Quote Originally Posted by S_B View Post
@ Jack,
I believe you are putting a human emotion onto an animal when the truth is we really have no clue why they do the things they do, right?
I totally disagree.
First of all, I never said dogs have "human" emotions; in point of fact dogs have dog emotions.
But they *do* have emotions.

I absolutely don't believe emotions are uniquely human.
In fact, I believe there are plenty of "clues" as to how a dog is feeling emotionally ... and why they do certain things ... unless a person is clueless.

Are you saying you can't tell when a dog is happy? Sad? Pissed off? Guilty? Nervous? Etc.?
Got news for ya: those are emotions

If you can't see these things in a dog, I truly believe you're clueless.
If you can see these things in a dog, then you also believe that basic emotions are NOT uniquely human ... AND that there are, in fact, CLUES EVERYWHERE to be seen as to what's going on in a dog's emotional state.

Jack