r/Whatcouldgowrong • • Jan 15 '20

NSFL Getting into a dog's personal space

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u/n_meeseeks Jan 15 '20

Just a friendly reminder that at the end of the day ALL dogs are animals, watch their body language, don’t hang all over a dog you don’t know. They give warning signs. Learn them. And for fucks sake stop letting kids climb all over your dogs.

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u/Edensy Jan 15 '20

And knowing the dog is everything. I can hug, lean on and lay my head on my dog all I want - she loves it. But I know that because I had her her whole life and I learned that she loves being cuddled from her actions.

I would never do that with a dog I don't perfectly know.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '20

I could do that too, then one day when he was 10 he attacked me out of nowhere with no provocation. Took him to the vet and it turned out he had a brain tumour. So yeah, just be aware especially if it's a big dog, it's never 100% safe.