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Do Dogs Have a Sense of Humor? Do Dogs Have a Sense of Humor? Does your ever make you laugh ‒ on purpose? Does he know he’s being funny? An even stranger question ‒ does your find things funny? There are countless stories of antics and behavior that are funny, but most of those you’d have to say are unintentional. Humorous behavior may be repeated because of the positive reaction received. In this case, you can’t say the has a sense of humor, but is acting on positive reinforcement. But dogs may be a little smarter than that. Just as some people enjoy making others laugh, it would seem, so do some dogs. Author Stanley Coren tells of his Cairn Terrier, Flint, who frequently seemed to try to amuse his owners. On one occasion, Stanley’s wife Karen was having friends over for coffee. Flint hung around the guests, perhaps hoping for a morsel of food. Karen shooed the away and told him to go find something interesting to do. Flint obediently left, only to return with one of Karen’s undergarments in his mouth. Coren writes, “Evading capture, he proceeded to flagrantly snap it from side to side with great joy–to the amusement of the company and the dismay of my wife.” Did the terrier know he was being funny? Hard to say, but Coren says Flint did get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. Now, there are many levels of humor. There’s basic physical humor like slapstick, up to very high-level humor that requires visualization and imagination to appreciate, such as the type comedian Steven Wright so dryly delivers. A dog’s world of humor would have to be mostly on the physical level, through simply behaving in a goofy manner, or playing little tricks on you. Of course, some really intelligent dogs may even enjoy a little psychological humor. One owner blogs, “I guess you could say… that I startle easily. And now, I live with The Crow - she's an unusually smart with a wicked sense of humor. She's decided it's funny to ambush me from the shower stall. Ha ha. Ha. Now I know she's likely to be there, and it doesn't scare me anymore ... not much, at least. Still, there's always a small start when I don't realize she's in there and I turn to see this.” It’s really not so hard to believe that dogs have the mental prowess to grasp humor, since they so readily grasp the concept of play. Dogs completely understand the difference between play and something more serious, and are careful to make the distinction. For example, one tiny Yorkshire Terrier named Missy is exceedingly careful to make sure the line between play and not-play is very clear. Missy loves to growl and yap ferociously when playing a game with a person. But she’ll abruptly call a time out by running over and licking her human opponent most humbly, as if to say, “Hey, you know this is only a game, right? You know I wouldn’t hurt you.” (As if her five pounds of fluff could ever be a threat.) Once Missy is satisfied that all parties understand that it’s only a game, she’ll go right back to it, acting out her savage beast within. W. H. "Hank" Halliday, of Wolf Awareness Inc. in Ontario, Canada contends that if dogs have a personality, why not a sense of humor? “Since personalities are a fact in these canids (dogs and wolves), I would suggest humor cannot be far behind. When my plays, it is not mechanical. He changes the rules to have "fun" with me. He certainly teases me and I would suggest that teasing is a form of humor.” As these stories illustrate, if you’ve ever suspected your was making you the punch line to his joke… you were probably right. 
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my english bulldog has no sense of humor coz even if i laugh at his antics, he just stares at me w/ those big bulging eyes like he was saying " are u alright? " lolz  makes me laugh more haha 
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7/19/2007 2:18 pm |
Honey , it's just my feelings on this , but it seems sometimes the breed of dog has an effect .... ....or simply sometimes a comedy act requires a straightman . yur bulldog sees you as the punchline to his jokes jus like the article says . but we love our furry babies just the same ! 
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7/20/2007 3:09 am |
flippy , gewd to see ya too . golden retrievers & labs seem to be the silliest dogs ...
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Hey Dan, luv this article about dogs....well for me is whenever i see my dog peechey...eye to eye contact....oh she seems to understand everything and that's make me smile all the time....missed him terribly....ohhhh..tnx...
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8/9/2007 2:46 am |
Julie , thanks for visiting & posting . i think Peachy & Missy would be two silly , crazy dogs if they ever got the chance to meet 
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Hey Happy Haloween dude!Thought I would stop by and say hey!Hey I do not have an email address from you so Cant really keep in touch.Found that dream lady yet?David has my email address if you want to jot it down.Is he back yet???Talk to you later.Eggy [You can do whatever you dream of doing in life]
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10/15/2007 5:23 pm |
Kurt , how are ya buddy? long time no see mebbe yup , he's back .next time i see him , i'll try to get yur addy from him
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10/23/2007 2:50 am |
Vi , thanks for visiting ! how ya been ?
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