Heartbreaking video of the crying dog: you won’t believe why they are so sad

Although surprising, we completely understand and empathize with the reaction of the crying dog.

It is well known that dogs are extremely sensitive animals. They can read off of us what mood we are in and can sense when we’re sad about something. And as the video below shows, they also react to what they see on TV. A fan favourite in the footage, The Lion King the ominous scene in the film that makes everyone cry, the crying dog watches the story with total empathy.

Do they really understand what is happening?

Although dogs do not perceive what they see on TV screens in the same way as humans, they can react to changes in moving images and sounds. As owners, we like to think that our four-legged friends, like us, understand exactly what is happening on the screen, but the current state of science is that dogs are not capable of such complex thinking.

The reaction of the dog in the video was also probably caused more by the sounds and the mood of the film than by an accurate understanding of the story. Dogs are sensitive to human voices and their intonation, and of course to the emotions of two-legged creatures. So, for example, if the owner has an emotional reaction to a scene in a film, the dog may sense this and react in the same way.