The dog doesn't like stroking the head..

Fun Fact Friday# 5

Many people when they meet dogs also want to play, and the first thing they want to do is to rub their heads with compassion, not sure if anyone has ever read an admin book, a children's education book translated from Japan, or even a children's reading book in Thailand, which says, "Dogs like to rub their heads, cats like to scratch their chins." Admin has believed that for a long time until he learned about dog behavior and realized that he was mistaken!!

The dog really doesn't like stroking his head very much, especially from the unknown or the unfamiliar.

The relationship of the stroking person with the dog

The role of the dog at that time

Environments such as a cold bed or outside have a lot of stimuli.

Head stroking and head scratching are not the same.

etc.

And the part that I don't like is not only that my hand touches my head, but also that I put my hand over my dog's head. Notice when I reach out to a dog who doesn't trust my hand. Maybe you start to raise eyebrows, eyes, and ears down. Some will flex or turn to the other way, or have a lick on my mouth. But many people may understand that the ear is down to my hand.

Extending your hand to rub your head in many cases is to put pressure on the dog.

"Well, I saw it at Njoydee's house. Are you going to watch Fin Admin?"

This is not strange, because depending on our relationship with the younger, the trust that you have for us, and when we usually stroke the dog, we scratch the head, massage the ears, massage the wattle, so it is a positive experience with the dog repeatedly many times. In this case, when you close your hand to your head, you don't seem to like it.

But!!

Yes, it will be fun every time. In fact, sometimes you may be longan, we "are tired. We will sleep and rub something. We are hot." But because you love us, you will tolerate holding your head (in some houses that raise you scared, so you are afraid, not resisting). Observing your body language is important because your dislike and having to endure is to undermine our little-by-little relationship with you. Many times when we see your dog stressed or scared, the first way that many people think is to rub your head, sometimes it is not what they want, and instead of comforting you to become younger. Must endure and stress more than before

It is not that you will be angry with us permanently, because the other activities we do with him will increase the positive and the reinforcing trust. But if we keep adding good feelings, it is better to strengthen the trust.

Another thing that many people misunderstand when stroking your head and you make a face like a smile. "Wow, smile too. Like, right? Stroking." Most do not smile, but stress. Can read Fun Fact Friday # 4. "A dog's smile may not mean that you are always happy."

In Patricia B. McConnell's book (certified applied animal behaviorist), it speaks of putting your hand on your dog's head like a greeting to a disrespectful dog and a very disliked dog, so that it can be used as a way to annoy the dog away.

...Dogs don't greet each other by putting their hands on their heads, rubbing their heads, why do humans greet dogs like that, as if suddenly someone greeted you by sniffing your dog's ass?..Even though dogs don't know, they run to smell their targets. Many people still feel uncomfortable and embarrassed, right?

✅ If you want to show love to a dog, you can do it.

Stroking under the chin, on the neck, or on the chest, which is where many dogs prefer it, and seeing our hands that are sticking in better (not across the head).

Always observe body language (ear loo, lick mouth, move away, heck of a breath = not okay)

💬 The conclusion is that it does not mean that the dog does not love us. If he does not like to hold his head, it is his nature. We only understand and respect his boundaries and choose the most comfortable way to show love. 🐾

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