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It's in my kitchen so people can see it when they first walk in and they do notice! No one wants that. Thankfully, dogs make their thoughts abundantly clear through body language.
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As long as you know what to look for, you will know what your dog thinks of a love-squeeze. Recent research done by Dr. Michele Wan revealed that people have trouble reading negative feelings in dogs , especially fear and anxiety. In fact, it is only those more experienced with dogs who tend to pay attention to subtle changes, such as a dog's ear position, as a clue for a dog's emotional state.
Yet ears, eyes, lips, tongue, even the way a dog leans can all reveal what a dog thinks about something like a human hugging them. Let's take a look at two different dogs, one that clearly doesn't enjoy the hug from the human, and one that is totally fine with it. Spend a little time looking over the two photos and see if you can identify the emotional state of the dog. Look at the signals the dog is giving here.
But this dog is much more relaxed. In the top photo, the dog is leaning or at least trying to lean away from the human. His ears are held tightly back, his eyes are more tense with a slightly furrowed brow, and his mouth is closed. While there isn't anything about the dog's body language that says he will lash out, it is abundantly clear that the hug is not comfortable or appreciated.
In the bottom photo, the golden retriever is not leaning away from the hugger. His ears are relaxed, his eyes are soft, his mouth is open and lips are not tense, and the tongue is draped out in a relaxed pant. Yes, even the way a dog holds his tongue is potentially a clue! She relates the extent to which many dog owners are unaware of their dog's emotional state. Do not touch me.
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So you might have to help them through seeing what the expression means. So, what's a great indicator that even those less experienced in reading dog body language can use to gauge a dog's feelings about hugs? But if his mouth is open and relaxed, then closing the mouth means something has changed and it needs the dog's attention," such as being unsure or uncomfortable about an arm now wrapped around his shoulder.
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While I was sitting beside him, his mouth was open with a big silly smile on his face, and he was panting. I wrapped my arm around his shoulder like you would put your arm around the shoulder of a friend, and sort of leaned into him and gave him a little hug. He immediately went stiff and still, and his mouth closed. I said to her, 'Watch his mouth,' and I did it back and forth. I pulled my hand away and he opened his mouth and panted, and I put my hand over him, moved a little bit toward him, and he went stiff and closed his mouth. I said, 'See, mouth open and panting; see, mouth closed.
So paying attention to your dog's mouth, feeling if he leans away from you, and having a photo taken so you can get a better sense of what his eyes and ears are telling you are all great ways to learn more about just what your dog thinks about how you show affection. Whether or not your dog likes hugs, it can be beneficial to teach him to tolerate hugs.
This is useful for many things including trips to the vet when you need to hold your dog steady for vaccinations, and especially important if you have small children around who are likely to lean on, cuddle, and wrap their arms around the neck of their furry family member. McConnell offers some advice: Sit beside your dog, shoulder to shoulder, and rest your hand on top of their back. Reward them as you do this several times.
Then move your arm around your dog a little bit more, and give them some treats. A little bit more, and give them some treats. And so you gradually and slowly get them associated that your arm over their shoulders is related to something good. Remember that it may take a lot of time — and a lot of treats — before your dog will tolerate a hug.
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We are, after all, asking them to do something that goes against their social instincts as a species. So have patience, and be kind. Another important thing to remember is that each dog is different. You may be sitting there saying, "My dogs love my hugs! And you may not be right. One of your dogs may adore your hugs and another of your dogs might prefer you don't hug and give a good ear scratch instead. Some dogs might enjoy hugs from anyone. Some might enjoy hugs from their family but not others. McConnell has experienced this with her own dogs. He comes up to me and pushes his head in my neck, just leans against me and literally moans.
I put my arms around him and rub his head and his neck and he moans. There are some dogs who love touching in all ways, but most dogs make a big distinction between friend-familiar, stranger-unfamiliar. Every dog is indeed an individual with his or her own distinct personality. They each land somewhere on the hugging like-dislike scale; but when it comes to dogs in general, that sliding scale is skewed toward the "dislike" side. And that goes for even the most famously friendly breeds like Labradors and golden retrievers.
That's why understanding where our dogs are coming from — as a species, and as an individual — is a key component to sharing a joyful friendship. There is no other species on earth to which humans have been so intricately linked in so many roles: We are more like dogs than so many other animals.
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