Q&A for How to Make a Dog Love You

While kissing is not a natural dog behavior, there is something close in the way a mother dog licks her pups. Most dogs will interpret the bigger picture of your body language, tone of voice, and facial expression to understand a kiss is a sign of deep affection.

Your dog will interpret your body language and tone of voice, and understand that they are treasured and loved. Setting boundaries, so the dog knows what's expected of them, is hugely reassuring to the dog and another way of showing your love.

Dogs love to have a routine. It helps a dog feel content if they know when to expect meals and walks, and have a rich life with plenty of opportunity to exercise and play.

Spend time together doing pleasant activities such as walking. Use reward-based training methods which teach the dog to look to you for instruction, and help them understand you represent safety and stability.

You could offer treats or kneel down and hold out your hand so they can smell it. Let the dog come to you at its own pace, do not rush things.

It's because your dog considers your dad as the "master". Try to gain trust of the dog step by step. It works to show your dog that you and your dad are friends, so the dog will think "oh so they know each other".

If you spend more time with him, he'll love you. But don't be surprised that he'll always consider your mom as the "master", because she is around more and there's nothing you can do about that. Your dog is young, so he's scared when you leave the room, that's totally okay.

If the puppy is young, and always sleepy, then let it sleep. As the puppy gets older, it will want to play all the time. Let it play, but make sure to say "No bite!" and pull your hand or shirt away when he/she bites you. You have to teach it to not bite. A puppy's feelings are easily told by its actions. Play, play, sleep. You can play with it, then just let it curl up on your lap and fall asleep. Bonding will slowly but surely grow.

You shouldn't give your boyfriend's dog too much love, especially if this dog has had a problem with humans before or is deeply bonded only to your boyfriend. Try gently, step by step, first, make sure your dog knows you can be trusted. Gently throw biscuits, food pieces and show him/her some toys. Make sure you don't invade the dog's space. Spend time together with both your boyfriend and the dog, so that the dog can see your boyfriend thinks you're just as great as the dog!

Firstly, do not take a dog home before it is 8 weeks old, as it needs to learn correct behaviour from its mother and littermates. To make a good impression, visit the puppy more than once leading up to the time that you take it home, and interact with the dog. You could bring a toy along to play with, and take it every visit so that it has the scent of your home on it, which can help the dog settle in when you bring it home. Make sure that you have a connection - most people say that the dog chose them!

Adopted dogs can be difficult to deal with. If you can, spend a lot of time with that dog while visiting the shelter or the previous owner. Dogs live like there's no tomorrow, they won't be sad when separated from their siblings and they'll get used to new owners. If your dogs struggles with accepting you, speak to a dog trainer.

Dogs have a lot of love to give, and most have strong relationships with multiple people, being friends or family (malamutes and huskies often bond strongly with a single person, so it may be more difficult in that case). The best thing to do is to offer affection, give the dog exercise (which relaxes them and so builds the bond), and spend time together, perhaps 1:1 to take away the attention from the other person. Never force an animal, of any kind, to be with you, as it will have the opposite effect - you would give them something to back away from by pulling them towards you.

Your dog is probably territorial. Try to make sure that your friends get to know your dog better so he will be less worried about them.

Try to make sure your friend's dog knows you are not intruding his/her space and try giving her bits of food and playing with toys. Also make sure you use a nice tone whilst trying to interact with the dog.

It means that you have invaded its space or did not care about the warnings. Dogs don't bite because it's fun (unless they've been separated from the mother too soon, then consult your vet), they bite because they didn't like something and you kept on doing it anyway. Some dogs are trained to bite, keep that in mind while approaching a random dog.

Dogs show devotion and love when you give them plenty of love, play, feed and walk on time. To get a puppy to love you, play with it often, take good care of it and cuddle it if it lets you. When it feels you love it, the dog will love you back. There is an exception to get a puppy love––it takes longer to earn its love and trust when a puppy was abused previously. This puppy is afraid of people and often require special approach to help it trust a human.

Spend more time with your special pup. Play her favorite games with her, talk to her in a gentle voice so she feels safe around you, don't punish her unless she really deserves it, and give her extra tummy rubs.

Some dogs just get excited whenever anybody comes over. Ask your friend how their dog normally reacts to company. If you want the dog to like you even more, just make sure to pay lots of attention to it when you're at your friend's house.

This might take time. Remember, dogs are just like humans and can be traumatized. Give it a couple of months. It takes lots of time to rebuild the trust.

Usually, when a dog won't look you in the eyes he/she respects you. But it is okay to look a dog in the eyes, even if they don't want to look at you back. Make sure to be calm and collected around her, this should make her feel safe. If they jump up on you a lot, tell her calmly to stay down, or stop, or whatever command her family uses. Be extra nice to her and she will be extra nice to you!

Dogs are like babies, they like to play and discover. There are moments when the dog won't like to be bothered, like puppies, who need a lot of sleep. Don't wake up the dog just to play. When you see that the dog is awake and sniffing around or looking at you, start throwing balls and it'll want to play.

It depends. It might have had a bad experience with kids, so it is scared of them. It might be that that adult is the alpha and prefers other 'alphas'. Or you might just not be petting or playing with the dog in the right way.

The dog now has bad association with you, which can be changed with good association. Depending on how much sge mistrusts you, keep your distance so that there is no confrontation. Over a period of time, she will trust you and become closer. Start by being around when the dog does things that makes her happy, like play and feeding time. Just be there and let your girlfriend to all the interacting. Eventually you can play with the dog yourself, you can gradually get to that point. If she sees that you can be trusted around food without threat or danger, then eventually you can hand her the treat yourself.

Give him some treats. You should also spend more time with him and play around. Sometimes the dog is shy so you have to act as if you weren't scared.

Sometimes you may accidentally hurt a dog or insult it in some way, like yelling at it or stepping on its tail. If it was accidental, then console the dog right afterwards to let it know you meant no ill will. If it was yelling because it frustrated you, soon afterwards let it know you like it and pet it. If you have physically abused the dog, it may never trust you again and it might be best to keep your distance and make no sudden movements around it.

You can't. You have to click with the dog, and it's important that you display appropriate body language to calm the dog. If a dog remains uncomfortable with you, check your own body language and voice tone. Be friendly, but let the dog do most of the work of checking you out. If the dog seems afraid, don't force the dog to accept you, as there may be a history of abuse and it's possible that something you're wearing or doing recalls that abuse.

Spend some bonding time with her. Play with her favorite toys with her, snuggle with her, and give her treats.

Absolutely! Dogs and humans have a special connection and can form bonds just as strong as humans can with other humans. Your dog can definitely love you in a very real sense.

Yes, but not necessarily in the same way that humans can get jealous. Research suggests that dogs can feel envy about not receiving attention, but may not be jealous of another dog's relationship with you.

Dogs go to the bathroom with you because they love you! They don't want to leave your side and if that means going into the bathroom with you, then so be it!