Patricia McConnell Quotes (3 Quotes)

Science has always been uncomfortable with emotions, so there's a real bias against studying domestic animals. Especially canines that may sleep in our beds and eat off our plates and otherwise get spoiled.

One of the biggest problems I see are dogs who don't have a lot of emotional control and frustration tolerance. If dogs are going to live in our houses as family members, they need to learn how to physiologically handle spiraling emotions, not react like a 2-year-old who drops an ice-cream cone.

Domestic dogs follow humans like a laser and watch the behavior of their humans with a focus that is astounding, ... This opens up big and interesting questions about how social intelligence is passed on genetically.