AskScience AMA: I’m Professor Brian Hare, a pioneer of canine cognition research, here to discuss the inner workings of a dog’s brain, including how they see the world and the cognitive skills that influence your dog's personality and behavior. AMA! • /r/askscience (np.reddit.com)
submitted 2016-06-30 15:52:36 by fuzzyfurry
JonasCliver Mightyenas lol 1 point on 2016-07-01 16:45:45

There is a nice study on dog jealousy. The authors found that 'dogs exhibited significantly more jealous behaviors (e.g., snapping, getting between the owner and object, pushing/touching the object/owner) when their owners displayed affectionate behaviors towards what appeared to be another dog' - this other dog was a stuffed dog by the way :)

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0094597

I'd like to combine this with Zimen's findings on comparative same-sex aggression in captive wolves.