It Feels So Good!

Dear Mr. Smart T. Pants,

I love having my ears rubbed. It makes me relax all over and sometimes I can actually fall asleep. How can I encourage my human to do it more often?

Poppy from Pennsylvania

Dear Poppy::

As someone who appreciates a good ear rub, presenting those beautiful ears to your human should be enough encouragement. But maybe humans would do it more often if they understand that rubbing their dog’s ears releases feel good endorphins not only for their dogs but for themselves as well! It will even help to lower the human’s blood pressure. All they need to do is to start at the base of our ear and with their thumb and forefinger, pull our ears straight out and gently slide their fingers up and down! Oh I get excited just writing about it.

But here is a warning - humans try this with your dogs - don’t just decide to rub another dog’s ears without being properly introduced and sniffed. That would be considered rude and possibly threatening.

Thank you Poppy for bringing this valuable lesson to everyone’s attention!

Mr. Smart T. Pants

How can you resist these ears?