billy

billy is very well behaved and is so excited whne he sees us all but one thing he does not do is give anyone a cudddle, he will not sit on the chair or settee and cuddle up to us, we have to beg him ( which does not work)
we end up carrying up on the chair or settee on our knee only for him a few seconds later to get down,

is anyone elses dog like this, he is so independent, but we feel we are missing out

Bandit was a bit like this. He'd cuddle up to my oh for a while, but then get down & find his own space. He'd rarely cuddle up to me apart from on the bed on a cold night!

He did get more cuddly as he got older, though.

Some dogs just don't like the feeling of being 'hemmed in', they feel sort of smothered, I think, so they show their love in different ways with tail waggs & excited greetings etc.

aw thank you caryll, it feels a bit like being abandonded,, we thought he was ok, but just wanted to check, we will keep trying without getting on his nerves

Moo is a proper snuggler but she is older. Although she has just taken herself off to bed (my bed) with the look of 'so your not coming then!' Its very much me and her though, and sometimes I'd prefer her not to to be acting like an oversized cat! x

big hugs

Maybe you could try to cuddle with him in his space where he is relaxing.Rather than trying to get him to go into your space...My pup Blue does a bit of the same thing cuddles for a bit then finds his own space so if i want to keep the cuddle going i will lie with him on the floor or where ever he is...

Pittboss wrote:Maybe you could try to cuddle with him in his space where he is relaxing.Rather than trying to get him to go into your space...My pup Blue does a bit of the same thing cuddles for a bit then finds his own space so if i want to keep the cuddle going i will lie with him on the floor or where ever he is...

thanks - good idea

Kaos is completley the same he cant cuddle at all......i think it doesnt help that we dont allow dogs on the sofa so he has never had that proper snuggley time, we always get on the floor with the dogs tho. When we first got Ty we did allow him up for the first few months and he is the best snuggler ever!! x

Oh and i forgot to add that when kaos and Ty went into kennels they had there own sofa and tv (no dog bed) Kaos spent the first night sleeping on the hard concrete floor and wouldnt get up on the sofa so they had to bring in a dog bed for him after that......thats how bad he is! lol x

yep woody is no cuddler either. he will lie on the sofa (i know bad mummy) and he likes to have his head on my ankles but thats it!

carly -

blaze wrote:Oh and i forgot to add that when kaos and Ty went into kennels they had there own sofa and tv (no dog bed) Kaos spent the first night sleeping on the hard concrete floor and wouldnt get up on the sofa so they had to bring in a dog bed for him after that......thats how bad he is! lol x

I posted a topic not too long ago about the same thing with my Roxy.

Below is the link.....hope it works, i'm not the brainiest when it comes to computers

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t5300-i-just-want-a-cuddle

Aww bless him! .. Vinnie is a cuddler!! He will snuggle up too me for hours and I literally have to pick him up and move him to get him off! Lol .. He trys to lye on my chest like he did when he was teeny but slides of! Haha ..
Skye tho' she will snuggle for a bit but would rather lye next to you than on you.

thanks all, dont feel so bad now