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Originally Posted by Jelpy
I just read something that makes me wonder if I've been Alpha rolling Lycan inadvertantly. Basically, I play with him by getting on his back and making raspberry's on his chest. He waves his paws and makes "woo-woo" noises and seems perfectly happy, but I was reading leerburg's site and it appears I've been engaging in a very dangerous alpha roll. It's hard to think of it as being dangerous, however, since he seems to love it. Should I cease and desist, or can I keep doing it since Lycan and I both enjoy the farting noise game.
Jelpy
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Our dogs must be good at learning all the crazy things that people do to them and seem to tolerate us very well. I wouldn't do a lot of the things that I do to Baron (2 1/2 yo male GSD) to a strange dog but I have no worries whatsoever about him.
A lot of trainers/behaviorists for example say that you should NEVER hug your dog - it is a very dominance thing. I hug him all the time and he seems to even like it often smiling and licking during the hug and never giving even the least effort to get away from the hug!