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ments. Yes, this also applies to reading facial expressions, but this is a completely different league. Scientists confirm that dogs play both ways - they read the direction of a person’s gaze and initiate eye-to-eye contact themselves. In some experiments, the dog had to find a treat. Moreover, some subjects had a person next to them in the room who knew where the food was and looked straight there. And, of course, the dogs and the person coped with the task many times faster, because they simply followed his gaze. In other experiments, a puzzle with a treat was prepared for dogs, but specifically so that they could not get it. The woolly ones, unable to get the treat, turned to the experimenters - they looked into their eyes and seemed to ask them to help them. Why not manipulate puppy dog ​​eyes? The fourth weapon is perfect hearing. Not musically, but emotionally: animals perfectly understand the intonations of people. When a person is happy or nervous, the timbre of his voice changes accordingly, and animals pick up on this immediately. Actually, it’s not so important to them WHAT we say, what’s more important is HOW. Try an experiment: right now, gather your thoughts and start very cheerfully and excitedly telling your dog about the global crisis and high utility bills. With a 99% probability, he will immediately pick up this joyful wave. And then, on the contrary, in a serious and tough voice, start grabbing the watchdog and offering him treats. Will it fit? I highly doubt it! But the experiment will only work if you really get used to the role, because in addition to the timbre of the voice, animals hear our breathing and draw their own conclusions. The manipulation here is very simple - is the owner happily talking to someone? This means that he is in a good mood, which means that if you put your paws on your knees and look pitifully, you might end up with unscheduled scratches. And the fifth, subtlest and one of the most accurate ways to manipulate is body chemistry. This is generally a separate language that we speak without even knowing it. Any emotion is instantly reflected not only in behavior, facial expressions, voice, but also in smell. Stress triggers the release of cortisol, fear – adrenaline, joy – dopamine, love – cortisol. Due to the release of hormones, the composition of sweat and skin secretions is mgetting married. For us this is completely imperceptible, but for animals a sharply changed aroma is a bright signal. There are experiments where dogs were given samples of sweat from people under stress and when they were calm. Because of the first samples, they began to behave more anxiously, although the person himself was not nearby. From the second, calm samples, the behavior practically did not change at all. Yes, animals have learned to manipulate us very well. But we are not lagging behind! Today, dogs are specifically trained to detect cancer by using breath and/or sweat samples from healthy people and patie