How Dogs Recognize a Bad Person? (Science Explained)

I only started watching, but the slightly wall-eyed lab look is just perfect X3

My dog, an half breed pomeranian/yorkshire, is generally quiet, but not rude or aggressive. One day i introduced her to an acquaintance of mine thinking she would have liked them, just how it went with my best friends (she absolutely loves them). Well, i was wrong. She became incredibly aggressive and snippy, i had to physically remove her from the room because it was impossible to placate her. With a bit of time, i knew for a fact that she was right. That person threatened me and tried to hurt me. I love dogs, especially mine.

i was literally tearing up while watching this.. dogs are so incredible beings.. we just don't deserve them.. I'm speechless

I once was new to a neighbourhood and went out regularly to walk my dog into the countryside nearby. One time a neighbour decided he wanted to become aquainted and got out on a bicicle behind the blocks to „casually meet me" in the field (I found that out later because he pulled this one several times). So he stood there, saying hello from a distance and trying to get closer while talking and my dog wouldn't let him. He put himself in between growling and barking. Watching my dogs reaction I thought he was probably right about this person not being safe and avoided him from there on.

I have a relevant story where I rescued a dog that got stuck under a moving car. The car parked next door to my house and I heard the dog screaming and came outside. The driver ignored the noise and went in his house. When I freed the dog (his rear ankle was caught between two pipes) who was snapping at me the whole time, he raced away around the corner but returned a few minutes later and stayed on my porch for 2 days - he was obviously recognized me as a friend and was grateful - or whatever the canine equivalent is.

Every dog in my neighborhood screams at innocent children walking home from school. Must be them smelling the "evil"

Every dog deserves a person but not all persons deserve a dog

My rescue dog was treated so brutally when he was a pup. He's now around 10 years old. He's an extremely sensitive soul and it took years for him not to be scared of coffee mugs, tinfoil...everything. He's still terrified outside unless I can distract him with his favourite things. He's so incredibly sensitive to body language when meeting new people. And sometimes after a little observation, he reverts back to the shrunken body language that he had when he first arrived. I always pay attention to those reactions and people

my dog is suspicious of most people but especially when she’s with me; but then she’s more chilled and less like protective when i’m not around. But sometimes she’ll just take a super strong liking to someone and it just surprises me

I have a dog which is super sweet, she is really playfull all the time but whenever i have friends or dates at home she would be a little more laid back, specially with dates almost like she knew that we were having a good time, but with my now ex girlfriend since the first time she came to my home my dog would be really really annoying to be in between us almost like competing for the attention and at the moment i thought she was just jealous or acting crazy even though it was the first and last time she has ever acted that way and i ignored her, well couple months later and my ex ended up being extremely toxic and literally with mental problems (she admited) so yeah, trust your dogs!

Whenever I am feeling bad about myself, and I happen to encounter a dog, they give me the lift I need. I end up realizing that I may not be THAT bad, if just about every dog likes and or accepts me. Dogs and other animals have shown me how much they trust me and I never take that for granted. I think I relate to them on an important level, because I too would like a person I felt comfortable and safe with. We can learn so much from just paying attention and opening our minds and hearts to animals. Especially dogs.

My rat terrier one day refused to go with me down a trail we walked daily. After several minutes of coaxing she reluctantly joined me. About 50 meters into the walk a monoclad cobra suddenly and unexpectedly popped up very close to us. Not sure who was more terrified, but I called my dog off and the snake disappeared back into the brush. I had previously trusted her, but now I implicitly listen more carefully. She seems to be extremely aware of people as well.

Odin is our 110-pound Akita/Shepherd cross (and a rescue) and he has been a huge part of our family for over ten years. Before I retired him because he is getting old, he worked as a therapy dog at our children’s hospital and before that was our town’s beloved library dog. Our home backs onto an alley and most of the time Odin calmly watches people pass by on their way to the next neighbourhood without giving them a second thought. But every once in a while, maybe one out of every twenty times, he goes absolutely berserk when someone walks by. I’ve always felt that he senses when something isn’t quite right with certain people because once they're gone, he settles right back down and is super chill. I’m so thankful Odin is in our lives. He makes us feel protected, safe and cared for, and there’s such comfort in knowing he is always watching over our home and family. We truly feel blessed to have him with us.

So, I was on a 2 year bender, I was inexplicably and inconsolably crying one night that I was out, apparently on a side street from the strip of clubs. I have a bartender friend who found me, and offered to take me home, but I was nonverbal, so she ended up just taking me to her place — I obviously have no recollection of this. In the morning I wake up, completely startled, as I had no idea where I was, but there was a dog at my feet. I got up to look for the bathroom, and realized (through pictures on the wall, I was in good hands). The dog follows me and stays by the door, mind you, my friend’s door is cracked open, so the option for her dog to be snuggled up with her was there. I leave quietly, since she was asleep, and I sent her text thanking her for everything. She told me that her dog is super territorial and aggressive towards strangers, said she was shocked that the dog was so protective of me. Couldn’t tell you I was a good person at the time, couldn’t even tell you I’m an animal person, but I the warmth I felt inside when she told me that was bar none. Super grateful to her and her dog. Genuinely heaven sent.

7:22 there was a similar study done with kids. Puppets were used and one puppet helped another while the other actively hindered. They were then offered the helper/hinderer puppets and they all wanted the helper puppet.

Fascinating! But the shift from Swedish to British, back to Swedish, and then back to British pronunciation while maintaining the exact same voice quality is almost equally as interesting.

“I’ll check it out myself, thanks.” Haha that’s exactly how our terrier would be.

It's amazing how dogs live entirely in the present moment. We have so much to learn from their psychology. Thanks for sharing these insights.

This video is based af. I grew up around dogs, rescued one of my own, and now have a cat i rescued. I learned at a young age if the animal is friendly and doesnt trust the person you shouldnt either. On the flip side if you have an animal thats very aggressive towards other people and they trust a complete stranger you should trust and protect that person as well.

My dog is a pure bred champion breed border collie named winter. She does not like anyone, and I mean anyone.. She hears a voice in the vicinity (she's very smart, she can easily tell the difference between videos and real life voices and noises) and she barks one time, unless they're knocking at the door, then she freaks out and barks constantly. But she knows wayyy to much for her own good. Personally, I believe i have a 2 year old genius on my hands. She barks at every one, one time. Then runs off or goes to her kennel to "hide". She shakes when she sees people at any distance. However if people stay quite aways away, then she calms down as long as she gets to play fetch. She's just super hyper-aware of everything, which isn't bad but its needless worry she puts herself through for no reason. However there was one time where she acted VERY aggressive to this one sketchy guy walking through our neighborhood one night. Her body language and movements and bark and growls were more than I've ever seen her do.. and that dude was sus as hell. So tbh I believe she saved me that night with how she reacted. I believed from that night on that yes, dogs do some sort of profiling within the first 3 seconds of laying eye/scent contact.. gaurenteed that guy would do something to someone someday at night like that but he didnt with me because of winters one of a kind reaction that night..