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Can a Dog Smile? Do The Dogs Have Humor?

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Channel: Veterinary Network · 2018 · Pets & Animals

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It is very curious to see how many puppies are able to imitate the human smile, either lifting slightly the back of their mouth or simply showing their teeth a bit, while slightly raising their upper lip.

When asked if a dog can smile or can not, the answer is yes and no. Let's explain how it is possible for a dog to and can not laugh or smile, since not everything is always what it seems at first sight.

Do the dogs have humor?

Before knowing if a dog can smile or can not, we must be aware that dogs have no sense of humor. They can love, hate, idolize, fear ... but unfortunately they can not laugh, simply because dogs do not have that capacity called humor.

When a dog is naughty and steals our shoes so that we run after him, it simply means that the dog wants to play, but not that it causes him to laugh or grace the fact of having stolen the shoe to see us run.

You have to know how to differentiate between the emotions of a dog, which can perceive our mood with a simple look. But humor is not something that they understand or exercise.

Why do some dogs smile?

There are three reasons why a dog can smile at us, all three can be applied to any dog ​​breed although some are more prone than others. We simply have to observe our dog and we will know what his case is:

Imitation of humans: Although it seems incredible the dogs are so smart, they even imitate many of our gestures and customs. When we arrive home and we greet them, we usually do it smiling, happy. In the animal world, showing the teeth is a sign of defiance, but they know that we are different and they even learn to slightly raise their upper lip to also teach us their teeth.

Nerves and stress or heat: When a dog is stressed or nervous tends to raise the front of the lips, showing a kind of smile. It is a symptom of alarm in reality and has nothing to do with happiness, so we must know how to differentiate when it is nervous when it is going through heat. When panting many dogs can provide an image of happy or smiling, when they are simply panting.

Physical morphology: Genetics is also responsible for the smile of many dogs, for example the well-known Pit Bull which seem to be smiling even with their mouths closed. In no case does it mean that they are happy dogs, simply their image is like that.

If my dog ​​can not laugh ... is not he happy?

Laughter has nothing to do with happiness, inside the canine world. Dogs have many other signs that show their mood, if they are happy or if they are scared. The movement of a dog's tail can tell us if he is being happy at that moment, if he is excited or if he is afraid, for example, the position of his ears or even his own hair, can also show us his mood.

To make a dog happy you do not have to tell him jokes, you just have to take care of him, pamper him, love him, feed them well and take him out for a walk so he can exercise. A dog also needs to run and play with other dogs, it simply needs to be a dog (you do not have to humanize them).

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