Study: Dogs Prefer Winners

• Study: Dogs Prefer Winners TinaK Posted : 1/4/2007 11:34:36 AM Study: Dogs Prefer Winners Has anybody seen that? Dogs, like humans, seem to enjoy watching playful competitions among others, and they even gravitate toward winners at the end of the game, according to a recent Animal Behavior journal study that analyzed canine spectators. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/09/21/dogs_ani.html?category=animals&guid=20060921114500 LIKE 5 REPLIES 168 VIEWS LAST POST MUDPUPPY Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• DPU Posted : 1/4/2007 12:04:00 PM I wish it were so.  When my 3 GDs engage in the tug-o-war game, Marvin attempts to join in, gets frustrated because he can't reach that high, and then nipps their legs in order to spoil their fun. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Casey Posted : 1/4/2007 1:03:49 PM That  is an interesting study, although I don't necessarily agree with it 100%. Most dogs would befriend the more powerful dogs, however what if a dog who has a lower position in a group wanted to move up ranks and tries to befriend the less powerful dogs in order to gain control over them. Sorry if I'm being confusing (I'm just thinking). Having seen (usually smaller breeds) confront the less powerful dogs in a park... I wonder if a situation like this one would mean a fight for alpha position. Maybe I'll use something similar to this for my animal behavior study thesis this semester. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• bunni Posted : 1/4/2007 1:24:19 PM I'd ask the dogs of some homeless people about this. It's always amazed me that some of the homeless actually have dogs and take care of them as well as they can. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• jones Posted : 1/4/2007 1:28:19 PM Sounds like the canine version of "I get next." [] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• mudpuppy Posted : 1/4/2007 2:09:39 PM how did they decide who won? when I watch dogs engaging in playful competitions (wrestle, tug of war, chase games) there don't seem to be winners and losers, everydog just participates. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login