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This story seems to have it backwards: well-rounded people train happier dogs. Classic “tail wags the dog” reporting here, IMHO.
by jarnagin 8y ago
This story seems to have it backwards: well-rounded people train happier dogs.
Classic “tail wags the dog” reporting here, IMHO.
- themodelplumber 8y agoWell-behaved stories have happier writers.
- subjectHarold 8y agoYou have that way round wrong. Classic wag dogging the tail, IMHO. It is well-behaved dogs have happier stories.
- themodelplumber 8y agoI disagree, it's wrong way dog. Classic round writer's stories dog happen to havers. Well-behaved round stories hog dogger doctors, have behaved dogger rounders.
- olliej 8y agoClickbait headlines have the happiest HN commenters :D (I love you all :) )
- JasonFruit 8y agoThe spacing around your parenthesized emoji made my night happy. Thank you.
- maxk42 8y agoStill wrong: People who are happier perceive their dogs to be well-behaved. People who are more anxious predictably have more anxiety about their dogs' behavior. FTA: "This study looked only at the owners’ perceptions of separation-related behaviors and not a specific diagnosis of separation anxiety." Also FTA: "The study is just a snapshot in time and does not show causality."
- projektir 8y ago> People who are happier perceive their dogs to be well-behaved. People who are more anxious predictably have more anxiety about their dogs' behavior. I think this might actually be it. As someone with anxiety I am irrationally anxious about my cat all the time, but according to external appraisal (i.e., the vet), my cat is just fine.
- User23 8y agoWet streets cause rain. This hot on the tail of the Murray Gell-Mann amnesia post.
- jvvw 8y agoCertainly, with kids, it seems very apparent to me that my emotional state rubs off on them. I think there's a bigger feedback loop going on though. Obviously if they behave less well it makes me less happy too and it's easy to get into a vicious cycle.