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If your job feels tense, your dog may feel it.
A new study Published in scientific reports Reveals that stress from work can affect your dog at home.
Research, led by Tanya Mitropoulos and Allison Andrukonis, shows that when dog owners are staying on work problems after hours, a habit is known as “Rumination related to work”, their pets show more signs of stress.
Researchers have surveyed 85 working dog owners. They Measured stress of work And how often people were constantly thinking about their jobs during their free time. Then they asked how stressed they thought their dogs and also followed actual behaviors associated with dog stress, such as whining, stepping or restlessness.
The street office worker, on the left, covers his face as he sits at a laptop. On the right, the black Labrador retriever looks visible anxiety. A new study has found that stress at work can affect dogs through emotional infection and rumation associated with work. (Getty Images)
The study found that the owners with greater stress at work had dogs who showed more behaviors regarding stress. That connection remained strong even when the researchers in the house published another stress. Interestingly, the owners did not always realize that their dogs were stressed. This is exactly what the behavior of the puppy told the story.
A large factor that drives a relationship? RUMINATION. Owners who mentally took the job home had more likely under stress. Thinking about working outside the clock seemed to spread stress from people to pets.
This idea is known as “crossover” when one person’s stress overflows towards others in the home. Previous studies have shown that this is happening between spouses, and now there is evidence that they can happen between people and their pets.
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The dog sits on a hard wood floor with a sad expression. New research reveals that dogs can absorb the stress of their owners through emotional signs and changes in the routine. (Getty Images)
Dogs are especially sensitive to the mood of their owners. Scientists call this “emotional infection”, an idea that dogs can pick up human feelings with tone of voice, body language and other subtle signs. When the owner interferes with or irritable from stress at work, the dog notices. Over time, this can affect the benefit of the dog.
The study also suggests another explanation. When people are focused on working problems, they can become less patient, distant or less in accordance with routines such as walking and feeding. Such a change of care can also increase stress in dogs.
A woman scratched the nose bridge frustrated as she works from home. Study 2025 published in scientific reports connects stress at work and rumination with signs of stress in pets. (Getty Images)
The authors point out that Americans mostly see their pets as part of the family. Because of this, it is even more important to understand how our behavior affects them.
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In the words of the study, ”employed Dog owners It could benefit from avoiding work related to work when home to protect the benefit of a man’s best friend. “
Rejecting a job when you go through the door not only helps with your own health. It also helps your dog.
