MAYBE A FEW QUICK PASSING
SHOWERS.
THIS PAST WEEKEND HOWARD
DASHEFSKY POSTED
A REUNION AT
HIS HOUSE FOR HIS LAB.
DO DOGS REMEMBER THEIR
SIBLINGS YEARS AFTER BEING
SEPARATED AS PUPPIES.
HOWARD JOINS US TO DISCUSS MORE.
HOWARD:
LOOK AROUND.
WE HAVE THIS GREAT REUNION.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE VIDEO.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE
BEEN REUNITED
SINCE SEPARATED AT
12 WEEKS.
THEY WERE SEPARATED TWO
YEARS
AGO, AND YOU COULD TELL THERE
WAS A CONNECTION.
IT COULD BE BECAUSE THEY ARE
PLAYFUL AND LOVING AND WONDERFUL
DOGS.
THE REUNION WENT WONDERFUL.
WE
POSTED IT ON THE WEST SIDE
WITH THE QUESTION DO DOGS
REMEMBER THEIR SIBLINGS?
WE ARE
JOINED BY SACHI AND B
UMPERS.
DO DOGS SIBLINGS REMEMBER THEM
AFTER THREE YEARS BEING
SEPARATED?
THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF
STUDIES TO REPORT THINGS LIKE
THAT, BUT RECENTLY THEY ARE
STARTING TO STUDY THAT MORE
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN
KNOWING WHAT THE DOGS ARE
THINKING.
THE DOGS ARE TOGETHER FOR ABOUT
FOUR MONTHS, IT IS NOT
NECESSARILY A CONSCIOUS
AWARENESS.
HOWARD: DOGS ARE
INCREDIBLE
SNIFFERS, BUT SOME HAVE UP TO
100,000 TIMES BETTER SENSE OF
SMELL THAN WE DO.
ALL MAMMALS BRAINS ARE
SIMILAR.
THE SCENT AREA
IS DIFFERENT IN
DOGS.
HOWARD: YOU CAN SEE THE THREE OF
THEM TOOK TO EACH OTHER.
LET'S TALK ABOUT DOGS
INTELLIGENCE BECAUSE IF THERE IS
A HUMAN DEATH OR YOU
HAVE ONE
ANIMAL SADLY DEPARTS, THE DOGS
LIKE THE HUMANS GO THROUGH A
SENSE OF MOURNING.
THERE ARE STUDIES WERE DOGS
HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO SIT FOR AN
MRI AND
HAVE EMOTIONAL STIMULI,
AND PARTS OF THE BRAIN LIGHT UP
SIMILAR TO HUMANS.
DOGS ARE
EXPERIENCING COMPLEX
EMOTIONS.
AS FAR AS COGNITIVE ABILITY, IT
IS STILL A GNOME BECAUSE THEY
CANNOT COMMUNICATE THAT TO US.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT IS
OBVIOUS THAT THE ENVIRONMENT HAS
CHANGED IN THE BEHAVIOR CHANGES
WHEN THEY LOSE A HOUSEMATE FOR
AN OWNER.
HOWARD:
I COULD ONLY BRING TWO
TODAY, BUT WHEN I LEAVE THERE IS
NO QUESTION THAT MY OTHER
DOG
GETS REALLY SAD.
THAT IS HOW
DOGS PERCEIVE
THEIR WORLD, THEY LOOK AT BODY
LANGUAGE AND
TONE IN THE VOICE.
THEY HAVE A VOCABULARY THEY
RECOGNIZE, BUT IT IS PROBABLY
MORE ABOUT THE TONE.
HOWARD: THESE DOGS ARE SO
WONDERFUL TO BE AROUND.
WE HAVE NO DEFINITIVE ANSWER,
CAN WE BELIEVE THEY KNOW EACH
OTHER?
YES, ABSOLUTELY.
HOWARD: YOU REALLY THINK THERE
IS A RECOGNITION?
THERE ARE A LOT OF ANECDOTAL
THINGS I HAVE ENCOUNTERED THAT
PEOPLE SHARED ABOUT THEIR DOGS
RESPONSES TO DIFFERENT THINGS.
ONE CLIENT SAYS HER DOG THAT
PASSED AWAY, THE DOG WHO
NORMALLY DOES NOT LIKE WATER
JUMPED IN AND DID NOT WANT TO
GET OUT.
WE DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY
ARE UNDERSTANDING, BUT IT IS
CLEAR SOMETHING IS HAPPENING.
HOWARD: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT WE
WILL ASK WHETHER DOGS