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You thought he was napping. You thought he was distracted. You thought he had no idea what you were doing.
He knew everything.
Scientists set up a test where dogs were told not to touch food — and then left alone. What those dogs did next was so calculated, so deliberate, that researchers had to rethink everything they believed about how dogs actually think.
Dogs do not just watch for cues about food or danger — they use their owner's emotional expressions and posture to decide how to feel about everything around them. Researchers call this social referencing — and it is the same behavior documented in human infants.