DoggieNews: Panting Dogs are Laughing

Panting Dogs are Laughing

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

An article published by All Headline News says that panting hard is a sign that dogs are happy.

Patricia Simonet, development and program coordinator for Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service, started researching dog sounds in 2001, while a professor at Sierra Nevada College. Simonet and her students recorded dogs playing at a shelter. They isolated the growling, whining, barking and the panting sound she now calls laughter, reports The Associated Press.

I've come to understand this after having played with my two dogs. I'm sure others have too. Though not all panting is strictly laughter, there is still the exhaustive type of panting.

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In the same study they used a veriety of differtnt "pants" and not all of them produced the calming effect. I is my understanding that the "ONE" that quieted the other dogs was from a Lab with a ball in his mouth.

By beth, at 5:47 AM, December 14, 2005
I had found a 40 second clip of this recorded on the internet. We wanted to try to record and play for dogs in our shelter, but now there's only the one second clip and I can't find another site with a recording. Anyone have a link, please post! Thanks!

By Anonymous, at 10:40 AM, December 16, 2005
http://www.animalliberationfront.com/Practical/Pets/dogs_laugh.htm

By Anonymous, at 2:59 AM, December 31, 2005
Was looking for the clip also and found at this link: just paste in theres a 1 second and a 45 second clip you can download.. Enjoy!!

http://www.animalliberationfront.com/Practical/Pets/dogs_laugh.htm

By Anonymous, at 3:00 AM, December 31, 2005
http://www.animalliberationfront.com/Practical/Pets/
dogs_laugh.htm

By Anonymous, at 3:01 AM, December 31, 2005

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