7 Things Dogs Hate About Humans

There is no denying dogs are human's best friends, and as such, a faithful companion. However, dogs distaste some attitudes their dog owners, or non-dog owners, have towards them.

The below are some attitudes dogs don't entertain, or hate humans for.

1) Rules and Regulations

Dogs are known for following rules to the letter. They know what humans like and don't like. They know what they're supposed to do, and not do. This can't be said, with full certainty, about cats. Most often than not, cats do what they've been warned not to do.

Like children, dogs learn best about something, not only verbally, but also through actions. Thus, it is important as a dog owner not only to verbally warn the dog not to do something that is negative, but also consistently through actions. And, don’t offer exceptional rules, they only make them more confused.

As a dog owner let your dog know the boundaries by ensuring you enforce them through action.

2) My World

When dog owners go for a walk, for whatever reason, they don’t remember the dog also has a right to explore its world. As much as a dog owner has a reason for going for a walk with a dog, the dog does need an opportunity to explore the world around it.

They explore their world through smelling. Give them a minute or so to sniff around, to get to know who or which was here before it or what happened earlier at this place, mark its territory, and so on. You will do them a big favour. They do deserve it. They spend most their time sniffing, so it's something they enjoy.

3) Need A Hug

Just as some humans loathe hugs, dogs also distaste this behaviour. It may appear as if they love to be hugged. But, this is far from the truth. They tolerate the behaviour so as not to displease their owners.

It turns out to be far worse if they are hugged by strangers. They feel threatened, and at times, fearful. This also rings true of humans. If a stranger wants to hug you, you will lean on one side to avoid the hug, or, back a few steps behind. If you happen to be hugged by a stranger, you will feel uncomfortable, threatened, or alert on what the stranger is after (their real intention).

Remember, this is an affection dog’s don’t understand and cannot seem to process it in a clear detail. They have their own way of transmitting affection.

4) Bored To Death

Yeah, that’s right! Dogs can easily get bored with you, as their owner, to the point of passing out. Well, that is an exaggeration.

While cats are playful, dogs tend to be more playful. Cats quit playing with their humans before humans do while, for dogs, it's humans who stop playing before their dogs do.

Therefore, when you see your dog busy doing something, it's sending the message that's it's bored, and you're boring.

When you see it chewing a pen or shoe laces, it doesn't mean it is enjoying doing that. It's a means of reducing boredom.

Taking time to play with it even if it’s inventing new tricks is better as it has waited all day for you to play but you seem to have paid little attention to it.

5) Hey, Actions Not Words

Dogs learn best from actions than from words. This is not only true to dogs, but also all animals.

You want the dog not to do something, to learn something, or do something, then your words should be followed by actions.

Dogs learn best through actions - what they see. This explains why dogs get irritated with us humans when they cannot make tail from head what we mean. They mostly read from how we act – our body language.

Minimize words; amplify actions to be able to communicate better with your dog.

6) Don’t Look At Me That Way!

We feel threatened, uncomfortable, shy, or intimidated, when someone stares straight at our face. This is especially the case with strangers. We don’t like being stared at.

The same case translates to dogs. Staring at them is not good, especially if the dog is not yours. They feel intimidated and threatened. They will either bark, back away from you or turn out to be aggressive.

Don’t stare at dogs on their face. They don't take that in good faith.

7) It’s Not Funny

That is true. It’s not funny when you stare at a dog even if it’s yours, pull its tails or ears, imitate its sound when it barks, scare or frighten it, make faces in front of it, and tease it in other different ways. It doesn’t look funny on their side.

As humans there are jokes we don’t take lightly. Not only are they embarrassing but also annoying.

You may find yourself in hospital nursing some wounds because your dog got irritated at being teased.