How bout it, Pat. I have a Golden Retriever, Aggie, and she is unbelievable with how generous she is with affection. My other dog, Yummy, just wants to play all the time-he's not very affectionate except when I scratch his butt. ??? He loves his but to be scratched. I don't know, he positions himself so that I'm scratching his butt all the time. I just go with the flow-if it makes him happy, why argue?
Anyway, yes, I do hug them lots and lots.
((((((Pat and Pat's puppies))))))))))))