[jarnagin]

This story seems to have it backwards: well-rounded people train happier dogs.

Classic “tail wags the dog” reporting here, IMHO.

[maxk42]

Still wrong: People who are happier perceive their dogs to be well-behaved. People who are more anxious predictably have more anxiety about their dogs' behavior.

FTA: "This study looked only at the owners’ perceptions of separation-related behaviors and not a specific diagnosis of separation anxiety."

Also FTA: "The study is just a snapshot in time and does not show causality."

[projektir]

> People who are happier perceive their dogs to be well-behaved. People who are more anxious predictably have more anxiety about their dogs' behavior.

I think this might actually be it. As someone with anxiety I am irrationally anxious about my cat all the time, but according to external appraisal (i.e., the vet), my cat is just fine.

[themodelplumber]

Well-behaved stories have happier writers.

[subjectHarold]

You have that way round wrong. Classic wag dogging the tail, IMHO. It is well-behaved dogs have happier stories.

[themodelplumber]

I disagree, it's wrong way dog. Classic round writer's stories dog happen to havers. Well-behaved round stories hog dogger doctors, have behaved dogger rounders.

[olliej]

Clickbait headlines have the happiest HN commenters :D

(I love you all :) )

[JasonFruit]

The spacing around your parenthesized emoji made my night happy. Thank you.

[jvvw]

Certainly, with kids, it seems very apparent to me that my emotional state rubs off on them. I think there's a bigger feedback loop going on though. Obviously if they behave less well it makes me less happy too and it's easy to get into a vicious cycle.

[User23]

Wet streets cause rain. This hot on the tail of the Murray Gell-Mann amnesia post.