All News from the Lab

How does “censoring” of your face affect your dog?

How well can your dog read your emotions? And how is wearing a face mask affecting your dog? We are looking for volunteers to participate in our study from the comfort of their own home. The first 50 participants to complete the study will receive a free KONG dog toy...

“Snapshots for Science” – Photo Competition by the Dog Emotion Lab

Are you active in dog protection sports (e.g. Schutzhund/IPO, Mondioring, KNPV etc)? Are you happy sharing pictures of your dog? We need your help with a study on the emotional life of dogs, for which we need pictures of dogs in different states. If you send us your...

Head tilts in dogs: What do they tell us?

Update 10.08.2020: Data aquisition for this project has finished. Thanks to everybody for the interest in the research and potential participation. We will share the results on the projects page (see link at bottom of this page) as soon as possible.           Most...

How do humans care for their pet dogs?

Update: Data acquisition has finished and we are currently analysing the data. A huge thank you to everbody who has participated and for your interest in the research. We will publish the results as soon as possible on the projects page.   How do you care for...

Putting the Tilt to the Test: Why do Dogs Head Tilt?

Update 10.08.2020: Data aquisition for this project is finished. Thanks to everybody for the interest in the research and potential participation. We will share the results on the projects page (see link below) as soon as possible. Many of us recognise the cute face...

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Welcome to the team, Amy!

Welcome to the team, Amy!

Time is passing fast and somehow I missed to post this way earlier (Thanks COVID-19 :() but better late than never.  I would like to welcome Amy West to my team, who has started as a research assistant in January 2020. She will primary work on the "Consider my Nose"...

Everybody needs some dog food…

Everybody needs some dog food…

I am really pleased to announce that Platinum Pet Food has agreed to support my work at University of Lincoln. I am looking forward to this cooperation and want to thank the Platinum UK Team for their support. If you would like to find out more about Platinum please...

A warm welcome to new staff member Tim Simon

A warm welcome to new staff member Tim Simon

I am happy to announce that Tim Simon, B.A., B.Sc. has recently joined my group and will conduct his Master´s thesis with me. In the past, Tim has studied Philosophy at Munich School of Philosophy, Germany and University of St. Andrews, Scotland and continued with...

The first is the worst…

So, how to get started and find the right word? Maybe first of all, thank you for being here and reading this post. Your interest and support is appreciated. I suppose I could now write a whole essay, as it have been exciting times and much has happened. But lets try...