A new study from Portugal found evidence that training dogs with negative commands could cause them long-term stress.
There’s a reason crooning “good dog!” makes your pup light up — and it’s not just because you often follow that phrase with a treat. Multiple studies show that dogs can not only read facial cues but can understand human speech, a concept that’s both good and bad for people. Sure, they can understand when you’re saying nice things but this means they’re equally capable — and, according to a new study, affected — when you’re saying not nice ones.
In the study, researchers analyzed the short-term and long-term wellbeing of 92 different dogs from seven different training facilities in Portugal. The most common breed among the group was sheepdogs followed by pinschers, schnauzer, terriers, scent hounds, retrievers and water dogs. More than half of the dogs were male and roughly one third were neutered.
Over the course of three years, the researchers performed a series of different tests on the dogs — before and after training sessions — to measure their levels of stress. The tests were conducted both in-person and through videos and included looking at things like saliva samples , stress-related behaviors and judging the overall behavior of the dog.
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