25 dogs who clearly love hugs
 

25 dogs who clearly love hugs
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Science says "don't hug your dog." And by science we mean one person, who happens to have a degree, who looked at lots of pictures on the Internet.

The question of whether or **t hugging your dog causes them stress came from an op-ed from Stanley Coren on Psychology Today, earlier in April, who claimed that the act of hugging and immobilizing your dog and can give them severe anxiety.

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"Dogs are technically cursorial animals, which is a term that indicates that they are designed for swift running," Coren wrote in his op-ed.*"That implies that in times of stress or threat the first line of defense that a dog uses is **t his teeth, but rather his ability to run away." Read more...


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