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A word of warning if you are choosing a dog for emotional support, or as a future psychiatric service dog! I am an Accredited Dog Trainer through the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants, and I work with Service Dogs.
Certain breed groups, particularly Herding breeds, and other dogs selected for their attentiveness to humans, can mirror your stress. Just as long-term stress is damaging for human health, chronic stress is detrimental to some dogs' wellbeing. (Conversely, some breeds really couldn't give a crap whether you're having a bad day.)
Additionally, when raising puppies for this kind of work, the adolescent dog needs a secure attachment to their owner. Having a supportive, predictable relationship with their primary caregiver during this phase of development has a big effect on the dog's adult behavior. It's tough enough to raise a puppy for healthy people, let alone someone who is struggling with their health, be it physical or mental.
Please reach out to a certified trainer before you bring home a puppy if you are a first-time dog owner. It takes a village to raise a puppy!
Sources:
Asher, Lucy et al. “Teenage dogs? Evidence for adolescent-phase conflict behaviour and an association between attachment to humans and pubertal timing in the domestic dog.” Biology letters vol. 16,5 (2020)
Höglin, A., Van Poucke, E., Katajamaa, R. et al. Long-term stress in dogs is related to the human-dog relationship and personality traits. Sci Rep 11, 8612 (2021)
Lol I haven't heard that saying in a long time but I just realized "it takes a village to raise a puppy" and it's original version are sayings that convey the communist emphasis on the importance of communal living.
I approve 👍
thank you! i've been looking into a psychiatric service dog and this isn't something i've seen come up yet:)
What dog breeds do you recommend for stressed out people?
So this is why most dogs stress me out. And I feel calm with cats, just as when I am alone.
Bro added a references page 💀
Gives a whole new meaning when they say "it can smell your fear."
no... that is always what it meant...
need to take it literally from now on💀
@@Boringpenguin it was always literal. Like I always knew there was a stench that came with fear.
@@billyalarie929 especially when I get bad armpit BO when stressed out with anxiety and panick attacks.
@@nickonerd exactly this
I got stressed just hearing the test they put the humans thru 😂
I tried to do the first calculation in my head (6000-17) and failed.
Same.. but as an introvert, I would never have taken part.. 😄
@@einienj3281 Second.
@@SmittenKitten. Introverts unite! ..in our own homes, in our own time.. no stress.. If You want, I have a long serving (online) of cookies and almond milk 🥛🍪🍪😘
@@einienj3281 From the safety and comfort of my home, I happily and gratefully accept all cookie offerings!! Thank you, introvert friend!
That's why my pup is my shadow. He follows me everywhere at all times. My poor stressed out brain and body calls out to him.
I wonder if cats are like that. Because my cats are around me constantly.
This comment was intended for Megan darlene but yt moved it to a different comment.
Knew the top comment would be someone talking about how hard their life is
Weed helps too
@@bolillo5013 Nah with cats they are just waiting until you eventually stop so they can feast on your flesh....😁
"There were four canine participants, named Treo, Winnie, Fingal, and Soot. The names weren't important to the study but I thought you should know because they're good dogs"
Yes. The most important part, because they are very good doggos indeed
These findings make sense when you think about canine origins. Pursuit predators single out the old, weak, young prey from the herd. Being able to sniff out stressed prey prior to the attack or being noticed would aid in that.
So my Chihuahuas are not around to comfort me but rather planning to take me down?
@@berndwolff2389 they’re chihuahuas, of course they want to kill you.
@Bernnd Wolf Technically, selection pressures are just favoring the same adaptation for a different purpose.
Kinda like how human speech & creativity skills shifted from “who can cooperate the best as a hunter-gatherer group” to “who can get the most likes on their TikTok memes”. ;D
@@berndwolff2389 Well, no. Just because an organism's ancestors used an adaptation for one purpose, doesn't mean its descendants use it for the same purpose. Your chihuahua probably wants to comfort you, even if a million years ago its ancestors would have happily eaten you.
Ok ? Dude stress is a natural response to being hunted wether we're talking about a old, small, weak prey or any other prey 😂😂
Thank you for telling us the dogs' names. They are important researchers that deserve credit for their work. 😄
The dogs weren't researchers. They were participants, but of course they still deserve credit.
I hope they are listed as coauthors. I know that study participants are generally not listed as coauthors, but I still really, really hope they were listed as coauthors.
The dog study makes sense with my experience. My best friend has a corgi who sees me regularly and seems to consider me one of "her humans". I have PTSD, and can easily spike my stress just by thinking about one of my triggers. Every time I do that in the same room as the dog, I end up with a lapful of corgi within a minute or so. She won't leave until I calm down or someone orders her away. We joke about her being my self-appointed therapy dog.
I'd be interested to see if cats have a similar mechanism, too. My neighbor's cat (whom I cat-sit pretty regularly) has also consistently reacted to sudden changes in my stress level, either by sitting unusually close to me or, in one notable case, trying to threaten the stimulus that had triggered me. Unfortunately, it was a noise from next door, so he ended up trying to intimidate a wall, but it was still impressive. 😂
Cats are actually somewhere around 10x as sensitive to smell as dogs are, iirc. They definitely can detect it, and I think how they respond to it depends on the personality of the cat. My dog never cared if I was in stress or not, but my cat is extremely prone to it. Just depends on the animal.
Interesting
It wouldn’t surprise me, re cats. It likely depends on how well they’ve been socialized; people have some strange ideas about cats that aren’t entirely accurate, so many cats are kind of, well, clinically crazy. But if you have one that hasn’t been harmed, yeah. They can really firmly bond to people and do their best to provide protection and care, and there’s some decent evidence that suggests they see us as part of their clowder, and often members that need special care.
@@khills Hence the cat's tendency to bring back dead animals and drop them on your carpet. They think you can't feed yourself.
@@Punishthefalse Yep! They're trying to provide in the best way they can.
The take away for me was that clinical conditions actually designed to produce stress so closely match my early years of school… no wonder I have math phobia.
could be-- though for me I didn't find out till my late 30s that I have dyscalculia, could be something to look into. I was overlooked for any kind of learning disability because of extraordinary grades in most other subjects, especially language and history/social related and I wasn't too bad at science... but honestly I think science erring towards metric systems helped /a lot/. it's a ton easier to not mess up the number parts when they're in nice even units and I can just move a decimal, obvious but true.
My two dogs respond differently to my stress. One comes to me and clings, and the other avoids me. Lol
I have the same happening with my two. Like when I'm getting stressed out & yell a little, the one comes & literally hugs me, even if I'm standing up & he is the one I'm yelling at, while the other one is more the one keeping a distance. Then they both make me feel sorry & we have a cuddle time... Gotta love them!
Haha
@@ArawnOfAnnwn I believe she was. We found her years ago…she’s absolutely rehabilitated a lot with us, but she’s still very protective of her energy. If I’m stressed, she boogies! 🤣 I’m working on my own response to stress as well. This will be good for her too! She snuggles up on me, but doesn’t like me snuggling up on her…which is torture because she’s so cute, but I respect her enough to lay off. Lol
Some dogs don't particularly like stress, it's an odd thing. When people get a bit stressed or angered my dog often leaves to go somewhere else (after my grandma passed and we lost her dog as well they started putting the family dog in with me to keep me company, she hated being in their likely because I stunk of stress and depression which she doesn't particularly like..she'd literally sit against my door as far away from me as she could get, clearly not wanting to be in with me, but after a while she got more used to it and now she doesn't mind being in here with me), though she tends to have the more "hide" reaction if the one upset is male, no idea why but dudes kinda intimidate her
A few days ago I was at the dentist’s office for an hour. They had a therapy dog, but I didn’t see her until they were about to give me some shots. A few seconds beforehand she came right over and laid her head on my lap, as if on cue.
The "stench of a person who has just done a bunch of math" made me choke on my coffee
I just quit retail and I worked full time throughout the entire pandemic. We did not close. And I can tell you that people forget how to deal with other people. People are less nice, don't pay attention or listen even when they ask a question, adults now don't look up from their phone in a conversation, are less patient, less agreeable, don't value others time
Makes sense, a stressed animal is an easier meal usually. Factor in the whole predator evolution, and it makes total sense they’d find the smell “good;” stress just became linked to “easy meal.”
Oh boy, here comes the "so that's why dogs love me" comments
Ah.
This is why canines love me.
Was going to make this exact joke! Twinsies.
They hate me.
I have a service dog. He wasn't chosen for anything specific other than preferred breed(s), which is a pit bull mix. He is also rottweiler. He checks my blood sugar by licking my hands. He also alerts me to panic attacks (which low sugar can cause for me). He is quick to respond to the stress of anyone around him, especially my husband. All 3 of my dogs respond to our stress, the others being a retired service dog and a neurotic emotional support animal who needs her own emotional support human. My cats respond as well. High stress is a smell my 14y/o cat gets excited about (she licks me during those times more than when stress is lower).
I really do believe that the pandemic really changed my personality. Before, I was super extroverted, open, and I liked talking to people in general. Now, I don’t trust anyone, my health and social anxiety have skyrocketed, I’m more angry, more on-edge and more paranoid than before. I know these traits can just be that; traits. But I feel like my personhood itself has shifted from someone on the extroverted scale, then the ambivert scale in the start of the pandemic, then to completely introverted, and now, I’m trying to find an equilibrium. I also developed moderate tinnitus and TMJ issues bc of stress from the pandemic, so stress also just a part of my normal life, and I feel like a lot of people can relate to that.
hmmm interesting. sorry about your anxiety and trust issues. I am the opposite, I'm very introverted and I've learned alot about myself since the start of the pandemic and I have started to come out of my shell, talking more at work, not feeling nervouse about meeting new people and dont get emberrased over little things at all anymore.
Hey Jen, do you have back pain or joint pain too? Any issues with short term memory? Any nerve twitches? Did you do more hiking during the pandemic? Only asking because there are 17 tick-borne diseases and one causes tinnitus and TMJ. Lyme causes personality problems exactly like you describe. I know because I had them. Juvenile ticks are basically invisible because they are so little. Less than half of Lyme patients ever get that telltale bullet rash. Only the Western Blot test read by a Lyme disease specialist will be able to diagnose tick-borne disease. It took IV antibiotics to finally knock out Lyme disease in me but I’m pain free, finally feel rested when I wake up in the morning and best of all my memory and personality are back!! Five days on antibiotics and my depression lifted. I didn’t even realize how depressed I’d been until that wonderous day that I could feel joy again!
@@cammie49 I do have back and joint pain, and problems with memory, but that’s bc I caught COVID in early May of this year. The TMJ is probably from all the stress FROM the pandemic itself. I went on a hike this summer, but I wore long pants, bc I knew about the potential o get Lyme disease from ticks. I was also on antibiotics, but that was for a recent ear infection that I had like, last week. Thank you for the concern tho. ☺️
I was already introverted but I’ve been so much sadder since it all started. Just feels different in my heart. I’m even less social than before and it’s not fun
I used to consider myself a patriot and have respect for police. Now my lifes goal is to become a hermit and participate in society as little as possible. Australia.
Pets in general are a stress reliever. Being more of a bird person, it's very relaxing to be around them.
I had two cockatiels growing up. They were sweeties who wanted nothing except to hang out on my shoulders.
My eldest dog amazes me. I'm working from home, and whenever I sigh heavily or "tsk" when something frustrates me at work, he would approach me and comfort me. I find it so sweet and endearing. ❤️
Maybe this is similar with cats too... Salem and Willow both squish next to me more when I'm upset or having a panic attack. Salem especially has always known when I feel even a little stressed and will climb into my shoulder or sit on my lab and purr until I calm down. He didn't move from my side when I came home from the hospital after surgery either, and I slept for most of the day. There was a cat sized dent with loose fur on my pillow the whole week I was in recovery lol they're lovley little guys
Non-cat 'owners' massively underestimate just how caring and attentive our Fuzzy Overlords are. 🙂
When my mother was dying the cat rarely left her room. The special caregivers said this is what they always saw when the end was getting near. Before this it was the dog that was always near her and entertaining her. The animals switched roles.
My cat never cared when i was sad 🙁
I love the names
@@terrorcookie3889 And could your cat have said the same thing about you? Much like dogs, some can be pretty aloof with certain people, or be entirely one-person animals. But for the most part I've found that cats are actually pretty friendly and open, you just have to show them the same care, courtesy and affection you want from them.
They know whenever your mood changes even mildly. I swear I just think about pineapples and my dog knows it and comes running. Yes, he lives fruit. He's a weird one lol
I know it is a typo, but “he lives fruit” captures the “in the moment” nature of dogs on a really zen way
@@davidnotonstinnett a typo yes but I 'live' your comment.
Damnnnn. Does he rush to you if you think about "walk"🤔😳
My dog loves Kale, and another one steals asparagus…. Weirdos
@@kelvink9999 he knows before I do lol
It’s weird but I remember watching a video of a guy with split personality disorder and his dog could tell who was “piloting”. Maybe he could tell based on cue, but when he switched the dog instantly left the room because one personality that was really strict didn’t like the dog in the living room because of the hair. The dog approached the couch and his tail was wagging but when he switched the door sat outside the room and looked at him. Like I said, maybe there was a different cue the dog knows but I thought it was super interesting.
I believe both cats and dogs have something called a Jacobson's Organ that allow them to sense chemical changes. Cat's also comfort there owners when sensing stress(and they feel like it).
Thanks for reporting on the personality change. I saw a headline/clickbait about it, and thought to myself "I'll wait for SciShow to report on it." :D I love how you cover things and appreciated it very much.
@@ArawnOfAnnwn It depends on where they sourced the participants from. Where I live, the government subsidized jobs so they would all continue to exist so there were no more lay-offs or threats of that. But there was still a collapse in social life, contact and social support.
Either way, I think you're right that if the disease itself were the primary stressor, you would expect older people to be at least as affected if not more.
@@ArawnOfAnnwn Personally, I was more affected by how it was all affecting my young adult children.
i felt much more stressed once everything opened again and no social distancing. As an introvert it felt great having no people near me
I'm just stressed theres more people out doing things now. more people at stores, more traffic etc. was kinda nice having no one around me when I shopped. Was an interesting time.
Agreed I found 2020, and even a lot of 2021 pretty nice. I got to go outside more, spent time with my brother who had been 500 miles away, shops weren't rammed full of people, it was nice.
that’s a shame, because i’m living in your walls
You, and every other cry baby.
You are most likely not an introvert. You just have bad social skills from lack of human interaction.
Can anyone else smell stress sweat ? I can -it has a distinct smell. You can probably smell it on yourself but can you smell it on others?
Absolutely I can when I get stressed. I don’t notice it on others, not that I’ve noticed anyway.
yup i 100% can
I can always smell it on my girlfriend as well
Sour. I always assumed it was an increase in urea production, but of course had zero scientific evidence for that assumption.
The sweat you give off from stress is different from sweat you give off from heat. Instead it's oily, usually from the armpits and groin. It's also produced during exercise and sex. Bacteria are fond of the oily fatty stuff in that sweat and it makes you stinky.
Apparently East Asian people don't get sweat like that and therefore don't have body odor.
I love dogs.
Me too I love Minecraft dogs.
No you don't
@@brandon8900 👁️👄👁️
Same 🥰
How is that even possible ew
Kind of a cute, positive spin on dogs being seriously tuned into their owners’ feelings- when I first got together with my now-spouse, my dog very much reflected my heightened emotions. He was often weary of strangers (…like me I guess), but when he met him he was significantly more exuberant and wanting to socialize. My then-just-a-friend-who-i-was-seriously-crushing-on asked my roommate “does the dog always greet people this excitedly?” and my roommate let it slip of “not everyone, just the people his mom really likes”
As SOON as I start talking about my mother to my husband, my dog comes and starts licking at my face and cuddling me. She’s a bloody awesome companion (the dog, that is)
See, results like these are why it's important to look at your experiment from different angles, to see if there are alternative explanations for your results. The researchers jumped straight to concluding that the results supported their hypothesis, never once considering the simple alternative: that it proves dogs can smell _math_ . Smh
Lol I spent the pandemic in rigorous therapy, learning new skills, and cutting out traumatic and toxic people from my life. It was hard but the pandemic was a pretty.... Significant catalyst to push me towards a healthier mindset. It was either that, or crash and burn and end up in a mental institution. But to be fair I was pretty miserable surrounded by awful people before the thing happened so my baseline was pretty low.
Same, absolute same 😅
@@Fincayra15 sometimes we gotta hit our lowest point to bounce back. Good that you also used the pandemic as an opportunity for insight :)
This makes sense with my dog. She is my retired service dog but she instantly knows when my day was stressful when I get home.
Some days she’s attached to my hip trying to cheer me up and others she greets me but isn’t so clingy.
*my dog watching me thrash, sob, and shake with throes of cries*
*hank green*: "i think your dog can smell the stress on you"
I love good studies. Double-blind with straightforward rubrics that produce clear results are delicious!
Oh cool, I thought it was just my chihuahua.
They're all good dogs, Hank!
I love how how Hank says something smart related to the video description and then there is usually bonus smart stuff on a similar topic I didn't even expect.
I have a wonderful service dog who tasks for both for an anxiety-related disability as well as heart problems. It’s incredible what he can do. He knows my heart rate is about to drop very low a few minutes before it even happens. I’d love to see studies on what VOC’s, small movements, etc he could be picking up on. Even in a lab with the smell of chemicals around he can give me that “something’s up” stare before I even feel it. I know diabetic alert dogs have been studied, but as far as I know there hasn’t been very conclusive research in what other types of alert dogs are picking up on. One of the many reasons why I’m studying to work in veterinary research!
my service animal was trained similar to this to help with my PTSD. but her training was more along the lines of increased heart rate and blood pressure etc than scent training specifically for hormones released during stressful situations.
same mine is trained to also interrupt my tells of an anxiety attack coming on shaking,picking, scratching ect. I was not aware until I got him that i also do a rocking motion.
I love how they put their sponsorships at the end. I don’t have to worry about skipping over the video accidentally after the ad.
Since they are being presented the same scent twice, what are the chances that the dogs are not preferring stress scented, but just a scent they are familiar with?
They are getting both scents twice, the non-stressed scent is in the first part too
@@monicarenee7949 They are presented stressed scent twice, and blank twice, but blank scent is well nothing worth becoming familiar with it is blank
Then for the testing they are presented a normal scent, a proper control for this would be to do phase one of testing already with a normal scent as a control, instead of using blanks
They are a GOOD Boys 🐶
my anxiety, particularly social anxiety, has S K Y R O C K E T E D. im basically always paranoid that someone hates me and is talking about me negatively lmao
Those "pandemic personality" results are kinda surprising- in my (admittedly extremely limited) experience, all the _older_ people I've interacted with since the pandemic started have been the ones to become more neurotic, irritable, and argumentative, while broadly speaking the younger ones are generally level-headed.
I know for sure my personality has changed during the pandemic, but actually, it appears my "positive" qualities have generally increased. I am better at talking to people, at managing my emotions, at discussing sensitive topics, I have seen a noticeable increase in my empathy (which, given my starting point was pretty much "none at all", way definitely very noticeable), and have naturally started being more respectful towards people. And people have also noticed these (and complimented me on them, which is how I know). The only thing that has gotten worse is my social anxiety.
All of these can, I suspect, be attributed to the fact that I became active in several chatrooms of generally nice people. Which was finally a method of communication that felt _natural_ to me and didn't cause me constant anxiety.
Face-to-face socializing (even positive experiences) is extemely draining for some people, such as introverts. The enforced break from that because of the pandemic gave a lot of people a chance to recovery from being burned out on social engagements. And so they might then enjoy and appreciate the now-rarer chances to interact in person. Or do better when interacting in other ways, such as online, as you mentioned.
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It's easier to have a positive attitude, and be more gracious and forgiving in general, when one isn't so stressed and socially jet-lagged that they're effectively going through each day with the energy level and enthusiasm of a person who's suffering from the flu and chronic migraines simultaneously.
@@iprobablyforgotsomething this describes my reaction to the pandemic so well!
@@iprobablyforgotsomething Well said. One more thing that specifically helped me is that I had to learn to respect others' opinions. Actually had many multiple-day-long discussions on religion and politics that didn't devolve into namecalling.
@due to personal reasons: AAAAAAAAAAAAA -- Mine and my (introverted) friends, too, lol! We made it over two straight years before we started to even get antsy about the lack of interaction, while the extroverts and/or neurotypicals we knew were half-mad and climbing the walls by 6 months in.
@fghsgh -- Definitely, making the choice to be respectful and practicing carrying it out is a big plus in helping improve conversational and/or people'ing skills, for sure! But again, it's easier to be aware of our manners, and others' boundaries, and any lines we're crossing, when we're not so fatigued. So definitely aim to be your best self. But also understand that if your energy reserves are low, your focus for communication will probably go down, through no intention of your own, as your brain prioritizes other functions necessary to make it through the day safely. In other words, try your best, but forgive yourself for not performing best when tired or socially jet-lagged, just as you would forgive someone else the same. : )
i work in a shelter and theyre the least upset when i'm upset lol
that math test would make me cry actually 😂
That math test would make me scream!
I mean for the herding dogs that are more attentive to their owners emotions it could not be excitement/joy over your stress but an instinct to ease your stress with happy behavior.
If they can smell your stress I'm sure they can smell the reduction of it as well.
I love how ticked you got when describing the dogs.
1:58 thank you Hank for answering the very important questions we never knew we needed
yeah they dont 'naturally' seek out stressed people but we indirectly train them by going to them when stressed or praising them when they come to us when stressed, so its a positive feedback loop. our dog will lay on us when sick but this wasnt something she automatically did as a puppy
They dont love the smell of stress, they got rewarded for picking the stress sweat with treats, dogs love treats
Well, when I'm already stressed and my dog follows me around at every step and stands in the way this tends to stress me more. ;-)
When coming back to my dogs after doing weights (sweaty), they get more excited than usual and think its play time.
Rats can do the same thing, are way more social (since it's always necessary to have more than one rat while you can leave one dog alone for some time) and are much cheaper and easier to train :) They can also sit on your shoulder and give you nuzzles and kisses if you're feeling stressed. Even just having them sit on you is comforting and that's not always doable with a dog when you're trying to do other things or don't want a big animal on you.
I was always worried I’d stress my dogs out with my anxiety. Good to know it doesn’t stress them. Also, I’m so bad at math, I don’t get stressed by not being able to do it. Age has made me able to just accept it
How old are you?
I have learned more from SciShow than most of my formal schooling. It is both heartening to know there are resources like this as well as a little disheartening to realize how little I was actually taught in (public) school.
Dogs are angelic, i am grateful we have them
This is why we must protect dogos at all costs and treat them like kings and queens! They help us more than we could ever understand!
The work is important and mysterious!
Love your videos. My Schnauser/malteses (rescue gal got her when she was between 18mths and 2 years old) is incredible. I have CPTSD, and when I am driving I can get very anxious/agitated, she will climb into front seat area, (from back seat) and sit right next to me. Attempting to make eye contact with me..she will even paw me until I can/do! She also if that doesnt settle me, will lean right into me (if I am getting angry and swearing, which I now know is the pinnacle of my anxiety). She pushes so hard and I have to acknowledge her, which makes me breath (generally ) and stop swearing and my anger dissipates relatively quickly. I remind people often that Dogs is Gods spelt backwards. Gifts from the Gods are dogs.
I'm getting a puppy to owner train a service dog and hopefully they will do scent-based anxiety alerts. The issue is at the moment I don't have panic attacks often, so getting samples for training will be tricky :^
Would a dog be able to tell if you're about to have an attack? Now that would be amazing and helpful. Often not even I know that my anxiety is about to go tilt.
Hmmm maybe you don’t need to have a panic attack but just do something similar to a stress-test. Like do something that typically makes you anxious while in a hot room to increase your sweat production. It can be as simple as complicated math while people or watching or even just trying to make an impromptu public speech about a topic in front of one person.
I know for me, the math problems with a time crunch and a person watching me is a great way to stress me out,
@@patrickmccurry1563 yes, they definetely can. Not all will alert naturally though.
@@marieso2293 yeah probably. I just want a very clear sample!
@@nospoonfulofmayonnaiseforme if you’re anything like me, I’d know exactly what triggers my panic attack but also dont wanna purposefully put myself through that hehe.
They heightened stress by telling participants "It's very important to perform the task as quickly and efficiently as possible" that's just my boss leaning over my shoulder every day
I have severe chronic anxiety, usually dogs really like me, and I really like dogs. now wondering if my anxiety is involved.
Thx hank amazing content!
Love the dogs names
Im a cat person..dogs love me A LOT never met a dog that didn't...speaks volumes 🤣😂
I recently was put on anti anxiety meds. Ive had a rough last few months (Falling off my bike, weddings to go to, travel, etc, etc) its been really bothersome and I also noticed in recent weeks, that my dog has been climbing up in my lap or staring at my face. She has been way more clingy than normal for her and usually she prefers my husband. Wonder if its the anxiety xD
Not only can dogs smell stress, but they can also smell seizures, cancer, and diabetes.
Every time I have had to go to the hospital with a bowel blockage, the dogs are there for me...the last time, they knew I was in trouble before I did. Then, when I came out of hospital, the cat INSISTED on curling up on the side with the blockage, and purring for at least 45 minutes. We don't deserve animals.
This is a clear point that we need to develop electronical medical nose devices. Imagine sweeping your phone over your body and then get a measurement if there is something wrong or not.
So can cats! Before I got my pump, one of our cats (we have three) would glare at me when my sugar levels were high. And she’d cannonball onto my chest or stomach in the middle of the night if my levels dropped… then she’d chirp (she doesn’t meow) and lead me over to the fridge, where we keep juice.
Over the past few days, all three have avoided me while I have this stupid cold! I think the way I cough scares them.
@@KimTiger777 a researcher recently actually got a huge grant to develop this technology, I forgot her name but you should be able to find it online
@@ScheveSneeuwSchuifSchep Science FTW 👌👌
I got anxiety Issue's a month ago which is actually scary and I just turned 30. Not easy to deal with if you do not get enough support.
Thank you!
My dog is a very good girl. She’s a rescue though, and doesn’t like to be touched. The most comforting thing I do for her is to sit near her, without touching, and just read to her.
Holy crap. I’m taking statistics of behavioral science and I actually understood what you were saying
Thumbs up for Hank - the elite Green.
YES. Definitely had a personality change after the pandemic!! Didn't know how to describe it, but this takes the cake
Thanks a bunch y’all
This video is worth watching for the stress inducing procedure alone. I just imagine a drill sergeant shouting NOW SUBTRACT 17
Those researchers should've asked the subjects to count backward by 7 starting with 1000.
Props to anyone who get's the reference
We have known this for decades. This is how dogs that use smell track. The stress of being tracked releases the odor.
That explains why dogs like me. Knew there had to be a silver lining *somewhere* XD
That explains why my dog would come into my room when I worked on homework/projects/ or studied for an exam...
It would be interesting if they could isolate the stress markers, and make an electronic nose to detect them.
Dudeeee, I can relate to this so much, I'll tell u how.
I have a big anger problem when it comes to competitive games, it's a problem ive been working on, but my German shepherd usually hangs around when I play. One thing I noticed is when the anger becomes so unbearable and feels like it's going to over flow my dog will get up from being relaxed and point his nose at me and sniff. Could be cognitive bias but it almost feels like he can smell how I'm feeling. When I seen this video i felt like there might be something more to his behavior if it's not just based off cues.
Thanks for the insight!
Whenever i’m stressed or upset I swear it makes my dog happy. He’ll come running with his tail wagging and try to play with me and get me to give him ear or tummy scratches while licking me lots.
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Wow that explains a lot!
What I'd really like to know is why sleeping animals and people emit a distinctive odor.
As a disabled veteran with PTSD and a service dog, this gives me clarity on how the heck she already detected my stress before I even figured out how I was going to train her
I could have sworn I saw a study on this or a similar channel about experiments showing dogs experience stress and mistrust when their owner is distrustful of others.
6:23 The changes are here to stay. Absolutely. 100%
Thank you Treo, Winnie, Fingal, and Soot.
Here I thought I was some kinda dog whisperer, turns out my dog just loves watching me lose my mind
I think this is why my dogs like to stress me out. So they can love up on me.
That must be why I’m such a dog magnet despite being anxious around dogs. They want to approach me specifically because I get anxious.
this explains a lot : )
im on an ethics review board and it would have been interesting to review that study
You should listen to S7E08 and S7E09 of the podcast Revisionist History (by Malcolm Gladwell, via Pushkin Industries).
I'm REALLY curious what you think about those! 😃
So THATS why the “Bounty Hunter” in puss in boots says “I just *LOVE* the smell of *fear* ”
I wish people would differentiate between "the pandemic" and "the lockdowns". Two different things with very different effects.
Scishow guys are moderately smart and never criticize current ideology 😢
@@sebastienh1100 I wouldn't say they never criticize current ideology. They've made videos explaining the cons to mainstream recycling efforts, and exposed bogus climate change claims. They're usually willing to say "well, it's complicated", which is always appreciated.
Now I know why dogs have always loved me