A dog's heartbeat increases when owner says "I love you"

14 Oct 2020

A dog’s heartbeat increases when owner says “I love you”

A dog’s heartbeat increases when owner says “I love you”Do you have dogs? If you do, I'm sure you love them a lot. But have you ever wondered if they really love you too?

A new study says dogs' heartbeat increases when their owners say "I love you" to them.

An experiment was conducted with four dogs. They were fitted with a special instrument to check their heart rate when playing with their owners. Heart rate, also known as pulse, is the number of times a heart beats per minute.

It was found that a dog’s heart rate can increase by 46.2% after hearing the words “I love you” from their owners.

The study also showed that cuddling the dog will help to calm it down when it is feeling nervous or scared. Its heart rate decreased by 22.7% when being hugged, showing that it feels calm.

Not only the dogs' but the owners' heart rate also increased when they saw their dog after a long time.

So, do you think this study shows us that dogs also really do love us?

Here is a sweet video of a German shepherd dog that cries in happiness on seeing its owner after so long:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SA11jSqotg

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Comments: 1

Ms Shweta Batra says:

14 October 2020 at 3:31 pm

I like curious times

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