Hanne Grice, a dog behaviour specialist and certified Dog Listener, is leading a research study into how well people understand dogs. Over one hundred people have participated in the study so far. Here’s a summary of some of our findings to date;
- over 40 % of respondents have been bitten by dogs
- only 20% of people correctly identified a picture of a dog smiling as being
‘friendly’. Most considered the showing of teeth to mean the dog was either
aggressive or stressed - 54% of people believe a wagging tail only means the dog is friendly and approachable, but dogs can bite you when they’re wagging their tail
If you’d like to know more about our research, email us at; info@walk-the-dog.net Our findings will be published in spring 2010.
