Dogs go through a midlife crisis just like humans, study finds

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  • A new study focusing on personality changes in dogs finds that dogs tend to stop novelty-seeking around age three and experience personality changes up until age six.
  • Dogs tend to become jaded about new places and experiences after they reach the age of three.
  • The study shows that personality changes in dogs are a lot like those in humans.

Human personalities tend to change over time. It's rarely an abrupt change, but over the course of several decades, our outlook on life and our opinions about various things shift in a way that shapes our personality in new ways. Around four or five decades into our lives, some people experience a profound and sometimes unsettling realization that their lives are roughly half-over, and a "mid-life crisis" can ensue.

As it turns out, man's best friend experiences similar changes in personality, though on a much shorter timeframe than humans. In a new study published in Scientific Reports, researchers reveal that dogs tend to undergo a shift in their perception of the world at a relatively predictable point in the lives, and that change makes them less interested in new experiences and, in a way, more jaded.

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