犬の世界では、顔の匂いを嗅ぐ、お尻の匂いを嗅ぐ、しっぽを振る、舐めるなど、犬同士で交わされる行動がたくさんあります。しかし重要なのは、ハグは決してしないということです。犬には独自の挨拶の方法があり、前脚を相手の肩に乗せることはその中に含まれません。実際、人間のハグに最も近い犬の行動は、友情とは別の意味を持っています。 犬が相手の上に立つ行為は、社会的地位や資源をめぐる競争に関係しているため、ハグは力関係の操作や支配の一種とみなされます。
ハグは遊びと結び付けられ、必ずしも攻撃的なものではありませんが、犬の行動学者はハグを非常に自己主張が強く、支配的な行動と捉えることがあります。そのため、飼い主や人が噛まれる場面の多くは、撫でる、ハグする、犬の上から身をかがめるといった、一見無害なふれあいに関連しています。
犬が人間のハグを本能的に苦手とする理由は、人間や霊長類が腹部同士、あるいは胸同士の接触を好み、それを授乳によって得られる心地よさと無意識に結び付けていることにあります。犬にはこのような肯定的な結び付きがないため、本来この形の接触を好みません。私たちは愛情表現として相手の肩に腕を回しますが、犬の世界では肩に脚を乗せることは優位性や自己主張のサインです。 そのため、初めて会う犬やよく知らない犬をハグしようとすると、そのしぐさを脅威と誤解し、逃げる、服従する、あるいは対抗してくる可能性があるのも理解できます。
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Yes, our 7yr-old Chocolate Lab (Hershey) does exactly this. We've always thought that maybe it was because he felt a banded from his early family, and now we know.
We will certainly approach Hershey with different styles of love other than hugging. You should do a follow-up on the best techniques used to express love for our dogs.
We deeply love our dog, Hershey. Thank you very much for the great advice...WOOF!
This is not always the case. Our dog Tori hugs my husband. She gets up on his lap, puts her paws around his neck and lays her head on his shoulder. Then she gives him kisses and lays down to watch tv. She is not being dominant at all. She has watched me do it and she liked what she saw so she does it too.
Just like Bonnie watched Animal Planet one day and saw a show on water Buffaloes and now he paws the dirt and charges when he plays.
Some dogs do like to be hugged by anyone, some are only wanting that affection from their own people and there are some dogs who just do not want that kind of closeness. There are people like that too. Do not like to be crowded. It's normal.
Always get to know your dog. If it does not like hugs let people know it prefers it's space. Knowing your dog is over half the battle.
I have been to homes that I know more about their dog in 5 minutes then they know from having it for years.
My dog puts his paws on my shoulders knowing I will hug him. However one of my smaller dogs hates be hugged. I think this depends on the dogs personality.
Our dog, Tex has such a great disposition and enjoys all contact with us. He will lie on my stomach with paws outstretched and be in bliss mode as you pat him. Never growled in the two years we have had him. Don't really think your assertion has much validity with dogs I have owned. Don't doubt it but haven't experienced it.
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