Hugs for science!

Patricia McConnell mentioned in a recent blog post that most dogs really don't like being hugged... but how often can you really tell, right, because you're not looking at their face.  Now, I have three dogs, and I experimentally hugged all of them to bring you this video.  The life of scientific inquiry is not an easy one.

And yeah, between the lip licking, the turned-away heads, and the leaning backwards-- all classic calming signals-- I'd say they weren't really that into it.  (The whippet doesn't usually mind being held, actually.  I think that even though I tried to be at their level on the floor for this video, I still loomed a bit too much for him to be 100% comfortable.)