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Dogs: This Little Gesture of the Gaze that 90% of the Masters Ignore (but that Veterinarians Take Very Seriously)

Summary by Pleine Vie
Your dog is staring at you from the couch, relaxed ears. Then it slowly closes the eyelids, reopens them, almost like a wink of a lean eye. Many see dust in the eye or a mere chance. Yet, this gesture is now at the heart of scientific work that is trying to decipher the discreet language of dogs. A study published on February 19, 2025 in the magazine Royal Society Open Science by the University of Parma shows that this dog that blinks eyes does …
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Your dog is staring at you from the couch, relaxed ears. Then it slowly closes the eyelids, reopens them, almost like a wink of a lean eye. Many see dust in the eye or a mere chance. Yet, this gesture is now at the heart of scientific work that is trying to decipher the discreet language of dogs. A study published on February 19, 2025 in the magazine Royal Society Open Science by the University of Parma shows that this dog that blinks eyes does …

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Pleine vie broke the news in on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
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