So, why is it that when I am working on the lawnmower motor or anything on the ground, my dog runs up and sticks her head under my arm! Obviously she wants a hug. Every big dog I have ever had has done this!
And when two dogs are there I have a dog under each arm!
What most people fail to understand is that dogs are not humans. No matter how cute they are...they are not humans, human babies, human children and so on. Doesn’t matter how much perfume you spray on them how many cute sweaters you put on them they are not humans. They think you are a dog.
Gotta disagree, of the 4 four we own now 3 love hugs all the time and the oldest does when she wants to
I’ve fostered over 90 animals for the local animal rescue and every so often we get one that’s unadoptable. I end up keeping them. One of them is a German Shepherd named Kurt. We don’t know his history, but he use to go nuts if he felt like he was being restrained. He had serious trust issues. We were at an adoption event with him once and a woman ran up and tried to hug him and he snapped at her.
We had a trainer come in and give us some advice on training him. My adult daughter started by giving him short hugs in the morning and rewarding him for not killing her. After a few months he got to the point where he runs up to us and wants a hug.
He’s only like that with family, though. When we go to the vet for blood work it takes four vet techs to restrain him. They tie him to a hook on the wall, put a muzzle on him, and three techs hold him down while one takes blood.
Nope...nope...nope...dogs don’t hug.
I’ve had dogs that like hugs, so I didn’t hug them. I’ve had dogs that demanded hugs, so I hugged them.
The kitties present and past wanted to part of hugs. Giving or receiving.
