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We have a 3 year old large male (fixed) dog my husband and I let sleep with us. He spent over a year in a shelter on a cold cement floor all alone and we have not been able to crate train him or even get him to sleep off the bed at night (we will go off for a while if we insist, but get back on when we fall asleep). He is the only dog we have let sleep with us, everyone before him and now slept in crates (even fosters).
Overall he is well behaved (I could do more training and he would love that, but he isn't openly defiant) and I am the top dog in our house. He follows me around over anyone else, he listens to me best, he turns to me when he has a need or is confused, etc.
But at night he parks himself between me and my husband and put his sweet block head on my husband's shoulder (or chest or stomach) and sticks his rump in my face! (well sometimes he sleeps at our feet, but if he is up between us, that is how he sleeps)
I will even call him over and scratch him, pet him and talk doggy talk to him...and as soon as I stop...head on "daddy" and rump near mommy.
From what I have read, dogs that turn their back on you and give you the butt really trust you (And want a butt scratch).
But I don't know if this translates to sleeping.
The other thing is that any dog I have ever had that snuck up on the bed has again put her back to me, which I read they do as a protection thing. Not the butt, per se, but the head is always pointing in the opposite direction.
From what I have read, dogs that turn their back on you and give you the butt really trust you (And want a butt scratch).
But I don't know if this translates to sleeping.
The other thing is that any dog I have ever had that snuck up on the bed has again put her back to me, which I read they do as a protection thing. Not the butt, per se, but the head is always pointing in the opposite direction.
Or maybe a sniff! I was thinking about sleeping only, not how animals greet each other.
I sometimes wonder, when a cat or dog shows us its butt, and we fail to follow the normal protocol - sniffing the proffered posterior and then offering our own for inspection - do they think we are rude?
Or maybe a sniff! I was thinking about sleeping only, not how animals greet each other.
I sometimes wonder, when a cat or dog shows us its butt, and we fail to follow the normal protocol - sniffing the proffered posterior and then offering our own for inspection - do they think we are rude?
Given that they jam their butt against you and that I've never seen a dog jam its butt against another dog and that they look at you till you start scratching...it's the scratching.
Given that they jam their butt against you and that I've never seen a dog jam its butt against another dog and that they look at you till you start scratching...it's the scratching.
We have a 3 year old large male (fixed) dog my husband and I let sleep with us. He spent over a year in a shelter on a cold cement floor all alone and we have not been able to crate train him or even get him to sleep off the bed at night (we will go off for a while if we insist, but get back on when we fall asleep). He is the only dog we have let sleep with us, everyone before him and now slept in crates (even fosters).
Overall he is well behaved (I could do more training and he would love that, but he isn't openly defiant) and I am the top dog in our house. He follows me around over anyone else, he listens to me best, he turns to me when he has a need or is confused, etc.
But at night he parks himself between me and my husband and put his sweet block head on my husband's shoulder (or chest or stomach) and sticks his rump in my face! (well sometimes he sleeps at our feet, but if he is up between us, that is how he sleeps)
I will even call him over and scratch him, pet him and talk doggy talk to him...and as soon as I stop...head on "daddy" and rump near mommy.
Is there a meaning to this?
Oh yes, he feels like the luckiest dog in the world.
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