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Article: DOGS JUDGE PEOPLE ON BEHAVIOR.(Lifestyles/Spotlight)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- July 8, 2002
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Byline: Suzanne Hetts and Daniel Estep
Mary, a client of ours, says her dog, Lucy, who is aggressive with strangers, is a ``good judge of character.'' It seems that Lucy threatens people who act suspiciously or about whom Mary feels uneasy.
Is Lucy a good judge of human character? Can dogs tell good people from bad people? If so, how do they do it?
We could get into all kinds of arguments about what defines good and bad people and what we mean by character. We'll sidestep those philosophical questions and say that no matter how you define it, there's no evidence that dogs can discriminate between people of good or bad character. These are ...