{"id":745,"date":"2025-02-04T16:42:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/23\/sniffing-stressed-humans-makes-dogs-gloomy\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T16:42:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:42:55","slug":"sniffing-stressed-humans-makes-dogs-gloomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/sniffing-stressed-humans-makes-dogs-gloomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sniffing stressed humans makes dogs gloomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2024-07-23 10:04:00<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Dogs get depressed when they can smell that their owners are stressed.<BR><br \/>\nStress in humans triggers a unique scent that can be smelt by canines and new evidence shows that worried humans make man&#8217;s best friend gloomy.<BR><br \/>\nDuring a trial, 18 dogs were provided with food bowls that either contained a treat or were empty.<BR><br \/>\nAfter sniffing the odour of a relaxed human who had been listening to calming sounds, the pooches approached the treat bowl more quickly but if they smelt a stressed-out person they went to the dish at a slower pace as if they were anticipating disappointment.<BR><br \/>\nDr. Nicola Rooney, lead author of the research at Bristol Veterinary School, said: &#8220;Understanding how human stress affects dogs&#8217; well-being is an important consideration for dogs in kennels and when training companion dogs and dogs for working roles such as assistance dogs.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;Dog owners know how attuned their pets are to their emotions, but here we show that even the odour of a stressed, unfamiliar human affects a dog&#8217;s emotional state, perception of rewards, and ability to learn.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;Working dog handlers often describe stress travelling down the lead, but we&#8217;ve also shown it can also travel through the air.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangpremier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Visit Bang Premier (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024-07-23 10:04:00 Dogs get depressed when they can smell that their owners are stressed. Stress in humans triggers a unique scent that can be smelt by canines and new evidence&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":747,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745\/revisions\/747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}