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Taking into account that a dog s resting heart rate is 115 beats per minute (BPM), walkies bounded into the top spot with average heart rate of 156 BPM an increase of a whopping 36%.
In second place are the words dinner, food, and eat, which elevated our pooches heart rates to an average of 152 BPM (32% increase). The beloved treat came in third with an average 151 BPM (31% increase).
The study also revealed that dogs least loved words and phrases include shall we go home? roll over, speak, come on then, and paw. They also just so happen to be commands as opposed to words that promise a reward of some kind.