“Many dogs really don’t find being pet and hugged and kissed particularly nice — they just don’t enjoy it very much,” she told us. Sometimes it’s like, you’re just going to hug them and kiss them and they just have to put up with it. “If we ignore the early signs — the growl, let’s say — then the dogs sometimes feel they have to escalate their message. We’re not born knowing that — no dog owner should feel guilty about not knowing how to read their dog. Need some help with something you’ve been doing wrong?

Source: Huffington Post March 04, 2024 13:13 UTC