Interesting finding: Dogs also know how to be jealous like humans

Dogs are considered to be the closest animal to humans, and this cute pet also has actions that show jealousy if the owner shows interest in playing with other animals or other toys, without letting pay attention to them.

Dogs are particularly jealous when they think their owners care about another dog. This is the conclusion in the latest study published in the July 23 issue of Plos One.

This interesting study was conducted by scientists at the University of California in San Diego, USA. They selected 36 dogs of any variety of breeds such as Daschshund, Pomeranian, Boston Terrier or Maltese.

Their owners are asked not to pay attention to the attitude of their puppies and perform the following three things: playing with the toy dog, pumpkin plastic bucket and reading a story out loud. Children. These are tests of the expression of jealousy in this animal.

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Scientists have analyzed the behavior of dogs according to levels: aggressive, seeking attention and attention to owners or toys.

The results showed that most dogs (80%) acted to push or touch people when they toyed with a dog.

At a lower rate, about 40% of dogs have a reaction when the owner plays with the toy bucket without noticing them; meanwhile, the master's reading behavior only attracted the attention of 22% of dogs.

The study also found that about 30% of these intervened when the owner played with toy animals, and 25% tore the cotton dog. For the remaining two tests, only one dog bites the bucket and the book.

Not only that, this study shows that dogs also seek to disrupt the connection between people and objects they consider 'enemies'.

Christine Harris, a psychologist and a member of the research group, thinks animals often express jealousy in all relationships and in all their behaviors such as scrambling for food, attracting care or care.

According to them, jealousy may have developed in dogs when this canine animal is domesticated and in close contact for a long time with humans.

This study is based on a test of jealousy in six-month-old children that had previously been conducted.