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"It is interesting to think that all these anecdotes of dogs rescuing humans, they could be grounded in truth, and this study is a step toward understanding how

"It is interesting to think that all these anecdotes of dogs rescuing humans, they could be grounded in truth, and this study is a step toward understanding how those kinds of mechanisms work," she said. I don't understand this comment, does Emily Sanford think all these stories are made up? The few times I've hurt myself enough to verbally whine both my 15 month old pups have swiftly approached, and they're in a markedly different state to when I call them over to play.

wgerard 8y ago
> I don't understand this comment, does Emily Sanford think all these stories are made up? More likely she's not immediately attributing these stories to "dogs intentionally come to the aid of humans." People anthropomorphize pets to an enormous extent. One can imagine plenty of other reasons why a dog might e.g. alert the neighbors that their owner is in trouble ("I'm hungry and my owner isn't feeding me" is a very simplistic one off the top of my head). It's well worth being skeptical about.