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How to know when your dog is in pain?

  • When a dog is experiencing pain, you might notice slight physical changes or how they carry their body. Here are a few physical signs of pain in dogs: Tight or twitching muscles Shaking or trembling Arched back Holding their head below their shoulders Panting Behavioral Changes A dog in pain tends to behave differently than usual.
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Studies have shown that dogs are experts at human communication, but scientists haven't been able to show conclusively that dogs feel empathy or truly understand the pain of others.
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Plenty of pet owners are comforted by a pair of puppy-dog eyes or a swipe of the tongue when their dog catches them crying.

Now, new research suggests that dogs really do respond uniquely to tears.

The results are what you might expect if dogs understand our pain, the researchers wrote, but it's not proof that they do.

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