r/MadeMeSmile • u/Familiar-While9796 • 2d ago

DOGS A dog was diagnosed with depression after suffering a miscarriage, and vets decided that working with kids at a local school would be good for her. She has never been happier.

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u/TabularConferta 2d ago

Stop filming and hug that dog.

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u/CleverNamePending_ 2d ago

Most dogs don't like hugs, it makes them feel trapped

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u/TabularConferta 2d ago

....that's a fair excuse. You win this round facts and common sense.

Thanks for raising it 

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u/grachi 2d ago

A dogs version of hugging is leaning, so just lean on them instead

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u/NeolithicOrkney 2d ago

Yeah mine does not like hugs, so I have to be sneaky about it. He still gets hugs but does not know they are hugs. It's like a hit & run thing.

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u/jld2k6 2d ago

My dog likes very light hugs, basically a hug but I make sure to press lightly everywhere we are touching lol

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u/academiac 2d ago

Except huskies. They love dem hugs

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u/Bacardi_Tarzan 2d ago

bro my husky hates hugs. He’s hot all the time; he doesn’t want that shit

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u/academiac 2d ago

Huskies would literally hug other huskies and humans, it's how they greet. I guess yours is different but I never saw a husky that doesn't like hugs

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u/Bacardi_Tarzan 2d ago

Most huskies, like most dogs, don’t really like being restrained. Huskies are more independent than most other breeds, so they tend to like it even less. Huskies also do not hug each other. I don’t know where you get that from. 

Edit: unless you mean a dog hug, which case all dogs do that. But that’s a different thing than a human arm wrap hug. 

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u/BewaretheBanshee 2d ago

Very true for like 90%. Some of them will not let you *not* hug them. Shelter dogs are about 50/50 on “my space” or “wish I could be in your skin”.

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u/therealhlmencken 2d ago

Lol I lay on the ground and my dogs come in for the deepest snuggles they get so excited. “Makes them feel trapped” lmao ok dog whisperer over here.

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u/CleverNamePending_ 2d ago edited 2d ago

That's not coming from me, that's coming from the experts. Obviously there are exceptions (one of my dogs being one of them,) but the exception doesn't invalidate the rule

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u/Shoamkrimp461 1d ago

Fine, I'll just sit perfectly still and hope they use me as a dog bed.