Your Pooch Prefers Praise Over Food

                Dog owner, take note! Your pet pooch may prefer praise form you over food, a study suggest. The study is one of the first to combine brain imaging data with behavior experiments to explore canine reward preferences. Researchers are trying to understand the basis of the dog-human bond and whether it is mainly about food, or about the relationship itself. Out of that complete the study, researchers found that most of them either preferred praise from their owners over food, or they appeared to like both equally. Only two of the dogs were real chowhounds, showing a strong preference for the food. Dogs are individuals and their neurological profiles fit the behavioral choices they make. It shows the importance of social reward and praise to dogs. It may be analogous to how humans feel when praised.