DON'T STICK YOUR HAND TOWARDS UNKNOWN DOG

Описание: Whoever was the originator of the "put you hand out to let a dog smell you" has done a major disservice to dogs and people for decades.

There have probably been thousands upon thousands of bites because of this poor advice over the last hundred years.

I can remember when I used to walk my big pack of dogs in Hoboken, NJ and people would regularly walk up to my packnof 10-15 dogs with their hand sticking out like they were doing some sort of zombie walk.

I even had mom's telling toddlers to "go up and say hello but make sure you stick your hand out!" 🤦‍♂️

The truth is, people just don't know any better.

That's one of the main reasons I make this free content, to help people understand things about dogs they just don't understand yet.

What should you do with dogs?

Stay calm and practice ignoring the dog without talking, looking, or touching the dog.

Let the dog approach you and get your scent through their best sense, their sense of smell.

By staying calm, a dog will associate your scent with calmness and respect in their world.

Does that mean you can then touch them, stare at them, or talk to them? No.

Dogs don't see themselves as a free petting zoo to fulfill a human's emotional needs.

They are a living breathing individual animal with a specific psychology and have their own spirit/soul.

Humans need to learn respect that and realize its not always about themselves.

*𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘜𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸 (17 𝘜.𝘚.𝘊. § 107).
𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 free 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺𝘴' 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘴, 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 17 𝘜.𝘚.𝘊. § 512(𝘧).
𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭y.

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