When you can’t open a container or do a simple task – the last family member in the Shreveport-Bossier area that you’d expect to judge is .. well.. your pet, but, according to one study dogs in Shreveport DO notice humans’ incompetence when it came to things like the ability to open containers of food. But female dogs JUDGED people for it, and would ignore incompetent humans.
Some of the containers were empty . . . some had food inside. Some humans were told to struggle with the containers, while others were not.
They found that dogs tended to focus on the humans who were able to quickly open the container. That information didn’t affect the future behavior of boy dogs, but girl dogs were different.
Female dogs seemed to JUDGE those who were incompetent . . . and would ignore those people and actively seek out the competent humans right away, knowing they could open the containers.
I wonder if the dogs of the ArkLaTex are as judgy.. is yours? LOL
((Featured Image Photo Credit: CANVA PRO))
