Why do dogs stare at us? Tina Spring and Julie Fudge Smith talk about the various reasons that dogs look at us, and how we can use eye contact to better understand our canine companions, and train them as well.
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“Importantly, the dogs did not search randomly after seeing a pointing gesture. If they had experienced the human pointing for them, dogs searched for longer and more often in the area that the human was pointing to.” From a Dutch study on dogs following the Pointing gesture. Domestic Dogs Use Contextual Information and Tone of Voice when following a Human Pointing Gesture
