{"id":978,"date":"2018-10-24T05:07:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T12:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petsent.com\/?p=978"},"modified":"2018-10-23T14:12:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T21:12:07","slug":"dog-fear-genes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petsent.com\/dog-fear-genes","title":{"rendered":"Dog Fear and Aggression Genes Related to Human Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dogs and humans have quite a few similarities.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re both fairly emotional creatures.<\/p>\n

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We both enjoy treats, be it an ice cream sundae or some bacon-flavored dog snacks. We both enjoy taking a nice nap under a sunbeam. (Seriously, have you ever done that? It\u2019s absolutely incredible.)<\/p>\n

Heck, it\u2019s even said that dogs seem to look more and more like their owners as time goes on. Although that may be because my dog has learned how to use hairspray and a comb. It\u2019s a very good trick.<\/p>\n

While there are also some differences between humans and dogs (I would probably never go for walks if my dog didn\u2019t constantly remind me), we are ultimately similar creatures.<\/p>\n

After all, we are both mammals.<\/p>\n

See, I did pay attention in science class. Take that, sixth grade science teacher whose name I forgot!<\/p>\n

And, not only do I have more reasons we\u2019re similar to dogs (we both are scared of the vacuum.<\/p>\n

Well, at least I\u2019m scared of using it), I\u2019ve even got science to prove it!<\/p>\n

You see, new research has found some genetic connections between human anxiety and fear and aggression in dogs.<\/p>\n

While I could tell you all about the science mumbo jumbo involved with the link, let\u2019s focus on the most important thing: there is a true connection between humans and dogs.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just like every movie with a boy and his dog taught us: we\u2019re connected as species.<\/p>\n

So the next time you see your dog just as scared as you are when it\u2019s thundering outside, remember how connected you are.<\/p>\n

And maybe you should both get a treat.<\/p>\n

Thunderstorms can be terrifying.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.genengnews.com\/gen-news-highlights\/dog-fear-and-aggression-genes-related-to-human-anxiety\/81253083\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dogs and humans have quite a few similarities. We\u2019re both fairly emotional creatures. We both enjoy treats, be it an ice cream sundae or some bacon-flavored dog snacks. We both enjoy taking a nice nap under a sunbeam. (Seriously, have you ever done that? It\u2019s absolutely incredible.) Heck, it\u2019s even said that dogs seem to […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/petsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26258,"href":"https:\/\/petsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978\/revisions\/26258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=978"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petsent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}