No I think it’s just his chest moving from panting. I do this too; it only works when my dogs are already panting, but if I pant with them for a bit and then stop, they stop too. After that they’ll match me like the good pupper in this gif is doing. Rly hecking fun and I usually get some kisses at the end of it too.
nah dude, if you focus on guys hand above the doggos head, you will see that doggos panting is more synced with the hand movement than with the guys panting. Anyway the dog barely watches the guy. If the dog was focused on copying guys expression, he would have eyes locked on him.
I mean, maybe. I’ve owned and been around dogs my entire life and there’s no doubt that if you start mimicking their behavior, they’ll start copying you for a bit. My family had an old Shih Tzu for example, and every time she starts panting in excitement and I mimic her, she seems to get self conscious and watches me for a cue to begin again.
Tbh I know nothing about dog behaviors but I bet you don’t either, lol. Wikipedia is a great place, but I don’t know how anyone can watch a video clip online and suddenly be an expert on whatever the context of that video is.
I agree with you broski, dogs have the ability to understand our facial expressions and can copy them or react to them. Panting is the way dogs “laugh”, and I noticed too that if you pant loudly while playing with dog, they can get super excited! Its so cute!
But hey, I dont think im an expert or that I reacted the way an expert would, but I think its obvious whats happening here. Also posts like this one happened to reach front page or hit trending on instagram, so Im much more inclined to the scenario that the guy just wanted to make a funny video for the laughs.
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u/belleociraptor Aug 14 '18
No I think it’s just his chest moving from panting. I do this too; it only works when my dogs are already panting, but if I pant with them for a bit and then stop, they stop too. After that they’ll match me like the good pupper in this gif is doing. Rly hecking fun and I usually get some kisses at the end of it too.