犬を抱きしめるべきではない理由

May 11, 2016 • lucy

犬を抱きしめるべきではない理由
私たちはみんな愛犬を愛しており、人に対するのと同じように、大切なペットをハグして愛情を示すことがよくあります。こうした愛情表現に対する愛犬の反応を立ち止まって観察する人はほとんどいませんが、もし観察すれば、多くの人が愛犬が唇をなめる、あくびをする、前足で触れる、あるいはほかの緊張のサインを見せていることに気づくでしょう。実のところ、犬は人間のようにハグを好むわけではなく、ペットにとって温かい抱擁は、混乱を招く、あるいは脅威とさえ感じられる行動なのです。
 
犬が飼い主からのハグを好まない理由は、シンプルな科学で説明できます。それは、犬同士はハグをしないということです。犬は本来群れで暮らす動物であり、ほかの犬があなたの犬の首に前足をかけたり、首を肩に乗せたりする行為は、社会的な威嚇と見なされます。そのため犬は抱擁を愛情表現とは認識せず、押さえつけられていると感じるのです。犬は、なめる、そばにいる、一緒に遊ぶといった別の行動で愛情を示します。ですから、愛犬があなたの温かいハグに応えてくれなくても、ほかにもさまざまな方法で愛情を示しているかもしれません。
 
愛犬がハグを嫌がっているサインには、体をこわばらせる、しっぽを下げる、耳を後ろに倒す、顔をそむける、目を閉じるまたは大きく見開く、前足を上げる、望まない愛情表現から離れたり身をかがめて逃れようとしたりする、などがあります。ハグは犬にとって混乱を招くことがあるため、唇をなめたりあくびをしたりする転位行動を見せることもあります。愛情を注がれているときにペットがこれらの行動を見せたら、不快に感じている明確なサインですので、やめましょう。特に子どもが興奮していたり叫んでいたりすると、ハグしようとする子どもに犬が噛みつこうとすることがあります。信頼する飼い主からのハグを楽しむ犬もいますが、知らない人から抱きしめられると恐怖を感じることがあります。愛犬がどう感じているかを知る最良の方法は、その出来事に対する行動や反応を観察することです。
 
ハグを受けることは、犬にとって混乱を招く場合があります。何しろ、最も信頼している人間が、なぜ自分を脅威となる抱擁で閉じ込めるのでしょうか? その代わり、飼い主は人間と犬の両方に伝わりやすい方法で愛情を注ぐべきです。人間と同じように、犬も大好きな相手のそばにいることを楽しみます。ペットがソファで隣に座ったり、膝の上に乗ったりできるようにしてあげましょう。お気に入りのおもちゃで遊ぶ、近所の公園へ行く、やさしくグルーミングするといった、どちらも楽しめる活動に時間を使いましょう。触れ合いを通じて愛犬にたっぷり愛情を注げば、絆を確かめることができます。お返しによだれたっぷりのキスをしてくれたら、愛犬も同じ気持ちだとわかるでしょう。

追伸:この記事は私たちが執筆したものではありません。最近の研究について報じたものです。私たちは毎日愛犬をハグしています!!!:) - Petbucket チーム!

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コメント(33)

  1. Tami

    both my dogs are huggers, my boxer wil lcome and shove his nose under my arm until I give him a big and my shar-pei will actually gently rise up on his back legs and hug me. I know for some dogs this is a threat but dogs now a days are less apack animal and more the child

  2. monkey

    Bullshit! Dogs love hugs

  3. Jo

    SOME dogs love hugs - I have one that will NOT allow you to put your arms around her, she will bolt - but affectionate in loads of other ways. I find one arm around them & rub their chest is liked far more than a two armed hug. Each are different, each have their own likes & dislikes.

  4. Kathy

    I call bullshit on this on, too!!! My dogs and cat love to be hugged and cuddled.

  5. Chase Sheridan

    I fear the author of this article has only dealt with emotionally compromised dogs, because every dog I've ever met in over 50 years, has delighted in being hugged, and most will seek out hugs...

  6. Susan

    No dogs don't like hugs! It is not natural to them, maybe yours have learned to like them??

  7. Jean Brewer

    Some dogs like it really well and some dogs don't. Just like with people, they have their own personalities. Out of my 6 dachshunds, 4 liked it, 2 didn't. I'm guilty, I would still hug those two every now and then quickly. (-;

  8. Hilarie

    LOLOLOL!!! My thoughts too ;)

  9. Collette

    Two of mine lke hugs and snuggling any time they can get it. Tori puts her paws around our neck and gives kisses. Bonnie is too busy.... But at night he is a snuggler. Not every dog likes that, some do to a certain degree and some live for the close affection. Every dog is different.

  10. Anna Zink

    My dogs were rescues, and not only like hugs, they actively ask for them. My girl dog barks at me until I hug her. The boy climbs onto my lap, flips over until he is resting on my shoulder, and sighs contentedly. Any dog I have ever had sought hugs, and one of them actually hugged people, including the vets who had saved her life. Maybe it has something to do with having been pound puppies. Also, I have always let the pets initiate the hugs. Animals really appreciate having been rescued.

  11. Karen Baxter

    I believe if a dog really trusts and knows you they can be quite comfortable with all physical interactions. Just like they can with each other if they know and trust the other dog. My dogs wrestle and pin each other down in play just as a litter of pups would but if a dog they didn't know tried that wouldn't go well. I thinking hugging is the same. Its a trust thing.

  12. Dorothy Ebers

    This is complete and total stupidity and BS !!! Aand it is also upsetting to think some people really think this !!!!!! i see our dogs hug each other--they will sleep close in an embraced manner- we have some that hug us ! they love being hugged and held and loved ! So if you treat your animal so sterile-- hate to see how you want us to treat children next !! I own Siberian huskies,Australian Shepherds and have a Siberian/Timber wolf mix !! they ALL love to be hugged and demand it with their actions ! I will continue to hug and love on my dogs ALWAYS !!!!!

  13. lara

    I think the article is using the term 'hug' just to mean an embrace that threatens to pin the animal with your closeness -- though there are all kinds of ways to hug as everyone points out. Our dogs all seek snuggles and belly rubs and kisses now -- but when they were young and new to us they would sort of punch and kick out if they were lying on their backs and we tried to 'smother/hug' them! Now that they trust us they LOVE being smooshed and kissed on! It helps if you giggle and use a happy voice whenever you romp with a new pet -- they can tell by your voice/tone that it's all in fun.

  14. Shelley

    I have a mini dashund who loves hugs and loves to cuddle, and a shih-tsu who doesn't, he does cuddle on his terms-he has to come to me! I think it depends on the dog! LOL!!

  15. james perri

    This is completely bullshit, my dog love(d) to be hugged. She would kiss my in return.

  16. Beverly

    Now this is just CRAP!!!!!! Obviously this writer/s is not an animal person. Please go and do something a little more intelligent..........

  17. Jo.

    We have 2 dogs, Toy Poodle & Maltese. Our Maltese loves tummy rubs & having me romp with him but doesn't like to be picked up. He doesn't mind a little hug as long as he's standing on his own feet but isn't cuddly & prefers his own bed. Poodle loves to be hugged, cuddled, kissed & sleep snuggled up to me. Just like humans they have different personality's.

  18. Jo.

    I'm 70 yrs. old & had dogs all my life. Just like us they have different personality's. Some love to be hugged, kissed & cuddled, some don't. They aren't all alike any more than we are.

  19. Jodi's Mom

    My dog loves my hugs; I'm her alpha-mommy.

  20. 2Much

    I believe the author is talking about a close embrace with the dog not a rub on the back. My wife continues to try and hug her dog only to have her gulp and occasionally growl at her. I am waiting for the worst to happen eventually and then one of them are going down the road.

  21. Gerry K

    Bad for me or not!
    It will be a cold day in Hell before I stop hugging dogs!

  22. Ed Bailey

    They would probably rather get sniffed or licked as they do with other dogs.

  23. Pablo

    What? Who wrote this article and how did he/she come up with this nonsense? Unbelievable? Garbage!

  24. STUART

    we have bichon/shitz and he loves his hugs has soon has I get home he in my arms suggling this is complete bull shit and and who ever wrote this should hav a dog

  25. Klaus's Dad

    Complete, unadulterated BULLSHIT. Author must be a self-proclaimed dog-whisperer who has mistaken her cat for a dog, an over-zealous animal activist who hasn't pooped in over two years, or a democrat.

  26. Anita

    I think they have dogs and cats mixed up. Some dogs don't like hugs, but more dogs like hugs than do cats. Our 3 cats, when hugged, climb out of the grip, and up on to the shoulder, where they perch like a parrot. Or, alternatively, they will climb down the back, sometimes with claws (ouch).

  27. leena

    They sure are huggers, my liltte dog puts his head over my shoulder and i wake up with his head on my chest

  28. Dee

    We had a lab for 16 years, he was very smart and affectionate but didn't love to be hugged. Looking back, seems he may have been tolerating our hugs. Lol. Thanks for the article, explains why some dogs just simply dont care for hugs.

  29. Bon Bon

    Dogs are always going to love your hugs. And they are going to love your loving care for them but they will always love your heart and soul so who ever wrote this is is what to the author you are loco and you are just bull butt pee pee

  30. Dougie Fresh

    Your dog is trying to kill you... RUN!!!

  31. Mor Mor

    Have had 5 golden retrievers in 40 years. .all huggers.

  32. don Chorizo

    My JRT, whom I adopted when she was three months of age is an ok hugger but prefers a massage to her neck and back.
    My other dog (terrier mix) was adopted from a shelter and seldomly allows many people near him, let alone give a hug.
    As other people have posted in their respective comment it all depends on the dog and its upbringing.

  33. rem1

    I do have a Chocolate lab who does not like to be hugged she will accually growl, not bite never has ever, not show teeth either just a low growl. Another lab of mine will turn his head. But I do have tow other labs and a GSD who all three like it.

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