What should an owner do if they are emotionally upset and their dog comes over and lays on top of them?
Answer If you are having a bad day and are emotionally upset and your dog comes over and lays on top of you, be it your feet or lap what does it mean? To the human it is very comforting. We feel that our dogs care and are trying to make us feel better. That’s the human side to the equation. What does it mean to the dog? Dogs do feel human emotion and since they are pack oriented animals that need to know who the strongest being is so that being can run the pack, they see the weak as lower. It’s instinct and there is nothing we can do to change that. A dog will pick up on a human’s weakness and willl claim the person as their subordinate by laying on top of them, be it their feet or their lap. Sometimes a dog will lick the person. In the dog world the leader is on top. The leader will often cover up the lower member by standing over them. It is not realistic to say a human who owns a dog can never get upset. But it is a fact that when they do the dog will feel the human as being weak. D
If you are having a bad day and are emotionally upset and your dog comes over and lays on top of you, be it your feet or lap what does it mean? To the human it is very comforting. We feel that our dogs care and are trying to make us feel better. That’s the human side to the equation. What does it mean to the dog? Dogs do feel human emotion and since they are pack oriented animals that need to know who the strongest being is so that being can run the pack, they see the weak as lower. It’s instinct and there is nothing we can do to change that. A dog will pick up on a human’s weakness and willl claim the person as their subordinate by laying on top of them, be it their feet or their lap. Sometimes a dog will lick the person. In the dog world the leader is on top. The leader will often cover up the lower member by standing over them. It is not realistic to say a human who owns a dog can never get upset. But it is a fact that when they do the dog will feel the human as being weak. Differen
