Does Your Dog Really Love You?
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2018
- Does you dog really love you? According to Marc Bekoff, cognitive ethologist and author, dogs most likely think and feel similarly to humans. However, not all dogs will automatically show you their love and affection.
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Your dog is the best. You go on long walks together, cuddle up on the couch, and enjoy sloppy kisses. You really love that pup. But … is there any way to know if your dog loves you back?
Well, first let’s address the bigger question: does your dog love anything? Can your dog love?
Marc Bekoff: “I think we can, in many ways, apply the same criteria to dogs as we do to human animals.”
Marc Bekoff spent a lifetime understanding animal minds. From coyotes and wolves to domestic dogs like yours, and he says that dogs probably think and feel similar to humans.
Marc Bekoff: “A lot of new research on neuroimaging using functional magnetic resonance imaging- fMRI’s, is showing that the same parts of dog brains and human brains light up when for example, they’re feeling jealous.”
So the difference between how your dog feels joy, and other emotions, and how you experience them, might be like the difference between you and another human. So dogs can likely experience what we’d think of as loving relationships and studies show that dogs are pretty good at building relationships with us, too.
One study found that dog brains are highly adapted to recognizing human faces and interpreting our social cues. So, maybe that’s how your dog always knows when you had a bad day.
But are those puppy dog eyes just for you or is your dog only pretending to love you for food?
Marc Bekoff: “That, I think, is really ridiculous. Are there dogs who use people for certain things? I’m sure there are, just like there are some people who use people for certain things. But i don’t think that would characterize the overall nature of dog-human relationships.”
So yes, your dog can love you!
But just because they can doesn’t automatically mean they do.
Marc Bekoff: “To say that they’re unconditional lovers is just ridiculous. Each dog is a unique individual and it’s not one-size-fits-all. Even the most brutally abused dogs I’ve met who took months to get them to even make eye contact with me have the capacity to love. But there’s just very good reasons why they don’t. In order for you to feel the love, you have to earn that trust.”
And like everything worth having in life, that trust will take time and work. But it can be done.
Marc Bekoff: “It’s sometimes just telling them they’re a good dog when they’ve done nothing. I did a study about the frequency with which people say no, stop that, versus “good dog.”
And, don’t worry, you’ll know once you’ve gotten to that special point in your relationship.
Marc Bekoff: “Do they follow you around, do they just hang out with you, not only when you’re feeding them or walking them. Do they seek you out? When you’re not there, is it clear that they miss you?
Oh yeah, that’s one happy dog. So can your dog love you? Absolutely.
Does your dog love you? Well, that’s on you. - Домашні улюбленці та дикі тварини
I caught my dog watching a video called ‘Does your human really love you?’
Chloe Potato 😂😂😂
Call PETA
brilliant.
😂😂😂
Awwww. So cute
He protecc,
He attac,
But most importantly,
He'll love you bacc...
Lmaooooo
Is there something funny these days about misspelling everything?
@@whoopdeedoo876 I didn't misspell 'He' though hah
@@whoopdeedoo876 I guess it is supposed to imply that the animals are too dumb to spell correctly...? I see people do it with cat videos and memes all the time. Sometimes it's so atrocious my head hurts after trying to interpret what is written.
woopdeedoo: yup! yupper! Def dat, boi!
I have the urge to pet every single dog in this video
Ditto.
Every single human in a nutshell
Even the coyotes and wolves?
I almost read that comment as "I have the urge to pee on every single dog in this video"
@@skycloud4802 I read ur reply and almost laughed like crazy
my teacher once told our class that our dogs incapable of loving us and everyone got salty
I guess your teacher was trying to prove Pawlow :D
That teacher hates himself. He’s probably a cat person. Cats are perfect for him because they’d treat him like shit which is what he thinks he deserves.
This comment section perfectly sums up dog people
maybe she's just old and outdated... there are some older teachers, mostly in 3rd world countries, who teach outdated science which are already considered PSEUDOSCIENCE in today's science trends...
@None Spoken by the loser, lmao, sounds like you had bad experiences with teachers and are projecting hard, pathetic to shit on a noble profession that you wouldn't last a day in. Just sad.
But... he’s a good boi!
I literally just watched your video wtf
Nindunuffin
No
Dogs are the best. We don´t deserve them, they are so good to us.
I mean is because of us theyre this good to us lol
Manami Keel
Speak for yourself. YOU don't deserve your dog. I deserve my sweet little puppy.
And you speak for all humans I presume? Virtue signalling peice of dump!
Cats are better 😀
Alex Xavier nah you don’t deserve your puppy. Look how triggered you are by this comment, I can only imagine how angry you get when your puppy pees on the floor
Dude, you ask if dogs can love as a philosophical question. Philosophers still debate whether humans truly feel love.
I BLOODY LOVE MY DOG
HE’S SO CUTE AND WHEN WE CUDDLE IT’S THE BEST
ALSO SO MANY GOOD DOGGOS IN THIS VIDEO
IT MADE ME VERY HAPPY
YES
how aren't you verified
Dogs are evil
@@shadysnake8282 This a joke?
My little ball of fur and slobber is the best thing that’s ever happened to me. Ever since he was a puppy he’s had some health issues though. It hasn’t been easy but then I see his cute little face and I’m reminded that both of us need each other. I love my dog and I know that he loves me too.
Carlisa Sobolesky There is really no doubt! 😄
Carlisa Sobolesky Aaaaaaaaw!!!❤Dogs are the best.
Awesome
I feel like if you've ever had a pet Dog, cat or even a rat, you know these creatures are capable of what we consider high level emotions. I wouldn't say the same of something like a Hamster or a fish, but I've never had them as pets. My brother's fish seem to recognize him, they won't come to me unless I have food, but will swim toward him. I used to have pet rats and they had personalities, showed fear and happiness, friendliness and sadness. It wasn't me projecting my feelings unto them, and even if it was just them reacting to me or the people around them, that shows they can read and react a accurately to emotion, they have empathy. Yes, rats do laugh when you rub their bellies. A well trained rat is a palmed sized dog (without the genetic deformities of a...palm sized dog)
Tasty Treats *my dog licks my feet when I get out the shower*
Eww, you got a Pettigrew as a pet? YUCK.
I actually had a betta who was very personable! He would swim around to get our attention and look at us all the time when we would talk to him. Maybe he just wanted to be fed but I always thought he loved us. Rest in peace, my lil fitzy
Tasty Treats
Well, my betta fish is quite the character. He follows me (or my hand to
Be exact) around the tank and always looks at me.
I've heard that fish can recognize individual people. These replies are awesome of fish seeming to care. I believe you.
I got my boy when he was 10 weeks old...4 years later he still follows me, hangs out with me and gives me all the kisses ❤ (on his free will)
My doggo is 9 or 10 years old im guessing hes a Shepweiler (def has rottie) ive had him since i was 3 and im 13 rn ^^
Nice! He loves you.
@@rockdesu 💀 Funny timing you commented- he got really sick and we had to put him down last year...
@@vulpesvelox03 oh no i’m so so sorry:(
I love my dog the way I love the rest of my blood related family, and I feel the same connection from my dog, I know she loves me as well as everyone else in my family, my parents, my siblings and my grandma. She greets me when I come home from a long day, I kneel down and she jumps onto my shoulders to give me a big hug and some kisses, and she's very selective of who she gives affection too, obviously she gives the same attention to my other family members but the same can't be said about other visitors, she often growls and gets aggressive towards complete strangers, she does that to protect us, and I can only assume she does that because she cares and loves us enough to have the instinct to protect us. She follows me around the house, she always wants to be where most of the family is, people who say dogs can't love must be out of their minds. Dogs are born to be good creatures, they deserve just as much love as they give, and then more. I know no one will probably care enough to read this, but I love my dog so much I just can't help but express how much I truly love her.
I read that and i agree wif you
My dog loves everybody and will jump in any car.
Muh Russian Bot they clearly show emotion, they show happiness, sadness, fear, tenseness, why wouldn’t they be able to feel love either?
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Filip Omeljaniuk are you sure your dog doesn’t just love food?
When my dog was 14 1/2 and I was 24 I realized her arthritis was really really bad and she was losing control of her bladder what I couldn't/refused to see hit me
She will be dead soon
I sat down really sad and started crying I've had this dog since I was 10 and despite having no food to offer my dog walked to me as fast as she could and put her head on my knee THAT IS LOVE PEOPLE
Rip Munchkin 1999 - 2014
I miss Jake, stay happy there in heaven my obedient dog. You've got good company there for 2 months already. Still a bit sad but I'm so glad that you finally had your rest and I will and always be your hooman and you'll be my good dog. See you up there pup 💖
@@joe_pinch No, but we've based his name on Adventure Time because we love that show and he has the same color as Jake's character though he's not that flexible
NMGTOW Morpheus: No dogs, no heaven.
But no heaven anyway. So you're right, but not for the reason I think you think.
MGTOW Morpheus: right, that's what I thought you thought. It's scriptural. It's a religious thing. But in my opinion, a heaven without at least some dogs wouldn't be a heaven worth being in.
AND, there isn't any heaven, anyway.
But the video isn't about dogs in heaven, it's about dogs here on earth loving or not loving their owners, so it's beside the point of this video to go into religion. Have a good week!
MGTOW Morpheus: not a dog-lover, I see. Never known the love of a good dog. Oh, well, we can't all be lucky. And as for other people's dogs, I agree with you. Mine do all those things, too, but just like parents MAY love their own children's green boogers, I love my dogs and their foibles. I assume they love me in return. But I know not everyone loves dogs.
Have a good week.
MGTOW Morpheus: being a dog lover generally doesn't mean you're into bestiality...which is having sex with an animal--and which the animal can't really consent to...I don't advocate bestiality! Maybe one of the things you object to is "neoteny," the retention of juvenile tgraits into adulthood? Where people make "babies" out of their dogs?
Purse dogs and dogs that always wear clothes because their owners think it's cute? Talking baby talk to dogs, not making them mind but putting up with nasty little doggy habits because the owners think they're so darling? I'd have to agree with that. Though I'm not agains the occasional Halloween or parade costume--for people or dogs. Or warm coat when it's too cold out for little short-haired dogs.
Wolves are cool, but they're probably not really great pets. They're very strong, for one thing, and one quick bite can really do damage to a person...and they tend to know what they want and not want to accept something or someone weaker than they are as a leader. They don't obey well, and they can sometimes outthink a person. Hard work to keep a wolf around. They don't bark like dogs, and I love their howls. Especially on a misty, early morning...
Admiring them from afar, great. Keeping them in the wild without trying to kill them off, fine. Respecting them, yes.
Seems to be an obsolete question in the present day?
They've spent 30,000 years learning how to love humans. I think they've become quite good at it!
Muh Russian Bot the clocest thing to love is respect. A dog is nothing like you. People have unrealistic expectations over animals which is why so many dogs die every year. Those are the people who get a bite in the face for kissing their dog and then it gets euthanized
@Muh Russian Bot ,I've told people I love them without actually loving them ....so I guess that doesn't mean much,you can convey love quite a few different ways....verbal is probably the least genuine way
Derek Scanlan research proves dogs evolved less than that amount. Fossils date back to 1500 years. That’s not that long ago. Dogs have not been around with us long enough.
Also that’s too many years. It’s less than that.
2:39 the love in that man's voice...im smiling so hard...he really gets it...
😀
Yesterday i saw a street puppy that was left by his mom. I adopted him and since then without me he starts crying.
I love him and he loves me
I leave for 5 mins to the grocery store and when I come back he greets me as if we haven't seen each other for years, hugs, wet kisses and he nibbling on my ear which tickles and makes me laugh. Such a good pooch (my first dog too, by the way)
I know my dog loves me. At night before bed, I usually read. My girl dog will jump up on the couch and curl up next to me, let out a very loud breath and fall fast asleep.
Omg I literally thought my dog only liked me for treats and toys. I’m so glad I watched this because my dog does follow me and miss me sometimes. Yay!!
I am so sorry you're brainwashed your dog only tolerate you because you are free shelter food and masseuse your dog will not follow you if you stop giving it free stuff
It doesn't matter what science says. I feel my dogs love. That's it. Period.
Dogs love us... Mine saved my life and risked hers in the process of doing so at only 13mths old...
Dogs are heavenly!
I really wasn't sure of this , until my current Chihuahua Poncho Villa. There is no doubt in my mind, that this little guy loves me. Absolutely none. He is one of those one in a million pooches I. :) The love is returned, as well.
Doggos don't love you back. You love doggos back.
I don’t have a dog😭😭
Same ;-;
My mum won't get me one
I have one...
IT’S AWESOME! (sorry)
Get cat same as dog
Same 😭
@@jayfawn8478 cats would scratch me, so nope
When I'm not home, when my mom lets my dog hang outside in the backyard, she says my dog will actually sit in front of my room window with his back facing it lol. I've seen pictures of it. It's the cutest and most heart warming thing I've ever seen. He knows I'm not home but he'll sit in front of the window. He just sits there relaxing and looking around and enjoying the weather.
He doesn't have seperation anxiety and has never had it(he's 11 years old). It's like his way of being with me when I'm not home. I seriously love my dog lol.
Seriously, this dude's one the best narrators/voice actors of any series on UA-cam! I'll watch any video he narrates.
I like eating dogs
I have no idea how to reply to that ._.
i wanna know
Some dogs pee when they get too happy
Your dog is probably way too excited to see you
So that a yes?
There are many kinds loves "like a man enjoys a good cigar" I forget where I heard that expression.
Great Mark Bekoff, that's the most genuine way to consider another being, thank you for the clear explanation
I saw this expert on 60 mins. It went into the study more. I'm glad that he did this study. 🐕 Dog's Rule 👏👏👏👏
The fact that this video was in my recommendations almost gave me a heart attack, I don't think I could function normally if my dog didn't love me back.
Yes they do. Dogs are highly social creatures. "Love" is an evolutionary mechanism to an extent to create social bonds and dogs exhibit all the characteristics of loving their pack. owner, etc. even beyond "they give me food".
@@jonathanr72 That is empirically not true. Not everything that dogs do is directly related to their social hierarchy. The heavy focus on "alphas" in dog packs is somewhat misinterpreted. They have alphas but most of the time (in wolf pack-where this behavior is documented) the alpha is the familial head in a sense (the father) and they definitely do care for their offspring. It is virtually undeniable that dogs form bonds with humans. This isn't an emotional point. There are several studies on this.
This channel won my heart after that “it’s on youuuuuuu” 🤣
I wish I could show this to a "therapist" I once had who kept insisitng that my pets didn't care about anyone but themselves.
Is it just me or does anyone think about if dogs have a name for us?
U know cause we have a name for our dogs but do our dogs have a name for us?
:o
I’d like to think that all animals name humans that they have a certain relationship with. I’d also like to think that the names they’d give us would be certain sounds they make since they can’t speak languages (yet). Dolphins name each other with certain sounds.
Some parrots actually name us so maybe
My dog knows that if my family says " go get your mom" that means he's supposed to find me, so I like to think he calls me mom.
Query: "Does your dog love you?"
Answer: "More than you realize."
Beautifully done
Marc Bekoff is wonderful and his book is fantastic.
I trust a dogs love more than a humans love ,and didnt need science to figure that out
clockwork gamma sigh
25 thousand people a year are killed by mans best friend
Dogs can't feel regret and remorse, so technically humans feel empathy on a whole other level
Erik Carias Why the sigh? We can all agree that’s it far easier to get a dog, an animal made by/for humans, to love you than a person because humans are far more complex when it comes to our likes/dislikes/emotions.
Big Chungus and one military dog saves 100 lives a year. Just one. And cats? 0. Injuries from cats? A lot.
This video goes into describing how dogs can behave around people and how they can grow bonds with them. It even goes into explaining that dogs have similar neurological processes as humans when they feel emotions. Despite how descriptive it may be, one of the biggest flaws about this video is the lack of a description for what love really is.
So it begs the question, what is love?
*_Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more!_*
"...That's on yooooouuu..." 😂😂😂😂 I love you too Max!!!
Whenever my dog got in trouble for something he couldn't help (Like peeing inside cuz no one let him out) I would always protect him because I know that he know's better and it wasn't his fault. I know he definitely loves me. I had to move away and I miss him terribly.
That girl got a major jawline
The real question is *Can robots love?*
cmon yeba nah they cant and fun fact: they dont exist *YET*
cmon yeba Yes, say hi to Jericho
no but they will in the future i think so
Misoline Explorer lol
cmon yeba like fandroid??
What I'm sure of is that my pupper is certainly capable of love because sometimes when I or my family greet him after a long day he will pee himself out of excitement (he's still a puppy)! No human is ever that excited to see me, let me tell you 😂😂😂 my pup is too pure for this world!
Ofc
Doggo loves walkies bork bork.
If people cant even treat other animals equal to dogs how can I expect them to treat other humans equally smh
I’m just glad dogs can love you back because it would be so depressing if they can’t love you back.
My home has rotwiller and every time my dad come home it ran to my dad with joy
Fortunately I am not emotionally dependant on the love of an animal. In my world people come first.
thank God
CAT:
HE DON'T PROTECT
HE DON'T ATTACK
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
HE DOESN'T LOVE YOU BACK
You don't know SHIT
Scram _3_
Ok but on as serious note, cats do love you back. It's literally been proven. They just express it differently
Dog people are control freaks who want a doggy love slave
true. cat doesn't love you back. they see us humans as a slave
Dogs have pure hearts
Yes they definitely do ❤...
Short answer. Yes.
Bam Cam shut up
Yeeeaaahh
Not all dogs are good bois!
Yes of course
My dog always knows when I am anxious he will come up to me and sit beside me for longer than usual
I don't have a dog but I do love English Bulldogs. They are so cute. Except they can't breathe. Most dogs are deformed from years of breeding. Sad.
Yup man especially pits and bulldogs, both are antithetical
The real question is do cats love u
haja fatou Njie yEs
Yes they do
No they're shitty creatures and worse pets. People who like them truly have a psychological flaw
@@CaptainVillanueva1 chill damn I don't have a cat but damn chill
They do but they have a shitty way showing it
Cats are generally selfish creatures that put themselves and their own needs ahead of their owners. Dogs on the other hand are the exact opposite, they put their owners over themselves and will gladly do anything to please their owner, even sacrifice their own life to save their owner if need be. So I think dogs are more capable of truly loving their owner.
i love golden retrievers.
but like WHAT?
hoe many dogs are in this video?
you made my day so happy.
I have a dong that has really long legs and looks like a skinny deer, Its fully grown and it instantly loves everybody and jumps around like crazy.
3 cat lovers disliked
Lol
Cat lovers can like dogs too bruh
Mahathir Ahmad Ik, just a joke bruh 😂
more people who like dogs hate cats than the other way around
N M can you understand it just a joke? Take it easy my dude.
No it can’t it loves food and you provide it. If I pop around with more food than you you’re dog will be my best friend until I run out of food. It’s an animal not Disney
My dog only loves the people that feeds it. I’ve had mine for 5 years and for the first 3 years I’ve been feeding it for its meals and it loved me to bits. The past 2 years however it doesn’t pay attention to me at all since my roommate usually feeds it now
who narrated this? he could be a voice actor. his way of speaking is adorable
Some people eat dog meat in my country.
I have tried it before, it has a similar taste to lamb
Ming Ming does the breed of dog matter for the taste?
ChickenYouAte
It depends how fat they are lol But usually only bigger dog breeds are used for meat although people may use smaller ones as well
Ming Ming do they just chuck the dog on a fire
you guys cook dogs alive boooo
@@badnewsjim you're racist asf aren't you? Nama-shite
Another non-scientific answer and click bait title
Ty
My day has been made
All animals can love. Love is universal but so is hate & fear spread love ❤️
"Science insider" informing you with zero science.
there were literally talks about their chemical reactions in the brain, dogs and humans has a chemical bond forged for over 10000+ years
@EGG Not sure what point you're making, but animals have being slaughtering other animal since microscopic life.
@EGG There have been multiple mass extinctions events that have happened. The Earth will be just fine. It's just us that will be gone. The earth constantly evolves. Don't sweat it.
@EGG ahh, y'see that's were we differ!
Smoke weed everyday
my dog loves hugs
I love my dog, she’s all I have🥺❤️
I liked the video but I disliked the video to make even number
whats your problem?
u wot m8
Actually this video didnt prove crap; dogs may feel; that DOESN'T mean that they love you; its just his opinion
Get ready for countless anecdotes from dogcucks about how their furbaby loves them undoubtably and unconditionally.
@@LcGrande lol yes
Lmao he just said they've done fmri and the same parts of the brain light up (associated with emotions)... Who's to say they don't? We are ALL animals after all. We're not built completely different. We have older parts of other ancestral relatives who we owe our genetic makeup (composition) to.
@@dpinkd yes, because its brains is just reacting to things like dopamine;
Thats it
Love is the acknowledgement of doing something for someone elses interests with no gains for yourself
A REAL way to test it is take a dog & be with it day after day & do nothing for it & see if it will help you
@@PS1212 love isn't quantifiable especially not to the definition that you gave.
If you said no I was deadass gonna cry.
Love is a feeling. If you feel that a dog loves you, then it does.
Of course the dog loves you back! Your are there world.
A video of why we love dogs please.
RIP old Dan and little Ann. You can find them where the red fern grows.
Dogs r purest sole
And every dog owner knows that they really loves us (r else we can say we can't even love them as much as they can) my four paw friend always cheers me ,
Always protects me ,and really care about me
And some nerds who says they just love us because we gave them food...then its totally wrong
Because when I was out of town for few days
My dogs really became droopy
Decline eating food
And sat near Door for first whole day but then He cheered up after I made a video call haha and every day until I came home. And you could visualise with how much love i was greeted back to home !
My dog acts like a cat and only comes around to the family a few times a day or outside but he likes us
I miss my dog just died 😢 he always right my side all the time
2:29 sooo cute.
When Marc came on I was like COME OOON MANNN ADDSS when I looked down I said oh
It was hard to hear what he was saying without focusing more on the extremely cute dogs in the video!
Dog is Love
Dog owners right now extra happy!!
EzeYKio truth af!
2:11 This guy sounds like The Illusive Man (from the Mass Effect trilogy)
I know my dog loves food.he was a rescue because he was starved and beaten.he plans his day around his meals,not kidding.yet he never gets into the garbage nor beg while i eat.but seriously,if u knew him its comical to see his trip with food
Best news ever. My baby loves me.
That old man sounds like grandma of all the dogs 😄
yess
My question has been answered... I feel better now.
Good video!
I’m a first time dog owner and I was wondering how will I be able to walk my dog without a leash? Or is the answer just like the end of the video? “That’s on you”.
I asked my friend how he does it and he couldn’t really describe what he did, his dog is just able to do it. He just told me “If your dog loves you then they love you. They’ll know better than to listen and not run away.” 😅
Yes
sometimes u just gotta say good boy to someone just bc they are alive (๑òᆺó๑)ﾉ♡