Posted on 04/06/2018 6:19:30 AM PDT by C19fan
When a dog rolls over, sticks four paws in the air and looks up lovingly, few can resist rubbing his belly and telling him what a good boy he is.
But a dog does not want its tummy tickled when it rolls over, and probably will not enjoy it – with most having learned to tolerate this strange human behaviour only because their owner seems to like it.
This is just one of the things we are getting wrong with our pets, according to animal expert Dr Jill MacKay, along with shouting at a dog when it barks at the door and telling a cat not to scratch the sofa.
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Up is down, left is right, far is near, dark is light.
Idiots.
I call BS. My basset hound runs from 10 yards out, throws himself at my feet belly up to rub his tummy. Sometimes he’ll vocalize a ‘cooing’ sound. When I stop he gets mad and nibbles at me to continue.
I wonder how true this is. Most people do put the pets' food and water together.
Marxist scum alert.
So, when my dog uses his paw to try to pull my hand back to rub his belly, he’s really saying stop?
Intellectuals just trying to prove their smartness.
I’m pretty sure dogs can tell the difference between humans and other dogs - at least my one year old Lab can. Guess what. They act differently toward humans than they do other dogs. I doubt a dog expects to have its belly rubbed by another dog for the purely technical problem of dogs lacking hands. Ergo, you cannot say that because a dog doesn’t roll over for another dog because it wants a belly rub this means dogs don’t want that from humans either. That’s just idiocy.
You’re just trying to duck the blame...
The only purpose of this article, like about 80% of so called news articles, is clickbait. It’s what modern journalism has descended into; a swarm of ad infested sites with pop ups, pop unders, videos you can’t dismiss, all screaming for your attention. The idea of providing actual news or investigative journalism is left to the few independent voices out there. The ones the MSM wants to kill.
Here’s a test. Ask your dog if he wants a belly rub. Now ask if he wants a bath.
I get very different reactions.
What is difference between FBI and dog when it comes to Clinton’s?
I have one cat that loves to have its belly rubbed. The other one you’re likely to come back with a bloody stub.
There are parts of a dog that are "ticklish". I have a lab. If you gently play with the hair between her paws on her feet or blow on her ears, she doesn't like it. She pulls away. But the tummy rub? She likes that plenty. Sometimes the leg gets going and all.
So when I scritch my dogs sides and she squirms and smiles and deliberately rolls on her back to move my scratching to her tummy she hates that?
Thanks doc... I will just explain to her how much of a good dog she is using my advanced vocabulary and stop petting her altogether because then she will understand my affection for her better!
This guy is a whiner looking for a cause and coming up empty, thus having to fabricate a non-existent problem.
Last year I encountered a man outside a shopping mall with his dog. I started to pet the dog’s head when his owner told me that he’s very friendly and really enjoys it when people scratch his belly.
Silly me, I took him at his word and started to lightly scratch the dog’s belly. Well, the dog began to growl at me, then retreated to his owner’s side to bark furiously in my direction.
I think it was a set-up.
Funny how dogs have some intuitive reactions. I have a lab that loves water, but hates "baths". She likes to play in the water and loves being "dried off". So we make a game out of bath time, outside in the back yard.
Oh, but pull out the nail clippers or the ear drops????!!!! She hangs her head, tail between legs and slowly slinks away as if she just turned invisible. It's the most pathetic thing in the world.
On that note, our vet taught us a trick for that too. Peanut butter on a bathtub wall while clipping nails and doing ear drops. Peanut butter is magic.
I looked this nut up, Poster child for UK Dentistry or lack of. Some people’s just have to be in the news anyway, anyhow, anywhere they choose. Yes I stole that line.
I have never seen anyone tickle a dog’s belly. A belly rub yes, dog like this because it’s what Mom used to do.
My lab is exactly the same. Loves water - especially dirty puddles - HATES baths. Loves peanut butter. Peanut butter in his Kong is one of his favorite things. It keeps him occupied for a good long while.
They have never meet my dog...
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