Posted on 04/06/2018 6:19:30 AM PDT by C19fan
You are quite right and this so called expert is wrong. This is what you get when some so called expert tries to become relevant, gain attention or sell books. She is an idiot a obviously hast been around many animals.
Here, pull My Finger.
Dogs rolling over and baring their bellies does have meaning in dog world, with each other and with us. It’s always submissive behavior, but in a fight it’s crying uncle and submitting. When playing with friendly dogs it’s playfully showing trust. We’re their pack leader or should be, if we’re doing it right. Rolling over is the same with us as it would be with a friendly dog, playfully showing trust. If you’re scolding your dog and he rolls over, he’s submitting yet again, but it’s more akin to the crying uncle to a hostile dog. They really do love interaction with their people, to be touched and petted and fussed over, and by far and away the majority of dogs love a belly rub. Some become so fond of it that that’s seemingly all they want to do, and they’ll try to pull your hand back for more when you try to stop. This author has apparently never had a dog or if he has, he’s never gotten close to it. Poor dog. The guy’s just wrong.
As far as cats and running tap water, they like to play with it in addition to drinking it. It sparkles, it moves, it makes a little noise, fascinating to a cat. So, they swat at it. A water breed of dog will do the same thing with a garden hose or a lawn sprinkler, sometimes to great comedic effect.
So, flip that girl in the picture and I’ll tickle her belly.
Exposing the belly is a canine gesture of submission.
Sounds like my house; within five minutes of jumping on the sofa, my basset is one her back, expecting a belly rub. My Chihuahuas spend a lot of time on our bed, to keep them away from the hound (who they detest, then again, they detest pretty much everyone except my wife). When you walk into the bedroom, the Chihuahuas quickly roll on their back and await THEIR belly rub
This research is just more “scientific” rubbish, pure and simple.
Oh bull f***in’ sh!t.
Among the Top 10 “worst jobs in the world”
Dr. McKay’s dog.
oh! your chi’s and hound don’t get along? Ours adore each other. They snuggle and play all day long. Our chi’s are mix breed shelter rescues, so that might be part of it.
The painless method requires you to rub your cat’s head with one hand and their belly with the other.
I do have a couple of cats that actually allow me to rub their belly much like my dogs. The others require the method described above.
Yep, and ignore them and you get claws.
My cat’s food bowl is at the top of his cat tree, and his water bowl is on the floor beside said tree.
He also goes to drink from the dog’s bowl, and eats from the dog dish, too.
IOW, he doesn’t care where the food or water is, just so long as it’s there!
That’s nothing. I had a dog once. A big Black Labrador. One day he told me he didn’t want to be called a dog anymore. Said he wanted to be known as a “Canine American’’.
We have owned two Chows. Neither of them liked Peanut Butter.
My two wire fox terriers didn’t like it also.
Our mutt is a complete hound for a belly rub.
I would never think of tickling my dog. When I do that he breaks out into hysterical laughter, which is unbecoming to a canine.
I taught my dog to play cards ... easy money. Every time he has a good hand his tail wags.
The hound (as you might expect) loves everyone—official greeter for the household. Got the Chihuahuas from breeders, and three are from the same bloodline, which (apparently) included a pygmy rattlesnake at some point in the evolutionary process. Yappy little dogs in the best (and worst) sense of the word.
Of course, we had the chi’s for several years before the basset arrived, so she is viewed as something of an interloper. But the hound takes it all in stride.
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