Does your dog tilt their head? Is it really a sign of confusion? Let’s take a deeper dive into what this actually means to better understand your furbabe!
It is one of the cutest looks you’ll see and although it may look like confusion, it really is a sign of intelligence! The head tilt is your pup’s way of putting together connections and processing the meaning of words. The behavior could be related to meaningful auditory stimuli and is considered an asymmetrical behavior that is also found in us hoomans. The tilting of the head typically happens when thinking or hearing a noise.
Gifted doggos were studied to see the relationship between calling out toy names they were familiar with and the head tilt. It happens in a much higher percentage than typical doggos. It’s also noted during experiments that pups have a preferred side to move their head.
In conclusion, there is an association between head-tilting and processing relevant and meaningful stimuli over simply just confusion!
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