05-13-2020, 11:36 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...says-study
Moody, unpredictable and with an striking disregard for the rules, teenagers can be hard to handle. Now it turns out the same is true for adolescent dogs.
Researchers say they have found that pooches become less responsive to instructions from their carer during adolescence.
And the parallels go further.
“Generally teenagers that have a less secure relationship with their parents are those that are more likely to show more conflict behaviour towards their parents,” said Dr Lucy Asher, co-author of the research at Newcastle University. “That’s the same finding that we have [between adolescent dogs and their carers].”
Asher suggests that, as in humans, dogs who are less secure about their bond with their carer may “play up” to test its strength. In dogs, she said, that could help the animal weigh up whether it is better to stay with its carer – or follow its reproductive urges to find a mate.
Well, at least this 'adolescent' phase won't be very long, since dogs reach full maturity when they're around 12 months old .
Anyway, if you have (or had) a pet dog, is this something you've noticed at all?
Moody, unpredictable and with an striking disregard for the rules, teenagers can be hard to handle. Now it turns out the same is true for adolescent dogs.
Researchers say they have found that pooches become less responsive to instructions from their carer during adolescence.
And the parallels go further.
“Generally teenagers that have a less secure relationship with their parents are those that are more likely to show more conflict behaviour towards their parents,” said Dr Lucy Asher, co-author of the research at Newcastle University. “That’s the same finding that we have [between adolescent dogs and their carers].”
Asher suggests that, as in humans, dogs who are less secure about their bond with their carer may “play up” to test its strength. In dogs, she said, that could help the animal weigh up whether it is better to stay with its carer – or follow its reproductive urges to find a mate.
Well, at least this 'adolescent' phase won't be very long, since dogs reach full maturity when they're around 12 months old .
Anyway, if you have (or had) a pet dog, is this something you've noticed at all?
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