For a dog, the owner is a family member who feeds, treats, walks, plays and trains. The dog chooses a leader who is strict, calm and predictable.
The pet notices how other family members treat each other. If everyone obeys one person, then the dog will probably choose him as his leader.
It is common for puppies between the ages of six and eighteen months to push the boundaries and challenge the authority of their owner, as well as any other pets that make up their "pack".
Speaking to the Salon website, Dr. Anna Gabor, co-author of the study and research fellow at the Communication Neuroethology Laboratory in the Department of Ethology at Eötvös Lorand University, said: “This study provides the first neural evidence for an increased response in dogs to speech with exaggerated prosody (especially in speech addressed to dogs). and infants) compared to speech addressed to adults, especially when spoken by women.
When our pets cuddle with us, their brains release oxytocin, the pleasure hormone.
The desire of dogs to cuddle with people is primarily due to the process of evolution and domestication.
Over the centuries of coexistence with humans, animals have become accustomed to this way of expressing affection, love and trust