This is Momo the dog. He leads a pretty amazing life. traveling, modeling, bro-ing out with his best friend. And all while looking so stylish in black and white. Who wouldn't want to be this dog? There are 500K Instagram followers for @andrewkapp and Momo. Did I mention Momo has a book out? Andrew is a professional and started a cool company called Up Fest at http://andrewknapp.com/ which is all musically inclined entrepreneurial awesomeness. Needless to say, his wanderlust combined with artistic suave and his lovely partner are a great visual journey. It's an Instagram account that makes you feel cool and included. What are the chances? A+. Do we even need to introduce the above? This is one of the most famous dribbling rescues, Toast. Her Instagram is entitled @ToastMeetsWorld. She's always wearing a pleasant and happy expression and, let's be real, we all wish we had her hair. We may also, as dog owners, be a tiny bit envious of her packing abilities, transportation ease-wise. She just seems to magically park, presto, cute! We featured her bag here and since she's a rescue, she stands for a great cause; Adopt Don't Shop. Approximately 340K followers for this little lady. We honestly had trouble choosing the pictures to feature for @ChloeKardoggian (72K followers). Never have most people seen a Chihuahua with so many facial expressions. She's a tortilla of spunky, silly, specialness. My Monday slump picker-upper, my extra smile for the bad hair day. She's pretty old and she's obviously still got a knack for sarcasm so she's easily a top pick. So much spunk. I just. can't. Whats up #dogsquad. This is @BoogiethePug and his brother Marcelo. Did you know they have 2 OTHER BROTHERS?! A cat, evil, and a turtle! I'm just sprinkling the secret knowledge. It's featured in secret places throughout the Instagram account. One of the fastest growing BarkBox celebrity Instagrams, these guys cuddle like true pigs in blankets. And I can tell you from first-hand experience that Boogie snorts like a little piggle. In a cute way. They're both rescues and in case you haven't noticed yet that's a license to have your tongue hanging out like you think it's gonna get you bacon. Let's not even discuss Boogie's constant wear of concern and universal thoughtfulness. True #pugLIFE 4eva. 11K followers today. This was one of the first Instagram accounts I ever followed. I got lucky! @Tunameltsmyheart is amazing, and freaking hilarious. Sometimes he looks like a Simpsons character, sometimes a cute little elementary school student, and sometimes a tired and slobbery grandpa. His cleft palate brings attention to common issues with show-dogs and as you can see it is actually awesome and rad! He's unbelievably sweet and adores being a ham for the camera. His costumes put Broadway to shame and he has portraits by more artists than the Mona Lisa has copies. One day we shall meet. Its a bucket list thing. 1.6MM followers. Just sayin'.
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I'm sure everyone out there has now seen the youtube video of the guilty dog!! Well, I think the video is very cute myself and it definitely is. But for you guys out there who really want to know if dogs can look guilty? Consult with a dear friend of mine, Julie Hecht, who studied dog psychology in Hungary. Here's the video first (since it's very cute, indeed; Here is the link: <<<<Denver The Guilty Dog>>>> Now, Here are some excerpts from Julie's blog entry; The takeaway messages from the morning show [on ABC] are: 1) Denver must have eaten the cat treats because when shown the empty bag and asked, “Did you do this?” Denver displays squinting eyes, thumping tail, looking away and presenting teeth; 2) Masey, the other dog in the room, does not show such behaviors and is deemed innocent; 3) The owners proclaim that both Denver and Masey are sneaky; 4) The owners also say that Denver displays these behaviors when she has misbehaved. According to them, she tries hard to please them and knows when she has disappointed them. Research finds that dog owners ascribe guilt to dogs. There is a reason this video received more than 5 million hits. Dog owners observe particular behaviors* - such as "avoiding eye contact, lying down and rolling to the side or onto the back, dropping the tail, wagging low and quickly, holding one’s ears down or head down, moving away from the owner, raising a paw and licking" - and owners believe these behaviors correspond with a dog's feeling of guilty. In a 2008 research paper**, 74% of dog owners attribute guilt to dogs (as an FYI, the next highest attribution of guilt was made by horse owners at 36%). Additionally, dog owners believe that when dogs show “guilty” behaviors, dogs KNOW they have done something owners disapprove of. To spell it out, owners believe that “guilty” behavior corresponds with knowledge of a misdeed. The New York Times piece, “It’s an Owner’s Scolding That Makes a ‘Guilty’ Dog”, covered Dr. Alexandra Horowitz's research into the “guilty look”. This research found that if you scold a dog, you could see “guilty” behaviors. Dr. Horowitz said that the results show that dogs have learned to act in a certain way in response to their owners’ behavior: "We’ve trained them that when they see us angry, they give us that guilty look. I’m not saying they don’t feel guilt," she added. "I can’t test that yet. But we generate the context that prompts them to produce this look" And if you want to read more, visit Julie's Blog at: http://dogspies.blogspot.com/
Read and laugh :) This blogger at Hyperboleandahalf.com thinks her dog is below average on the smart-o-dog-meter, so she gives her an IQ Test that she finds on the internet! Her tale is so funny it tickles my belly, but of course this IQ Test doesn't hold water. After all, you can teach any dog to sit!
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