SIGNS A DOG HATES YOU
1. The Dog is always nervous around you.
If every time you come around, the dog starts pacing around, smacking their lips, and looks a bit agitated. It is likely that the dog is nervous or uncomfortable around you. It can also be an indication that the dog is afraid of you.
2. The dog always leaves when you come around.
If the dog is trained to act this way when visitors come around, then you shouldn’t make a fuss about it. But a dog that leaves a room or an area once you come into it definitely does not like you at all. The dog would prefer staying out of your way totally instead of engaging in any type of activity that would bring two of you together. Simply put, the dog does not like you.
3. Goes great lengths to avoid making eye contact with you.
Dogs that we are familiar with use eye contact to try and read and understand what we want from them at any given. For dogs that we don’t have any relationship with, maintaining eye contact with them for a long period can be misinterpreted as a challenge.
An average dog that does not like you would not want to make eye contact with you simply because he or she does not want to have any interaction with you. He or she just doesn’t want anything to do with you, on the flip side, if such a dog maintains eye contact with you, it would be to display aggression towards you.
4. The dog refuses treats from you.
Most dogs find it hard to resist treats, it is like that bribe in the dog kingdom that is accepted first before asking what it was meant for. So if you offer a dog treats and they refuse it outright. Then obviously you have a dog that does not like or trust you.
5. The dog stiffens at your touch.
A dog that does not like you might also believe that you too do not like him or her. With this belief at hand, when you try to touch such a dog, if they are not aggressive by nature, they would stiffen up or freeze, this is because they are already anticipating that you are reaching out to cause them pain. Of course, this is not the situation, but still, a dog with such perception would not be easy to entreat.
6. The dog hides from you.
A dog hiding away from you is an indication that in addition to not liking you, they are also scared of you. Remember, an average dog would go to great lengths to avoid conflicts instead of creating one, and if hiding from you will help them avoid a conflict, then they would do the same over and over again.
7. The dog acts aggressively around you.
A dog that doesn’t like you would snarl and growl at you. This is the only warning you are going to get from such a dog, especially if they are aggressive. It is them telling you that they don’t like you and that you should not be coming close to them. Not heeding this warning can result in them biting you, so it is always advisable to keep your distance from a dog that acts aggressively towards you.