My dog has never done that before, even when I tried. She does try to scratch herself though when I scratch her neck, but I guess that's a different spot so a different thing.wolfadore wrote:huh. I never have seen that behavior in my dogs before! I will have to try it. I think it is probably because that is the spot where they can't see and are more vulnerable.Canidae wrote:I'm sure a lot of you know what happens to some dogs when you scratch them right on the arch of their back, right? Sometimes they get chills, and/or their rear legs will tremble, and/or the muscles in the entire back portion of their body will tense up and they'll kinda fall over a bit.
But did you know this works on wolves, too? xD I've seen it done to two different wolves. I've done it to Shadow, an older wolf I worked with. And one time at a wolf sanctuary, they brought out a very habituated captive wolf named Forest, and my dad did it to him. xD It made everybody in the crowd laugh--nobody had ever seen a wolf display that silly behavior before.
But that some wolves, just like dogs, actually repsond to that. That's pretty cool. xD