looking to us with that puppy eye stare.
Forty-plus years ago, it was already an established and recognized fact that all mammals share basic features when they are young to help them survive, even among other mammals. Mostly, during the pre-pubescent stage (child, kitten, puppy, etc.), all mammals have larger eyes and ears compared to their skulls because these are fully developed in utero, plus they have smaller mouths, a different smell (lack of pheromones) and they cry when in distress. This was established long ago. It explains why we are drawn to kittens, puppies and other baby animals. Also, how some babies have managed to survive in the wild. It was nature's way of helping if something happened to their moms. Because, goodness knows, dad wouldn't step in.
I've Alaskan malamutes I'm pretty sure it's the same. They do have puppy ears though they can move them way more than normal dogs with floppy ears. Their ears are so expressive
I have a basenji and it's exactly the same way with his ears as well. He is very expressive but you have to learn the subtle differences between ear movements.
Human babies are tolerable. I dont like their look, neither do i like their actions( goo goo gaa gaa, etc). But i absolutely love puppies and dogs. When i brought my black haired female lab pup home for the first time. I remember her making small cries and i was ready to give up my life for her. When my at the time 4 year old white lab accidentally hurt his paw a bit too hard. I slept with his on the floor the entire night( he slept on the mat and pillow he has i slept on the hard floor) because i was terrified he might have been injured too much and was crying for just 30mins. I absolutely will not give that kind of love to any human baby( maybe my own but that too a degree also).
There is so much talking about babies being cute here, and I understand it theoretically and yet...no? Like, none of the babies shown here were cute really. The one held up by the lady was even ugly. I get nothing looking at them compared to, say, kittens or puppies.
Huskies absolutely can be more detached from their humans, than other breeds. My sister had one, she couldn't do a thing with him, he was always bolting out the door, and he wouldn't run around the block; oh no! He would be found 25 or 30 miles away. That happened 3 times. He was, a bit aloof from his humans. He knew he had them trained lol.
Reading cat body language and facial expressions has always come naturally to me - I've always been able to understand them and act in ways that encourage even new cats to interact and be comfortable with me. When I fostered an injured puppy a few years back, I had to study dog body language so that I could tell what she needed or wanted. I guess it makes sense if a lot of it is in the eyes for them, since I'm autistic. Even when I look back at photos of my beautiful and dearly loved now-departed cats of ten or twenty years ago, my eyes are drawn more to their surroundings than their faces. (Though I'm sure there are autistic people out there who get dogs the way I get cats, just for me cats come more naturally.)
@@Michael-j2d1g Human babies are incredibly needy and helpless for the first couple of months, not what would normally be considered fun. Baby animals skip right to the fun part.
I've heard that most animals have these features when they're babies because it pulls on the heart strings of their own adult family which makes them more likely to survive. 😂
If you were holding a baby, be it your child or someone else's, and it was facing potential immediate danger, we would immediately do anything to protect that baby, even if it meant potentially getting yourself killed, you would defend and protect that baby with your life. This is a beneficial trait that humans and many species evolved to protect the next generating from harm. We also call it compassion and empathy which turns out to be a very beneficial trait for the survival of our species.
Most of us find animals waaay cuter than babies. My one theory about why is that many animals hit a specific kind of supernormal stimuli in humans. They have all the traits of "cuteness" in babies, but much more exaggerated. Some people don't find babies cute at all, but do with animals. Maybe then cuteness and babies aren't related at all, maybe cuteness has a completely different trigger and babies only sometimes manage to hit it. I have no idea what that "trigger" would be in that case.
Sometimes in certain breeds, I don't only find them cute, yet also masculine and handsome Like St. Bernards. I kept saw them as cute, big, chubby gentle old grandfathers
I see your pugs and raise you chihuahuas. Pugs can be kind of fixed with a bigger snoot and less wrinkels. Chihuahuas are beyond saving and whoever still buys them, pls stay as far as humanly possible away from me
@@eprot6170 heh, I hate them rat-looking freaks too! Though in all fairness, they’re a comparatively sturdy breed and live for a very long time. Most of their behavioural issues are mostly because owners won’t put them the fuck down on the floor and let them be dogs.
@@yggbeats5759Why NOT compare dogs with humans? If I say diamonds are stinking hard, chalk not so much, I’m comparing two different things in relation to hardness. What in that comparison says anyone can’t have both? It’s irritating how fast people are to react without taking time to reason 🙄
The thing that puzzles me is that cuteness extends far wider in the animal kingdom than just dogs/puppies. For example young deer are also very cute. Did wild life also evolve traits in young animals to trick us into not harming them and leaving them alone?
U know what’s the better way to survive and pass on your genes to humans, just evolve to be cute, the cuter u r the more chances of passing your genes 😅
Huskies never needed to use puppy eyes to communicate with humans because they always had gigantic lungs to help them scream.
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Yes, they are convinced they can speak 😂
@@cesarvidelac correction; they _can_ speak… we’re just too dumb to know what insults they’re hurling at us.
Yesssss!!! As a husky owner, this comment is 100000% true
Lol huskies don’t waste their energy moving their eyebrow muscles. They sing the songs of their ancestors any time they are less than thrilled with a given situation.
If all dogs go to heaven, huskies go to Valhalla
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Lies again? Zouk Out Doggy Style
As mom to two Huskies, yes, this is true! lol
@@iole96792 You can only be a mother to a member of your own species.
Going to a shelter is a gut wrenching experience. You want to adopt every dog.
I wish I was rich enough to adopt all the dogs and cats in the world that don't have a home 😭
When I have my own job, money and home, pet adoption will definitely be on my to do list.
I hate hearing all their howls and barks. It's like their each calling for a home, like theyre saying "Please love me!" and I want to! I do! I love every dog and every cat, I just wish I could care for them. I love you, doggies, but I can't give you all the life you deserve.
Dogs used weaponized cuteness to domesticate humans.
Jokes aside, I think dogs need to be acknowledged as a unique case. No two species interact, live together, work together and communicate like humans and dogs. They are genuine friends and adopted family. They are partners. And that partnership has been ridiculously successful. Both species are far better off together. This is still true, from the paleolithic to the 21st century..
The human/dog relationship is unique on this planet. Dozens of millennia together in bonds of love and friendship.
This I seriously propose a separate legal category for dogs. They are NOT typical domesticated animals... Or even pets really. This is a much older and deeper bond. They are humanity's partner and true friend.
All I propose is that we acknowledge that.
Service dogs do kind of have their own legal category
They are man’s best friend, truly.
C'mon. Will you bring you best friend with a leash ???
Will you yell at your partner when they do what's their instinct do to protect their territory?
Will you decide what you teue friend can do and what its can't?
Dog are domestic animal.
We kept the cutest and abandon the less useful. More of 70 % of dogs are now wild dog, trying to survive in cities.
It's true that's a unic bond btw dog and human. But its still a relation btw a master and donesticed animal
The only bound where the other animal kept a bit of its freedom is cat/human relationships.
@@BorisKOUKAwomp womp
You know in a time of asinine political and gender confused movements, your argument towards reclassification of dogs from pet to "Companion" should be serious considered. It would indeed be better for both of us if they were treated equal to humans and thus people getting dogs to be chained up as a yard accessory would be criminally charged and if you didn't pick up your dog/childs feces you'd be charged with child neglect. I would even go as far as making it mandatory that your dog is behaved enough to walk off leash and that the use of a leash is considered Companion cruelty unless used in dangerous situations.
I've had many dogs, a number of them Golden Retrievers. I had one in particular (sadly gone at only ten from bone cancer), who was a naturally born therapy dog, no training required at all. He pretty much forced me into visiting drug rehabs and retirement homes with him, because it was what he was born to do. He could pick people out of a crowd who needed comfort from him. One example (of many I could give): heading back to the car at the end of an outdoor concert, he kept lagging behind, looking back into the crowd. I assured him the show was over, it was time to go home...but he plunked that big unbudgeable butt down, refusing to move, looking back behind us. A man caught up with us, and said, "Can I please pet your Golden Retriever? My mother had Goldens, now they're all gone, and so is she." Somehow, that precious boy knew the man was coming.
He was a big boy, 118 pounds, all big fluffy mane and silky dark gold fur, kids buried their faces in that mane. His eyes were something else, chestnut brown, open, trusting, loving. He had bushy eyebrows, set higher than most, and could raise and lower them independently...honestly, the most expressive face I've ever seen on a dog...wish I could post a photo. He was a smart boy, but such a big doofus, and behaved perfectly every place but at home. He had a special affinity for kids and people in wheelchairs; he'd plant that unbudgeable butt next to them and I was there for the duration.
I miss that boy deeply. All my dogs have loved me, but Rowdy loved everyone. He had so much more comfort and love to give to hurting people, and that stupid cancer robbed him of time to give it. He was a gift.
thank you for sharing your story
He sounds like a gift from god. Reminds me of my own. Bless Rowdy and may he rest peacefully, playing forever in doggy heaven
@YourPalKindred Rowdy's mom was a rescue, 6 years old when we saw the "free or she goes to the pound" ad. Her owner's new wife claimed Kelly might hurt their newborn...ridiculous, she was a very sweet girl, never any problem. As soon as the idiot dropped her off, she clung to my door crying and peeing blood, so off to the doctor we went. We piled her into the car with a couple other dogs and had a long ride with snacks before her appointment...she was so happy! Turned out she had huge bladderstones and an infection, needed surgery. She also had nails so long they curled under, and impacted fur between her pads; neglected for maybe a year, we think.
I sure didn't plan on breeding her, but my 10-month-old male Golden realized she was in heat before I did, I'd been told she was spayed and had shots (but no proof). Fortunately, there were only two puppies, and we gave one to a family that had recently lost their elderly Golden; the pups were eight weeks old on Christmas Eve, the family was overjoyed.
We always said Rowdy was a gift to us for rescuing his mother and giving her a loving home for the rest of her life. When we lost Rowdy, his father was inconsolable. Two weeks afterwards, I found him sitting on the last spot Rowdy had lain in the house, wailing a high, thin, pathetic howl. He loved his boy.
That's beautiful ❤️
Another unique musculature some dogs have (pittie type dogs particularly) is the ability to pull the corners of their mouths back into a smile. Many find this endearing like the raised eyebrows.
My cattle dog smiles. It's a goofy half smile. She's done it since she was a like a couple weeks old.
My shepherds smile also!
Dalmatians definitely do this!!! ❤ good to point out
Many Spitz-type breeds also "smile." This is because the corners of their mouth are upturned to prevent drooling in cold environments where it might freeze.
My pug can smile she also makes her eyes really big and stares at me like I'm her favorite thing in the world.
i have a husky and foster huskies and they lose their minds if they are alone…my husky would attach himself to me if he could…if he can’t see me at the dog park, he starts frantically looking everywhere and then if i call him he immediately bolts to me. They have all been super pack oriented, I know dogs are individuals but having had tons of huskies in my house, ALL of them have wanted to be together…they don’t demand constant pets like a golden retriever might, but they want to be with you all the time.
I have a half Alaskan malamute half German shepherd, and he's exactly like this. We got him when he was 3, and I don't think the original owners ever left him alone as a puppy, he just always had someone around the house. Well come to find out when I left him alone at home for the first time, he did not like that at all. Destroyed my front door trying to look for me lol. Now if I have work or something I just take him over to the nice old lady that lives across the street from me and he hangs out with her, thank god cause doggy daycare gets expensive! I mostly just bring him with me on errands now, literally like a child. I'd say it's worth it, he's a very loyal dog.
@@tylerharry6319 the dog in my profile picture, an alaskan klee kai, tried to chew through two different doors as well to get to where I was…I totally understand what you’re talking about…it’s a blessing and a curse. He has since passed and since then i’m focusing on huskies, I don’t get the “they are like cats” sentiment. Nico, the klee kai was more like a cat in that he didn’t indiscriminately love everyone but he also was VERY loyal to the people he decided were his friend and hated being alone.
So , in your opinion what is the best vacuum?
@@grantbennett8171 Check out the mini dyson handhelds, we got one lets us use a fur brush attachment we grabbed for it. If those are too pricey just look up other battery powered handheld ones, some are made just for vacuuming dogs. Works great, able to get out a good pillows worth of hair with hardly any fuss. Though it still only puts a dent in the problem, but it does help.
My Boxer/Great Pyrenees does too, though not to that extent. But if he's in his kennel he's perfectly happy until I walk out of the room. Then he lets out the sadest little whine.
Every parent/caregiver thinks their own babies are the most cutest/beautiful babies they have ever seen❤ what makes dogs special to me, is the special bond we humans can have with a dog. Some dogs are cuter than others. Its sad to see a cute puppy adopted into a family, but then when the dog gets bigger and less cute they get neglected or yelled at. We need to commit to a Pet for their entire lifetime, not just the cute stage❤
as a dog rescuer, i am soooo happy they showed an adoption center and not a breeder
Did anybody else watch this and be like "nah" when they spoke about the cuteness of babies, and then totally gush over the puppies and dogs?
No because you can find both cute, so hard I know
@AmbiPanby Yup, I did too. Small humans are not cute at all.
@AmbiPanby Yup, I did too. Small humans are not cute at all.
Me too
For me Babies are cute from like 1 year to 3 years Newborns look like grumpy old men or featherless chickens.
dogs are the best. i'm glad they domesticated us ❤
I would die to protect a baby but I don't find them cute. They do get cute as they get older. Dogs are cute at any age.
me neither, I never had the urge to cuddle a baby. If its my own baby I will...Otherwise...No.
Babies are okay... as long as you can give 'em back after you're done!
Occasionally rent one ‘em long enough to remember “oh yeah I can’t stand these things, and thank God for vasectomies and birth control!”
I wouldn’t even want one for a second
So glad I'm not alone in this - every time a baby was on screen I just sorta sat there waiting for the PUPPIES to come back! I've never, not once, found babies cute, which is why I had a vasectomy at 24.
@@ross-carlson agreed even worst are their moms who keep shoving pics of their kids as if I gave a flying 😂
@@ross-carlson seems to be a common opinion, actually.
Narrator: “We love babies. Can’t help ourselves.”
Me: Fast forwards any time a human baby shows up in the video.
😆🐶
Right? 😂 I'm like "Please, don't ruin the video with small ugly humans and their annoying noises."
Lol I cringe and look away until they're gone. 😅
I remember a routine from a standup comedian that went something along the lines of:
Comedian: "Imagine you're on an airplane, and beside you is a baby..."
Audience: *groans*
Comedian: "...Aligator"
Audience: "Awww"
Comedian: "Did you hear that reaction? What is it about the infants of our own species that we'd prefer the company of the infant of a reptilian apex predator?"
@@DoktorApplejuceAbridgedalligators are quiet and only need to eat once a week. The baby gonna cry and need to breastfeed and shit itself all in the span of that flight.
Thought the same - I have no interest in babies whatsoever
I worked with dogs at Kennels- We saw lots of Huskys but it NEVER occured to me that they didn't make the 'puppy dog' eyes. And I thought I knew a lot about dogs. Wow, learn something new everyday.
I love the 'Silver Fox experiment'! I found that fascinating when i watched the documentary on it.
I just adore this video. I didn't think i'd enjoy it so much, but as a dog lover I guess it was really awesome.
I love my husky. Even though he doesn't give puppy eyes, he howls cutely at me and offers his paws to communicate his adorableness.
I'm a dog person but I don't find ALL dogs cute. Some are ugly af (which obviously has nothing to do with their deserving of love, happiness, and a good home.)
Adopt, don't shop!
I agree totally. I don't find flat faced dogs appealing. Also don't like how people have bred them despite having breathing problems.
@@kevinbunn7915Same here.
@@Fomites they look wrong to me, like they shouldn't exist. it's just sad that they were bred for these traits.
I love all dogs and I genuinely think all of them are cute.. but I'm not fond of the breeding of flat-nosed breeds.. but they're still cute
@@kevinbunn7915 I couldn't agree more, I find flat-faced dogs and cats SUPER ugly. I thought it was only me.
Puppies and people, domesticating each other since 12,000 BC...😊😍🐶
i have a husky mix (parents were husky and husky-aussie mix) and while she can do the puppy eyes, she will also always vocalise a bit when she wants something. I think the reason pure huskies vocalise even more than her is because they have to so that humans understand what they want while other dogs can do it with their eyes
This kind of makes me think it would be funny to make a little animated sketch about how the huskie can't use its eyes to get what it wants and discovers the song of it's people, lol
Dogs 🐕 have extremely wholesome personalities.
Very friendly, easily in a good mood, liking being useful, working on making themselves better, and being extremely curious of the world around them.
But I don’t find human babies cute at all? But I LOVE puppies
Same
Babies used to be furry and cute until humans lost hair
Same..
@@NIKEISNICKY12345 Wow, what an interesting observation! I wonder what a furry human baby would look like; I will try one of these generative AIs.
Then you're probably a dog 😂
*ARIA LOOKS SO HAPPY FOR THE INTERVIEW!*
There are some things that are cute about dogs that are nothing like babies though. Such as their noses, whiskers, paws, and happy tails. The way their mouths are shaped like Ws. There's got to be more to it than just their resemblance to babies! :P
Exa tly. I made that point too.
Eyes. That's the resemblance they were talking about. That's also why Disney princesses are made to have big eyes
@@supernovic99 Sure. But one cannot claim that the whole reason we think they're cute is their resemblance to babies. Some of their cuteness is entirely unrelated to being baby-like.
@@valoriebroderick that's true.
@@supernovic99what about asian babies? They don’t have big eyes.
“We love babies. Can’t help ourselves.” Speak for yourself, lady. Kitten and puppies on the other hand…
same, had to stop watching the video because I can’t stand looking at human babies. also, wild animal cubs are cute, so this doesn’t make sense
My oxytocin level crashed at that point
@@nikk6435a lot of wild animal babies need to be cute for the same reasons our babies do. Cuteness builds an incentive for the parent(s) to invest time and energy into taking care of their young. Cuteness is, of course, subjective, but it works more often than not.
What da fuck is this aversion to yourself 😂😂😂
@@Rainbow_Task_1Aeverybody is different. Don't judge.
Even if I'm not crazy about kids, I still think babies are quite cute. I just don't know if I'd want one myself.
It’s definitely the same with cats and kittens too you look into those big eyes of theirs and your heart melts
I've seen a lot of cats that look angry, evil or just extremely bored
@@vinnieg6161 Their slit pupils give that evil look in them - that makes them more appealing to me than dog among other things. Dogs are pretty boring to me. They are very predictable. There was a cat documentary movie that came out during pandemic and the producer was asked why cats, and he said because `dogs are boring` essentially.
@maximodakila2873 Boring? With dogs, you can experience adventures together. Even if just racing through the park. You just have to put in the effort to train them.
I love all animals and I find both dogs and cats very fascinating it’s always fun to learn more about them
@@vinvenus4581 I mean, you can experience adventures together with cats too. That's not unique to dogs. People tend to view cats the same way, like they are lazy or aloof when those people clearly never owned a cat that loved them.
Both cats and dogs are good, but they definitely attract different people with different traits.
I personally think what makes dogs and babies cute are their innocence and purity. This might be true to a lot of animals as well, baby or not.
And their playfulness and joy ❤😊
Someone who finds all babies cute is more the exception than the norm. This makes evolutionary sense in the harsh, resource-limited world of our caveman ancestors, where finding others babies ‘cute’ risks compromising the ability of a parent to care for the survival of their own babies, if they also feel the pull of caring for the cute babies of others.
Finding all dogs cute is easier, as they can more quickly contribute to the survival of the human and require less human care in order to survive. The evolution of the strictly companion lap dog of today is a function of the evolution of our modern society, where the living is easier, with more abundant resources to share with them.
That's actually a really good explanation. I've always said that I'd probably find my own baby cute, but other people's babies are hit or miss.
Human groups where every member thinks all babies are cute thrive more compared to ones that don't. The more babies live and prosper, the better for the species.
@@miguelbranquinho7235 , but you just said "human groups". You're constraining the question to individual groups that are a tiny portion of all of humanity. In order to make this claim, you have to first identify a group. So, what makes that group a group? Maybe that's the more important part of the question.
@@NickRoman I used the word group instead of tribe. Do you want me to explain the word "group"? If you combine all the groups of people, you get all people. Certain tribes were more likely to protect their babes than others, and that behavior was reproduced because those babes that were cared for survived better.
After been 7 years had cat , and done my responsibility.
Now I can't wait to adopt dog in the future soon.
Adopt save life.
I really don't think babies are cute.........But I love dogs!!! Dogs are so cute
I think furriness is part of it. I pretty much want to pet anything furry. Squirrels are funny and cute in a way. What's that about? Brown bears are cute, especially young cubs. It's not just dogs. Bears did not evolve with humans to be cute.
@@NickRoman Yes it's definitely a contributing factor. But seals and hippos are also cute to me
Dogs could hardly look less like us among mammals, but they act much like us and are near equals in the food chain. They grow up faster than children, but develop much like them. They understand us well -- probably better than we understand them.
Babies have already been “outcuted” by puppies
Dogs did not break a sweat; easy win. Opponent was out of league.
Also dogs dtay cute forever babies start losing it after like 4 years
Any animal is cuter than a baby
Sometimes, I feel like I'd rather save a puppy than a baby and that scares me
@@Bunny11344 Maybe in your case
"We LOVE babies"
doooo we though?
Most people, yes
How did dogs first become domesticated , one of our ancestors found a lost wolf puppy or puppies and the bond began .
I imagine it as someone training a wolf to help them murder their human enemies, but eventually growing to love the first dog with them for how wholesome their personality was.
After the enemies were dead.
Retired groomer here.. I learned long ago that to trim a cute face on a fluffy dog the eyes should be just halfway up the face, equal head hair and chin hair. It makes a huge difference in how "cute" the dog becomes. It seems to me that this holds true with people too.. babies and adults.
It’s not just the eyebrow muscles. It’s hard for me to see a relaxed and happy husky or even a wild wolf and not have that “Awww! Look at the cute doggie!” feeling. I mean, look at this wolf, at 5:21 in the video. No raised eyebrows, but still, who could possibly resist the look and body language we all recognize?
Huskies not being able to move their eyebrows has never stopped them from being perceived as cute, in my observation. In fact they're some of the most popular dogs on the Internet. I guess they make up for it by being cute in other ways.
The silver fox experiment is not a “lovely” experiment.
It was cruel and torture for the foxes, if you’ve seen the actual footage you wouldn’t call it cute.
Most probably dogs domestication started off like that as well, sadly to say.
My Shiba has the biggest smile when she plays and that is just so cute.
So THAT is why Huskies talk so damn much. They can't express themselves with their eyes. This is fascinating.
"With animals and people there's a sense of trust with eye contact." Actually, It's ONLY people and dogs that feel that. I don't think I can emphasize enough how much the rest of the animal kingdom hates eye contact and prolonged staring of any kind. Even other domesticated animals don't enjoy eye contact, they're simply inured to it.
If a cat is your friend, they will use eye contact to communicate many things. If you want to make friends with a cat, be cat-polite and do not look them in the eyes (because you don't know one another yet). This, I think, is why cats will make a bee line for the one person in the room who doesn't like cats: that person is usually averting their eyes Also, a cat may pick out the cat-averse person just to bust their chops. 😉
@@marianneb.7112I don’t find this to be true…looking into their eyes and then slow blinking signals good intentions.
Cats stare into the eyes of humans they love…
It's not just about the size of the eyes themselves, it's about the pupil to eye ratio. Our pupils dilate when we see something/someone we love. So our brains automatically associate dilated or bigger pupils or in case of reptiles their entire eye (since it is black and looks like a pupil from a distance), with an expression of friendliness. That's why we find birds, reptiles, rodents and even spiders cute in some cases, because of their higher pupil to eye ratio, despite their eyes being small. Dogs dilate their pupils when they do the puppy face. Same with kids.
We r so lucky to have dogs!
I would have to agree with that last statement..."maybe dogs and humans domesticated each other" ~~~ I'd say the humans need a Whole lot more work at it. As says Cesar Milan, the Dog Whisperer : " I train Humans..." Whatever craziness the humans are doing, PLEASE spay and neuter your dogs & cats. A world without kill shelters, just imagine! If you have a dog be responsible and do your part.
It's funny-I've always found baby animals, especially puppies, to be irresistibly cute, but not human babies. (In fact, I find the appearance of human babies to be repulsive.) My wife is the same way, so I know there must be other people who agree.
Not just the appearance, also the noises they make. Puppies make cute noises, babies‘ noises just make me angry. I always wonder how humans could survive with those little things screaming all day and just telling predators: here we are, in this cave, come and eat us…
I find Wolves cute, too.
Husky’s don’t need eyebrows. They say everything they want with side eye and RBF 😂😂😂😂
Human babies give me the ick. But I adore puppies and dogs. I want to be the doggie godmother to all family and family friends' dogs. I love spoiling our dog as it is. Spoil and love the doggies ❤.
As far as being hardwired to like babies I don't buy it. I don't like the way they look can't stand the way they smell and I'm thoroughly annoyed by the sounds they make. I find babies repulsive in every way. On the other hand puppies are adorable.
Interesting, because babys will grow out of this phase after 2 years. They learn more and will become more independent. But dogs will smell, make noises and be 100% dependent for their whole life time, which is 12-15 years😂💀
I'm glad that I'm not alone in feeling like this. Honestly I wish more people felt like this because we are breeding ourselves into extinction.
Honestly the good news is just check out demographics. Japan, South Korea, China, france, Germany and believe it or not even America if not for immigration all have drastically reducing population levels over the course of the next 80 years. By the end of the century China is going to lose more than 600 million of their population at current rates. So who knows maybe evolution is doing this to us at one point or another we just get tired of children.
I find certain dog breeds very cute, but I don't really find babies cute. I know many others agree with me. I'm curious why this is!
Perhaps there is a part of some of us that subconsciously see infants as an obligation or drain on resources. I've never wanted children because I could never be sure I could take care of myself. But a dog doesn't necessarily "need" to be cute for anyone with a heart to know their loyalty.
Well if I have to choose a big responsability I will choose a Dog 🐶, never a child.
I've noticed that some individual cats can have expressive faces. My current one will beg and furrow his brow much like a dog does. Even when he senses something isn't right, he's looking to us with that puppy eye stare.
Forty-plus years ago, it was already an established and recognized fact that all mammals share basic features when they are young to help them survive, even among other mammals. Mostly, during the pre-pubescent stage (child, kitten, puppy, etc.), all mammals have larger eyes and ears compared to their skulls because these are fully developed in utero, plus they have smaller mouths, a different smell (lack of pheromones) and they cry when in distress. This was established long ago. It explains why we are drawn to kittens, puppies and other baby animals. Also, how some babies have managed to survive in the wild. It was nature's way of helping if something happened to their moms. Because, goodness knows, dad wouldn't step in.
Cat guy coming here for learning about dog.
I've Alaskan malamutes I'm pretty sure it's the same. They do have puppy ears though they can move them way more than normal dogs with floppy ears. Their ears are so expressive
I have a basenji and it's exactly the same way with his ears as well. He is very expressive but you have to learn the subtle differences between ear movements.
Human babies are tolerable. I dont like their look, neither do i like their actions( goo goo gaa gaa, etc). But i absolutely love puppies and dogs. When i brought my black haired female lab pup home for the first time. I remember her making small cries and i was ready to give up my life for her. When my at the time 4 year old white lab accidentally hurt his paw a bit too hard. I slept with his on the floor the entire night( he slept on the mat and pillow he has i slept on the hard floor) because i was terrified he might have been injured too much and was crying for just 30mins. I absolutely will not give that kind of love to any human baby( maybe my own but that too a degree also).
Wolves really look like the adult form of a dog.
A simple look at their face melts me 😍
There is so much talking about babies being cute here, and I understand it theoretically and yet...no? Like, none of the babies shown here were cute really. The one held up by the lady was even ugly. I get nothing looking at them compared to, say, kittens or puppies.
Huskies absolutely can be more detached from their humans, than other breeds. My sister had one, she couldn't do a thing with him, he was always bolting out the door, and he wouldn't run around the block; oh no! He would be found 25 or 30 miles away. That happened 3 times. He was, a bit aloof from his humans. He knew he had them trained lol.
I really like how the video starts off with the beagle! My favorite type of dog 🐶
The editor throwing some serious shade with the transition from the wolf to the pug
As a former baby, I also agree with the comment section that puppies have always been cuter.
Whoever published those papers got to stare at puppy eyes xd
I’m currently staying my aunt’s house and this video is making me miss my dog ;-(
I think dogs are way cuter than babies.... And puppies??? Forget about it!
Reading cat body language and facial expressions has always come naturally to me - I've always been able to understand them and act in ways that encourage even new cats to interact and be comfortable with me. When I fostered an injured puppy a few years back, I had to study dog body language so that I could tell what she needed or wanted. I guess it makes sense if a lot of it is in the eyes for them, since I'm autistic. Even when I look back at photos of my beautiful and dearly loved now-departed cats of ten or twenty years ago, my eyes are drawn more to their surroundings than their faces. (Though I'm sure there are autistic people out there who get dogs the way I get cats, just for me cats come more naturally.)
I definitely click with cats more. I don't understand why people act like cats are impossible to read or they are unpredictable. They really aren't
Human babies aren’t cute. Animal babies are cute. I find this interesting.
Human Babies look terrible and they just don't smell nice...
Yeah, fast forwarded past the human baby part, lol
@@123UpNorth321 I wonder if it's because animals grow up faster
@@Michael-j2d1g Human babies are incredibly needy and helpless for the first couple of months, not what would normally be considered fun. Baby animals skip right to the fun part.
Uhh...what? Human babies are cute af.
Cuteness overload is a baby playing with a puppy
wolves are just as cute!
I've heard that most animals have these features when they're babies because it pulls on the heart strings of their own adult family which makes them more likely to survive. 😂
Born to be wild ,
Made to be cute !
Cuteness overload 🐶👶
1:13 lol misspelling Lucie's name when it's right there on her collar
If you were holding a baby, be it your child or someone else's, and it was facing potential immediate danger, we would immediately do anything to protect that baby, even if it meant potentially getting yourself killed, you would defend and protect that baby with your life. This is a beneficial trait that humans and many species evolved to protect the next generating from harm. We also call it compassion and empathy which turns out to be a very beneficial trait for the survival of our species.
I too want to be an expert in puppy eyes
Too much cuteness! I have to leave!!❤
As a millenial I don't find human babies cute. I associate them with screaming crying shitting and spending a lot of money which I don't have😅
Never tired of watching dog content 😂😂
Adorable eyebrow raising
Aria is such a lovely derp!!!
I thought there were studies showing that the dogs developed raising their eyebrows some 100-200 years ago.
My dog is half pure bred husky and German Shepard, he can do the puppy eyes ahaha. even has distinctive eye brows
It would just be a sad sad world if we didn't have our wonderful dogs!
Most of us find animals waaay cuter than babies.
My one theory about why is that many animals hit a specific kind of supernormal stimuli in humans. They have all the traits of "cuteness" in babies, but much more exaggerated.
Some people don't find babies cute at all, but do with animals. Maybe then cuteness and babies aren't related at all, maybe cuteness has a completely different trigger and babies only sometimes manage to hit it. I have no idea what that "trigger" would be in that case.
Sometimes in certain breeds, I don't only find them cute, yet also masculine and handsome
Like St. Bernards. I kept saw them as cute, big, chubby gentle old grandfathers
I find wolves cute too
Love dogs. They are the best!
Joke's on you: wolves are cute too
The issue is. It's not just the modern dogs, I also find wolves really cute and fluffy too.
That is sooooo cute!!!!! Where are the cat videos??
The cat kept knocking the camera off the kitchen counter. 😀
@@Kim_Miller Lol!
To me, Huskies are the prettiest breed ever and Pugs the ugliest thing that should’ve never been created in the first place, poor things.
I see your pugs and raise you chihuahuas. Pugs can be kind of fixed with a bigger snoot and less wrinkels. Chihuahuas are beyond saving and whoever still buys them, pls stay as far as humanly possible away from me
@@eprot6170 heh, I hate them rat-looking freaks too!
Though in all fairness, they’re a comparatively sturdy breed and live for a very long time. Most of their behavioural issues are mostly because owners won’t put them the fuck down on the floor and let them be dogs.
Right?? Why do these "science of cuteness" articles so often use pugs as the illustration of cuteness? I much prefer dogs that look healthy.
Deliberately breeding and perpetuating deformities is animal abuse! 😢😤😡🤬🤯🤮😫
I love Jodie Foster as the narrator 😊
Hate babies but love dogs
Moral of the story: co-evolution is amazing 🎉😊.
puppies are stinking cute, babies not so much.
why compare dogs with humans? Like you can’t have both
Lol dogs not people
both babies and puppies are adorable❤❤
Babies are cute when they're your own. If you ever have kids you'll understand. Things change.
@@yggbeats5759Why NOT compare dogs with humans? If I say diamonds are stinking hard, chalk not so much, I’m comparing two different things in relation to hardness. What in that comparison says anyone can’t have both?
It’s irritating how fast people are to react without taking time to reason 🙄
That 1% is MASSIVE
Wolves look cute too, how do you explain that? Also cats! Why are they cute? Why even panthers and lions are cute?
Domestic goats also have floppy ears and pie bald coats. I wonder if this is why.
A puppy is always cuter than a human larvae.
The thing that puzzles me is that cuteness extends far wider in the animal kingdom than just dogs/puppies. For example young deer are also very cute. Did wild life also evolve traits in young animals to trick us into not harming them and leaving them alone?
U know what’s the better way to survive and pass on your genes to humans, just evolve to be cute, the cuter u r the more chances of passing your genes 😅