Do dogs know the meaning of hugs?
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Dirty-Ninja-Misses-NYC
ANSWERS: 12
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More than likely they are pretty smart they sure know what meaning of the food bowl. and they understand a lot of words. well my dog does have a good night
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Sure they do, when I had my dogs I would say "puppy hugs" and get knocked down by them for hugs :)
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I'm SURE they do....my cocker rubs my neck and head with her head and neck in return in a very happy way, my retreiver wags his tail and goes gooey-eyed!
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I swear my Mum's Jack Russell hugs her.
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They certainly know the meaning of kisses.
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I don't think they know what a hug is but they know you care.
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Our cocker doesn't so much hug, but she knows kiss and "high five" quite well, and it has nothing to do with food.
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I don't know about hugs, but they definitely know the meaning of kisses.
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My late dog Chance was extremely affection, he would always lay right beside me in bed and we would snuggle every morning. As he got older and ill he could not jump up on the bed so on Sunday mornings I would pick him up and place him beside me. He would roll around on his back and snuggle as close as he could. I would always lean over to kiss him and he would hold his arms around my neck. He loved me with all his heart as I did him!
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In the book "For the Love of a Dog", the author posited that dogs actually do not like to be hugged as people are hugged. It's really hard to explain, but they find you touching them like that kind of overly-domineering. But I think dogs have their own version of hugs. In the morning, my dog curls up right next to me and rests her face in the nook of my neck... that's cuddling like people cuddle!
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Of course they do! If I talk to mine in a certain tone, she presses against my legs and looks back at me waiting for that hug tails wagging and all. I think that is how she asks me for a hug.
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Of course, dogs read humans body language more then anything.
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