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If you come home and your pooch doesnt greet you as usual or if the place looks like its been hit by a tornado, you might think that your dog is mad at you for leaving. Heres what you need to know about dogs and anger, and how to tell if your dog is upset.
It turns out that the question of whether your dog is mad at you or not is the wrong question to ask. While dogs can indeed get upset by a situation, they dont get mad at someone in the same way that you do. According to HealthyPsych, anger is what psychologists refer to as a secondary emotion, which is a human response to primary emotions like fear and sadness. Anger is too complex a feeling for dogs to truly experience; however, dogs are capable of experiencing the more basic emotions that humans use anger to hide.
Dogs also dont assign blame in the way that humans do, says Cuteness. While your dog might make associations between an object or a situation and the feelings they inspire — for example, a puppy might trip down steps and get hurt while carrying a toy and then associate the toy with something harmful — they dont actually think about it being the objects fault. It simply doesnt occur to your pooch to blame you for whats making them unhappy.
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She keeps licking her lips and there’s no food nearby
Dogs may show that they’re mad or in distress by licking their nose and lips repeatedly, Taylor says. This is especially true if there’s no drool-worthy food nearby to get their saliva flowing from hunger. One situation she sees this happen a lot is when dogs are being hugged by children or strangers. The solution is simple. “Stop any restraining or hugging,” she says. Want to sleuth more facts about your dog? Find out what gives them bad breath.
