Dr. Karolina Westlund

But if you pull ahead, I'm going to yank you back. So there'll be an unpleasant...

consequence to the pulling behavior which will then influence the animal's choice in staying next to you but I think we very often what we label as dominance can very often be just if we just remove that label and we look at the animal's behavior we can explain it in other terms and again I would not use for me dominance as an ethologist has to do with the priority of access to resources

consequence to the pulling behavior which will then influence the animal's choice in staying next to you but I think we very often what we label as dominance can very often be just if we just remove that label and we look at the animal's behavior we can explain it in other terms and again I would not use for me dominance as an ethologist has to do with the priority of access to resources

consequence to the pulling behavior which will then influence the animal's choice in staying next to you but I think we very often what we label as dominance can very often be just if we just remove that label and we look at the animal's behavior we can explain it in other terms and again I would not use for me dominance as an ethologist has to do with the priority of access to resources

I mean, you have to set up the situation to work for you and the animal. But again, I would not frame that in terms of... Dominance. Dogs form relationships with us. But as far as I know, from the ethological perspective, we have no role in the dominance hierarchy among dogs. They know that we are different and they will respond.

I mean, you have to set up the situation to work for you and the animal. But again, I would not frame that in terms of... Dominance. Dogs form relationships with us. But as far as I know, from the ethological perspective, we have no role in the dominance hierarchy among dogs. They know that we are different and they will respond.

I mean, you have to set up the situation to work for you and the animal. But again, I would not frame that in terms of... Dominance. Dogs form relationships with us. But as far as I know, from the ethological perspective, we have no role in the dominance hierarchy among dogs. They know that we are different and they will respond.

They will learn to expect that if in this context that will happen, in that context that will happen. And so we can often reframe that from a different learning system than dominance.

They will learn to expect that if in this context that will happen, in that context that will happen. And so we can often reframe that from a different learning system than dominance.

They will learn to expect that if in this context that will happen, in that context that will happen. And so we can often reframe that from a different learning system than dominance.

First of all, I think that we humans are also an animal species. And that we tend to sort of put ourselves on a pedestal and thinking that we are one and then animals are like the other, as if it were homogeneous, which it really isn't. So each animal species have their own adaptations. We have our own adaptations.

First of all, I think that we humans are also an animal species. And that we tend to sort of put ourselves on a pedestal and thinking that we are one and then animals are like the other, as if it were homogeneous, which it really isn't. So each animal species have their own adaptations. We have our own adaptations.

First of all, I think that we humans are also an animal species. And that we tend to sort of put ourselves on a pedestal and thinking that we are one and then animals are like the other, as if it were homogeneous, which it really isn't. So each animal species have their own adaptations. We have our own adaptations.

And each animal, all the other animal species that we surround ourselves with do as well. So I don't know if that really answers your question, but I tend to. So the work I do is to sort of try to help animals live better lives with humans.

And each animal, all the other animal species that we surround ourselves with do as well. So I don't know if that really answers your question, but I tend to. So the work I do is to sort of try to help animals live better lives with humans.

And each animal, all the other animal species that we surround ourselves with do as well. So I don't know if that really answers your question, but I tend to. So the work I do is to sort of try to help animals live better lives with humans.

And that very often starts with understanding how that animal species would live in the wild and the type of life that they have, whether they're a predator, whether they're a prey animal species, how they process the world, the type of information that they take in. So, for instance, we might see a dog whose wagging is tail.

And that very often starts with understanding how that animal species would live in the wild and the type of life that they have, whether they're a predator, whether they're a prey animal species, how they process the world, the type of information that they take in. So, for instance, we might see a dog whose wagging is tail.

And that very often starts with understanding how that animal species would live in the wild and the type of life that they have, whether they're a predator, whether they're a prey animal species, how they process the world, the type of information that they take in. So, for instance, we might see a dog whose wagging is tail.

And we might think that it's only happy dogs that wag their tails, but actually tail wagging is seen in many different contexts. And we might think of it as a visual communication thing. But actually, it could be that they're dispersing scent. The tail wag will sort of, that scent will waft over to you so you can take in information about my current emotional state.