# Can Dogs recognize human eyes?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-dogs-recognize-human-eyes/392453>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 16, 2007, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-dogs-recognize-human-eyes/392453 "2007-02-16T04:57:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-dogs-recognize-human-eyes/392453/21 "2007-02-20T21:27:34Z")

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I agree that dogs know when eye-contact has been made, but I’m not sure that qualifies as any sort of knowledge. Do they even know that eyes are for vision? Maybe it’s instinctive, with the brain prewired to recognize eye-contact.

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