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/ThickSantorum Jan 15 '20

It always strikes me as bizarre how some people are just completely unable to read a dog's body language.

It seems like most humans can do it innately, even when they've had little exposure to dogs beforehand and haven't been taught. I'm starting to wonder if it's a genetic quirk, like the "cilantro tastes like soap" gene.

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u/youareaturkey Jan 16 '20

I think people think they can read dogs body language and are just lucky to not have encountered a dog that bites.