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Shayna, a Labrador retriever, makes “that face” that seems to get dogs attention and treats. (AP)
This diagram shows the muscles that make eyes expressive. Dogs have them (left) and wolves don’t (right). (AP)
This female red wolf can’t make those “sad puppy eyes” like a dog can. (AP)
Lexy, a therapy dog in North Carolina, has put “puppy dog eyes” to work. You can’t help wanting to pet her and give her a treat. (AP)

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How does your dog get you to do what he wants? Do his eyes beg? Do they look sad? How does he do that?

Most dogs have strong muscles above their eyes. These lift their eyebrows.

Muscles help your dog and you to make faces!

READ MORE: Dogs were wild long ago. But people began to keep them as pets. And they liked pups that made cute, sad faces. Dogs look at people. They tell us what they want with their eyes. They have muscles that make their eyebrows lift. A team of scientists has learned that wolves do not have those muscles. What do you do with your eyes? Do you “Behold wondrous things out of [God’s] law,” as Psalm 119:18 says?