25 dogs who clearly love hugs
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.
"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...