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Dogs and Humans
How the barks and body can affect the communications we have
Brendan Redfield
Introduction
Dogs and humans evolved together
General understanding of each other
What we want to know
What factors affect human to canine
communication?
Can a human be the only one to affect the
communication?
Are the communication methods of canines
inherited or are they an effect of conditioning?
Humans and our ways
Humans vocalize (language and gesture-calls)
We also use gestures to express ourselves
Motivated through sharing knowledge
Cognitive skills of understanding others knowledge level
The ways of the Canine
Vocalizations show emotion
Body language shows requests
Canines rely heavily on humans for their needs
How humans affect
communications
Head and body position, as well as eye directions
Yamamoto (2011)
Training and conditioning
Human-to-Human interactions
University of Milan, Marshall-Pescini (2011)
How dogs affect
communications
Size of the dogs breed
Helton (2010)
Personality of the dog
Cavaunaugh (2008)
Vocalizations express emotions
Yeon (2007)
Inherited or Conditioned
Wolves and wild canines do not use
vocalizations the same Kaminski (2011)
Belgian Military Defense Team canines,
University of Namur (2010)
Sofia and Rossi (2008)
Conclusion
We have found that there is much to learn and
that more tests are needed to determine if dogs
are using a form of language or just barking to
say they are happy
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