Occasionally, our hours spent staring at cute photos of dogs online are interrupted by one pressing question: why do dogs tilt their heads to the side?
In glorious news to us all, science has the answer. So nothing will ever stop our procrastination and sobbing (puppies make us a bit emotional) time again.
According to Mental Floss, the reason dogs do the head-tilt is actually pretty sweet: they’re trying to show us they care.
For dogs, tilting their head to the side is their way of conveying empathy, or an attempt to empathise.