While I was hangin’ with the wolf pack at BlogPaws, we got to talking about how different all of our dogs are.
I mean, sure, Kolchak and Felix have a whole lot in common: they’re small and black. They have white spots on their chin and their chest. They like good treats and…well…um, the similarities pretty much end there. Even though they might look alike on the surface, they’re actually very different. We’ve already talked about how they have very different diet needs. My dogs don’t eat the same food and that’s OK. I got to thinking about all the other ways my dogs are not at all alike. The case in point is their snuggle style.
Holy woof. They do not snuggle the same at all.
Felix is such a sweet boy, but man! He is a demanding snuggler. Seriously, that boy is high maintenance. He is what I like to call an “active” snuggler. You have to be actively engaged in snuggling him.
He demands your undivided attention and at least one hand petting, rubbing and otherwise rubbing on him.
He squirms and rolls and gets you hand exactly where he wants ’em.
You aren’t done snuggling until HE is done snuggling. Just try to stop. He’ll cut you. Well, maybe not cut you, but he will take his paw and paw at you until you resume your cuddling.
He knows he’s soft and adorable and he use it to his advantage. Snuggling him could be a full time job.
Kolchak, on the other hand, is a passive snuggler. He doesn’t require anything from you other than physical contact. In fact, he’d prefer if you didn’t get all touchy feely with him.
All he wants is to lay next to you, snuggled up close, while you do whatever you do. He doesn’t want to be scratched or petted. He doesn’t want his fur to be ruffled. Don’t touch him. Just don’t.
He’ll choose to lay up against your lg or maybe to perch behind your neck, but he’ll choose it and you don’t get a say. If you start to get all handsy with him, he’ll move so fast it will make your head spin.
He is the BEST blogging partner. I can get so much done, while he is curled up beside me.
Just because they don’t snuggle the same, doesn’t mean I don’t love them the same.
Just because Felix needs my full attention and Kolchak prefers I be focused on something else doesn’t meant that one of them is getting the short end of the stick. It doesn’t mean that I enjoy spending time with one of them more. It just means that they want different things.
What is your dog’s snuggle style? Are your dogs alike or different?
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Sounds like Felix and Kolchack are a yin and yang of snuggling. My cairn terrier is somewhere in between, but he’s a lot like Felix because when he wants attention he demands attention. He’ll take charge of the rubbing moving your hand with his mouth and rolling over to make sure you get both sides before you can stop.
Isn’t that the cutest thing? I love when they start rolling over and wiggling.
Yet again, I am convinced that Bella and Koly are peas in a pod, as are Tavish and Felix. Hehe. 🙂
It would appear that Sampson shares similar traits as Fe while Delilah is more Koly’s style. Who’d have thunk it? 😉
Chester is more like Kolchack – loves to “snuggle” but is content just touching some part of you. Gretel likes you to hug her and if I pet her while on the computer and then stop she does the paw-y thing. So darn cute but it makes it hard to work 🙂
Wendy is a full body snuggle a double hugger. All paws into the act and her face on your shoulder. she snuggles body and soul. JD it’s an “on my terms” snuggler. Facing out, while you rub his belly. Silvie is an opportunistic snuggler. Just touch her. She must be touched or she will die, whine, cry, beg, cajole, whimper… until you hold her and then JUST LOVE HER UP. She never gets tired of the loving.
We have lots of differences too. Felix do you hear what mom is saying about you
Snorts,
Benny & Lily
All of my pups snuggle differently!
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Gizmo hops up on the chair arm, then snuggles down in the seat cuddled up against my leg…he likes me to scritch him for a while and when he’s had enough he’s off and back to his own couch…He makes the rules
Henry’s snuggling is temperature controlled. If we kept the house to his liking (probably 40F) then he would happily snoozing in my lap with one hand petting him. Alas, above 60F and he starts panting an is eventually forced to leave. Zachary wants to either by laying on me (no petting required) if I’m curled up on the sofa, but if I’m on a chair then I MUST be petting him. Constantly. 🙂
I love how even location affects how he snuggles. That’s adorable!
Jersey is the polite snuggler. She will generally cuddle up beside me. Dexter, however, is the lay all over me snuggler, usually on my feet. Great in the Winter, not so great in the Summer.
There are some days when Kolchak will snuggle you by force if necessary. Seems to me those are always the 80 degree days when you don’t even want to wear clothes, forget sit with a tiny heater in a fur coat!
My brother Jake didn’t like to snuggle much, but I am a MAJOR snuggler! I like to crawl into momma’s lap when she’s sitting on the couch (and I’m 60 lbs!). I also like to snuggle w/ momma in the bed. Momma says I’m the best snuggler EVER!
Just tell your Mom she misheard, you’re a “lap”ardor, not a Labrador. ~giggles~
My Hannah loves to roll over on her back and get belly rubs . Charlie loves to fall asleep in our arms, even though he’s not a puppy anymore 🙂
::gasp:: Not a puppy anymore? Aren’t they always a puppy, just a little in our eyes? Kolchak is 6 and I still call him “the Puppy” all the time.
I am a total snuggler, the more the better and I even respond when Mom says snuggle. My sister is more aloof, she enjoys the occasional snuggle but is happy on her own. She usually goes to Mom when she needs a snuggle but she is known to be an independent breed, so it is no surprise, a GBGV is known to be the snuggler type.
I’m not surprised that you’re a good smuggler Emma. You just *look* snuggly. Kolchak will snuggle when I ask him to, but that Felix man! He snuggles only on his own terms.