Comments on: Wondering If Your Dog Loves You? You’re Asking The Wrong Question

By: Repoleon

Repoleon — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 13:03:21 +0000

dogs do show love in different ways, just like people. We have a puppy mill rescue. We are the first people she has ever spent time around or tried to trust at all…her ways of showing love are very subtle and things we would totally take for granted in our other dogs.

By: Callie, Shadow, and Ducky's Mom

Callie, Shadow, and Ducky's Mom — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 14:30:56 +0000

Jodi and I think alike, in this and many other ways. Callie, Shadow, and Ducky all love both of us and Sam and I adore them to bits. We “don’t need no stinkin” tests to tell us that much. We’ve spent half our life savings on these dogs between vet visits, surgeries, special foods, toys, and training; but I’d rather have an empty wallet than an empty heart. My life would never be the same if I didn’t have my furry babies.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:52:22 +0000

We pass all of those questions, both his and yours. 🙂

Monty and Harlow

By: Groovy Goldendoodles

Groovy Goldendoodles — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 16:20:26 +0000

We’ve got nothing but love here in Doodleville – from both directions 🙂

By: Leah

Leah — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 04:34:14 +0000

I pick up and carry my dogs’ poop without even a thought to it being gross. That’s love, right?

When guests play fun games with them in the yard, my dogs eventually and always end up returning to lean against me. That’s love, right?

By: Jodi

Jodi — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 21:37:45 +0000

I agree with Amy, I wonder how many people watched that and thought that their dog does not love them?

I’m pretty sure my dogs mostly want to go out after they eat dinner, but I sure as heck know they love me. That is evident to me in so many countless ways and I absolutely adore them right back, even if one of them will steal food directly off my plate.

Sampson loves to be touched. He will lie next to me all night long and anytime I wake up, I will reach out and stroke his head. He will cuddle closer to nudge my hand for more. The flip side of this is Delilah. She too will lie next to me all night long, but if I wake up and reach to stroke her, she will growl. She doesn’t seek the same thing Sampson does, yet I know she knows she is loved and I know she loves me in return.

I don’t think love fits a ‘cookie cutter.’ What one person considers love, another might not. We are all different with different needs and what works for some does not always work for others. I think the same holds true between dogs and owners.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:35:39 +0000

Kenzie passed the love test, but Cali wouldn’t have, but I absolutely know that she loved us and the feeling was mutual. Who needs a stinkin’ test anyways? I know that Kenzie is a daddy’s girl . .but I’m okay with that – he’s the one that takes her out to play in the rain, and she loves him for it! 🙂 Your amended questions make much more sense!

By: Amy@GoPetFriendly

Amy@GoPetFriendly — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 13:39:17 +0000

It makes me sad to think how many people watched that video and felt that their dog was only capable of some diminished level of love. Your post captures a much more realistic way of thinking about the ways our dogs love us. Ty only gets 2 out of 4 on the love test, and yet I know he loves us in his own way. I’ve always said he was a cat on the inside and a dog on the outside. If they developed a list of questions to determine if your cat loves you, I’m sure Ty would pass that one!

By: Lauranne

Lauranne — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 09:08:39 +0000

I know I love my two, hell I put up with the idiot ex just to spend time with BD. Neither of my two would fully pass the test but that hasn’t for one second made me consider that they don’t love me. They both are completely fine with being left, which according to the video shows they trust me to come back and on some levels I think I would rather have my boys trust me than love me.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 05:09:26 +0000

Sherman loves me and passes the love test. Leroy loves me but doesn’t pass the love test. I pass all of your love test questions so I think we’re good 🙂