Dogs in touch with our Feelings

 I'm down with the flu, but a friend sent this. It made me feel better.

How Dogs know what you're Feeling

 From Science Now

Borbala Ferenczy Sit. Stay. Scan. Dogs' brain scans reveal vocal areas similar to those in human brains.  "...other research has shown that dogs “respond to the way we say something rather than to what we say.” The similarity in auditory processing, he adds, “helps explain why vocal communication between the two species is so successful.”