Finally, science has proven what we all knew to be true: dogs know exactly how we’re feeling, and that’s why they’re always there for us when we need them.
According to a new study published in Biology Letters, dogs are able to recognise emotions in both dogs and humans.
Researchers studied 17 family dogs, and showed each of them photos of a person or dog with a happy expression, or an angry/aggressive expression. As the dogs looked at the photos, they also heard positive or negative sounds, which were barks or a person speaking in another language.