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Fair Play: Dogs Want a Treat for a Trick
The dog on the left turns away after having seen the other dog treated differently. (By Friederike Range -- Pnas Via Associated Press)
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When one dog got a reward and the other didn't, the unrewarded animal stopped playing.
When both got a reward, all was well.
One thing that did surprise the researchers was that, unlike monkeys, the dogs didn't seem to care whether the reward was sausage or bread.
Clive Wynne, an associate professor in the psychology department of the University of Florida, isn't so sure the experiment measures the animals' reaction to fairness.
But Wynne also said there is "no doubt in my mind that dogs are very, very sensitive to what people are doing and are very smart."
-- Associated Press
