collie snapping when stroked but wants attention?

DogsBody

ali-t wrote: »

One of my dogs does this. He will jump up at the stair gate to say hello to people, wriggling his butt and full of doggy smiles trying to lick people. But if the person he wants to say hello to touches him or tries to pet him he backs off and acts like he is very uncomfortable.

He is ok while there is distance and if he gets to lick the persons hand but doesn't like people he doesn't know or trust in his space. Dogs are as varied as people

Hehehe, it's that whole 'primate vs canid' thing, isn't it ?
We are naturally touchy-feely-strokey, dogs are really not and can find it quite threatening if they haven't been taught all about it and learned to put up with our weirdness with good humour