Do dogs hate hugs?

But some dogs will feel threatened, fearful, or just flat out loathe the feeling — and in fact, a child grabbing a dog for a hug is why many dog bites occur. Also, the same dog that enjoys one person's hug might react entirely differently with another family member who tries the same thing. read more

Another important thing to remember is that each dog is different. You may be sitting there saying, "My dogs love my hugs!" And you may be right. And you may not be right. One of your dogs may adore your hugs and another of your dogs might prefer you don't hug and give a good ear scratch instead. Some dogs might enjoy hugs from anyone. read more

[You really do love your dog like it’s a baby] That doesn't mean this isn't an interesting dataset: Coren searched Google and Flickr for photos of dog hugs, picked 250 at random, then removed ones where there were obvious reasons for the dog to be stressed and rated the remainder based on established facial cues. read more