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You shouldn’t hug your dog, expert warns
It’s something many dog owners enjoy – cuddling up to their four-legged friend with a big, warm hug.
But there’s just one problem.
Your dog probably isn’t enjoying it anything like as much as you are – and might feel stressed out and uncomfortable.
The clue is in how dogs behave when they are being hugged, according to Alexandra Horowitz, author of Being a Dog, speaking to IFL Science.
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Horowitz says, ‘I’ve never seen a dog who when you hug them, they stand up and wag their tail and they’re so excited. They do something else: They deal with it.’
So in other words, your dog is tolerating you at best.
Horowitz says, ‘The reason we say they don’t like being hugged is because of what they look like when you’re hugging them.
‘They pin their ears back, they lick their lips – sort of air-licking – or they yawn, which is another stress behavior. Or they move to get away. Or they show this kind of whale-eye posture – you can see the whites of their eyes. They show behavior that’s like ‘this is uncomfortable.’
