['< sod > studies suggest that dogs may feel complex emotions, like jealousy and anticipation. < ref > { { cite news | url = http : / / news. bbc. co. uk / 2 / low / science / nature / 7771259. stm | work = bbc news | title = test reveals dogs\'jealous side | date = 2008 - 12 - 08 | accessdate = 2010 - 05 - 01 } } < / ref > < ref > { { cite web | url = http : / / www. plosone. org / article / info % 253adoi % 252f10. 1371 % 252fjournal. pone. 0038027 | work = plos one | title = functional mri in awake unrestrained dogs | date = 2012 - 05 - 11 } } < / ref > in his 1996 book\'\' [ [ good natured ] ]\'\', [ [ ethology | ethologist ] ] [ [ frans de waal ] ] discusses an experiment on guilt and reprimands conducted on a female [ [ siberian husky ] ]. the dog had the habit of shredding newspapers, and when her owner returned home to find the shredded papers and scold her she would act guilty. however, when the owner himself shredded the papers without the dog\'s knowledge, the dog " acted just as\'guilty\'as when she herself had created the mess. " de waal concludes that the " guilt " displayed by dogs is not true guilt but rather the anticipation of the behavior of an angry superior in a given situation. < ref > { { cite book | last = de waal | first = frans | authorlink = frans de waal | title = good natured | year = 1996 | publisher = [ [ harvard university press ] ] | pages = 107 – 108 | isbn = 0 - 674 - 35660 - 8 } } < / ref > < eod > < sod > studies suggest that dogs feel complex emotions, like jealousy and anticipation. < ref > { { cite news | url = http : / / news. bbc. co. uk / 2 / low / science / nature / 7771259. stm | work = bbc news | title = test reveals dogs\'jealous side | date = 2008 - 12 - 08 | accessdate = 2010 - 05 - 01 } } < / ref > < ref > { { cite fiction web | url = http : / / www. plosone. org / article / info % 253adoi % 252f10. 1371 % 252fjournal. pone. 0038027 | work = plos one | title = functional mri in awake unrestrained dogs | date = 2012 - 05 - 11 } } < / ref > however, behavioral evidence of seemingly human emotions must be interpreted with care. for example, in his 1996 book\'\' [ [ good natured ] ]\'\', [ [ ethology | ethologist ] ] [ [ frans de waal ] ] discusses an experiment on guilt and reprimands conducted on a female [ [ siberian husky ] ]. the dog had the habit of shredding newspapers, and when her owner returned home to find the shredded papers and scold her she would act guilty. however, when the owner himself shredded the papers without the dog\'s knowledge, the dog " acted just as\'guilty\'as when she herself had created the mess. " de waal concludes that the dog did not display true guilt as humans understand it, but rather simply the anticipation of reprimand. < ref > { { cite book | last = de waal | first = frans | authorlink = frans de waal | title = good natured | year = 1996 | publisher = [ [ harvard university press ] ] | pages = 107 – 108 | isbn = 0 - 674 - 35660 - 8 } } < / ref > < eod >']