What is 'better contact with dogs' from animal science?

What the dog thinks is something you can not understand easily even if you are the owner. Mr. Jan Fool who is a biologist lecturer at Kiel University and Daniel Allen who is engaged in animal research are explaining "various ways to get in touch with dogs" based on various research results.

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There are many studies showing "having a pet has a positive influence on people", and animal therapies using animals are becoming popular even in recent health care sites.

The beginning of animal therapy dates back to World War II. Mr. William Lin, who belonged to the American Air Force at the time, decided to find and protect the Yorkshire Terrier weakened in the battlefield. After that, Mr. Lin came to take this dog to act wherever he went.

After that, when he visited a soldier who was injured in a hospital in New Guinea, he can see the treatment effect of the dog. Many of the soldiers who had been treated at this hospital seemed to suffer not only injuries but also mentally, but as the soldiers in hospital contact with the dogs Mr. Lin had taken, the mental state gradually improved As I began to do, "touching animals" is now considered to be effective. This effect will be shown later in the research, which will result in animal therapy.

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The research by Lincoln University shows "Dog recognizes human emotions". For example, when a dog gets angry from the owner, I know that I will take such an attitude, judging from past experiences and the condition of my owner that he will "get angry".

However, because a dog recognizes people 's emotions, people do not understand the feelings of dogs. It is necessary to have "a feeling of guilt for actions taken by himself" in order for people to be angry and to change their behavior, but it became clear that in the dog's brain it was not possible to distinguish between "correct behavior" and "wrong action" It is. For this reason, even if the dog is scolded, it can not be understood that "the action taken by himself is bad," he can not understand and leads to repeating the same mistake.

In order to know how a dog thinks, it can be understood from the research of Azabu University in Japan, which focused on the hormonal environment of the dog. Studies have shown that dogs are secreted with a lot of " oxytocin " called affection hormone when stroked. This study showed that dogs have a similar feeling, as oxytocin is secreted by humans feeling relaxed stress.

Conversely, research shows that the secretion of cortisol known as stress hormone increases as dogs feel unhappy. This hormone is secreted when you feel stress, and in dogs it increases when you are spending a long time with one animal. Since dogs are animals living in a group, it is thought that spending a long time alone alone is highly stressful.

Mr. Fole and Mr. Allen said, "People and dogs are very important for each other as they live, and we need to make efforts to maintain a good relationship even if we do not understand each other properly." It is necessary to consider "whether you can secure a long time not to make a dog lone by yourself" in the lifestyle of yourself or your family, rather than keeping it for "reason because you want to keep a dog" I am doing.