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The "guilty look"

You know the look, the "guilty look — dropping their head, pulling their ears back, avoiding eye contact, rolling over onto their side or back, dropping their tails, quickly wagging a lowered tail, licking their lips, offering a paw, or slinking away."

The Washington Post reports that a study was recently conducted on those "guitly looks." Apparently our dogs aren't actually feeling guilty, but instead we're projecting human emotions on them.

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Posted by Andrea Martin on Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 3:50 pm

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Carla Kucinski Seward

July 2, 2009 - 5:45 pm EDT

oh my gosh, i am so that person. I'm always saying "Oh look at Yoshi, he looks so sad, he's depressed. what's wrong with him? maybe he's sick?" On the other hand, I really do think that animals do show emotion. But I know that I am definitely one of those pet owners who is overly sensitive to her pet's emotions and needs. : ) "Oh, Yoshi is sulking, he needs a treat." "Yoshi looks so depressed, he needs a hug."