Genes linked to friendly dogs

Published: Oct. 6, 2016, 11 p.m.

b'What makes dogs man\'s - or woman\'s - best friend? Scientists in Sweden gave a pack of dogs an impossible task to do: pushing along a plate that was actually stuck to the floor. The dogs that sought help from their owners were set up a different way genetically from dogs that like to be more wolf-like and independent. Georgia Mills spoke to researcher Per Jensen to hear what he\'s sniffed out... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists'