Everybody loves “dog shaming” memes. After all, what’s cuter than a pooch who just ripped up the sofa looking guilty?
But have you ever wondered if they actually feel guilty? A new post on Psychology Today tells us!
According to the post, dogs inherit this guilty look from their wolf ancestors. Among wolves, it’s called an “apology bow.” When a wolf oversteps its boundaries with a superior and is shamed, the wolf must perform this bow to be allowed back into the social circle.
This applies to dogs of the domestic, guilty variety as well.
When we catch our dogs chewing tables or eating our sandwiches and scold them, they perform the same bow, hoping we’ll forgive them and let them back in.
If that doesn’t make these memes all the more adorable, I don’t know what will!
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