[MarMema]

No kidding. Dogs are not primates people. All dogs bite.

Don't extend your hand to a dog, that is not a friendly gesture to a canine.

And don't think they like being hugged. They don't.

[alexander_busek]

No kidding. Dogs are not primates people. All dogs bite.

So, you're saying that it would be safe to attempt a selfie with a wild chimpanzee, orangutan, or gorilla?

Regards,

[OldPossum]

Dogs are not primates, people. All dogs bite.

I remember what a veterinarian told me one time: "All dogs which are alive and have teeth WILL bite under the right circumstances." Obviously, this guy didn't understand that.

[Eaker]

And don't think they like being hugged. They don't.

Well mine do, so is the rest of your experience and advice this far off base? Why would every dog I have owned in the last 55 years gotten onto my lap to be hugged?

Are you going to next tell people that dogs get angry if you talk to them while they are doing a night carrier landing in a fighter jet?

[Eaker]

Here's Doctor Dangerous about to get mauled by a blind pit bull!

Here is my grandson extending his hand to a pit. If I had read this thread before that fateful night we wouldn't be calling him Leftie.

Here is my pit showing just how much he hates to be hugged. He still jumps in three or four times a night because he hates it.

Finally, here is the last photo taken of me alive because this dog killed me right to death.