Dogs Can Be Pessimistic

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Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 13, 2010 @04:52AM from the dog-in-black dept.

Not that it will change anything, but researchers at Bristol University say that your dog might be a gloom-monger. In addition to the downer dogs, the study also found a few that seemed happy no matter how uncaring the world around them was. "We know that people's emotional states affect their judgments and that happy people are more likely to judge an ambiguous situation positively. What our study has shown is that this applies similarly to dogs," said professor Mike Mendl, an author of the study and head of animal welfare and behavior at Bristol University.

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Re:Being a dog owner ... by shoehornjob · 2010-10-13 04:59 · Score: 4, Funny

Mine likes to shit everywhere.

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Obligatory Onion by UnknowingFool · 2010-10-13 05:00 · Score: 4, Funny

Dog Has Best Day of His Life for 400th Consecutive Day

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Breeds Used in Study? by BJ_Covert_Action · 2010-10-13 05:00 · Score: 4, Funny

I have ten bucks that says the breed most likely to be pessimistic was the Basset hound. Meanwhile, the happiest dogs were probably Collies or, perhaps, Poodles. Next I'd like to see a study that shows that cats really are condescending bastards. =)

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1. Re:Breeds Used in Study? by ByOhTek · 2010-10-13 05:20 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  My cats say that such a study would be idiotic and not worth the time of any cat participating, but they also find it predictable that a human would still find it the pinnacle of research.
  
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Re:Being a dog owner ... by DoofusOfDeath · 2010-10-13 05:06 · Score: 4, Funny

Being a dog owner, I think most dogs just want to hump, eat, and sleep. Some like to bark.
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You betcha by Quiet_Desperation · 2010-10-13 05:11 · Score: 3, Funny

My dog has been pessimistic about the economy ever since he got laid off.
Re:Being a dog owner ... by Rhacman · 2010-10-13 05:44 · Score: 5, Funny

If you have a dog with a sense of humor you might consider consulting with him before posting.

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Re:Being a dog owner ... by DigiShaman · 2010-10-13 05:47 · Score: 5, Funny

He's just marking his territory. Don't shampoo your carpet, they hate it when you do that. It just means more "work" to get up, find a spot, and proceed to take another shit and scoot around. Do him a favor and save his asshole from extended rug-burn.

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Re:Being a dog owner ... by flu1d · 2010-10-13 05:48 · Score: 2, Funny

As a fellow dog owner. I'd keep an eye out for the one who modded this informative.
Re:I was just talking to a lady by xmousex · 2010-10-13 07:01 · Score: 2, Funny

so are your clams also sad when you leave??? you have alot of pets
Re:From TFA by obarthelemy · 2010-10-13 15:41 · Score: 2, Funny

I'm depressed that you think cynical is the contrary of optimistic. But then again, I should have known not to expect any better. I'm just gonna get trolled now anyway.

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