When we hold a child in front of a mirror, the child will also be very surprised that there is a person in the mirror. If you hold the dog in front of the mirror and let him see it, what kind of reaction will it have? I believe everyone will also be interested. Out of curiosity, when your dog sees another person in the mirror, let’s learn about the dog’s reaction in front of the mirror.

When a dog looks in the mirror and sees himself in the mirror, he will have many interesting reactions. Here are a few briefly mentioned:

One of the dog’s reactions: startled

This is often the reaction when looking in the mirror for the first time. It is startled by the self in the mirror, keeps barking, and howls at the self in the mirror while retreating. It thinks it is a strange dog coming and looks at the self in the mirror. Hostile to oneself. There are also dogs who, when they grow older or after a period of time, still don't know that it is their own image, and they will still growl dissatisfiedly at the mirror when they pass by it, but they should be in the minority.

Dog reaction 2: Playing with the dog in the mirror

Some puppies will get excited and run around when they see themselves in the mirror, or even howl and rush to the mirror, then quickly run away, rush over again, and run away again, repeating this play until they get tired or lose their ability. When they are interested, some dogs will carefully come to the mirror to sniff each other, and scratch themselves in the mirror with their paws. They have a great time, and their happy owners will also be very happy to see them.

Dog reaction three: narcissism

Some dogs like to look in the mirror, and sometimes the owner even feels that the dog is smiling at himself in the mirror, and seems to be full of interest in himself in the mirror and study it face to face. My Dangdang was like this for a while, lying straight in front of the mirror and looking at it for a long time.

Dog reaction four: go around to the back

I would have thought that someone with a relatively high IQ would go behind the mirror to find the "dog". Xiaobai had already looked for it, but unfortunately he couldn't find it. He had a very confused look on his face, which was very interesting to watch.

Interpretation of behavior: The IQ level of dogs is limited, but as long as the time is long enough, the dog can realize that it is its own shadow, and it will no longer be interested in seeing itself in the mirror. Even if the dog never knows that it is its own shadow, at least it knows that the dog in the mirror will not pose a threat to it, and it can’t get out anyway! So the final conclusion is that it turns a blind eye to itself in the mirror.