Dogs are better able to read their owner's mood

Dogs have a better understanding of how its owner is feeling than the other way around, according to experts. Researchers say that your dog's social skills make it more adept at reading your mood, with people often misunderstanding their pet's reactions. Studies suggest that a range of domesticated animals, including pets and livestock, posses far greater emotional intelligence than we may give them credit for. Dogs have a better understanding of how its owner is feeling than the other way around, according to experts. Researchers say that your pet pooch's social skills make it more adept at reading your mood (stock image) Begun by Michael Faraday in 1825, the Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures, are now broadcast on UK television every December and have formed part of the British Christmas tradition for generations. The Lectures have taken place every year since they began, stopping only from 1939 to 1942, when it was too dangerous for children to come into central London.