Is Your Dog Universally Loved?

[Jessika]

Of my dogs Jamie is the favorite among my friends just because she is so outgoing and loves to play. Charlie on the otherhand is favored by my family members only because he was around them long enough to warm up to them, so he will let them pet him and stuff. And they have also been around him long enough to see him open up and just be plain goofy!!

I have never had anyone who is in my life not like my dogs. Even strangers on the street think they are so nice nad pretty!! Except a guy downstairs, Jamie barked at him while I was walking her, he got scared!! Jamie, of all dogs, he got scared and thought she would bite him!! I told him the worse that would happen is he would get licked to death.. he didn't find it funny

[k9krazee]

With my family (the older ones, like Aunts and Uncles..) Shadow is the favorite. I think they like how she is so easy going, very quiet and will sit nicely to be petted.

With my friends and little kids (like my cousins) Jack is the favorite because he is always so excited about everything, incredibly outgoing and he loves to play or perform tricks for them.

ETA:

Micki, Mini and Kyra are not universally loved

Kyra is very standoffish when she first meets somebody and takes a LONG time to actually warm up (helps if you happen to have a bouncy ball )

Micki is very talkative and likes to woof at you until you acknowledge his presence. People generally don't understand and just think its annoying.

And Mini is completely devoted to my dad and may seem standoffish to other people. She is truely a one person dog

[Roxyluvsme13]

Everybody loves them both!
My family is always asking how they are

[Dixieland Dancer]

Everybody loves Dusty because he is a character and is always ready to play. He also loves to cuddle no matter where he's at and with whomever he's with.

Dixie is loved by everyone in the family because she is just a special girl! With friends she is more aloof unless they are willing to rub her paws.

[RobiLee]

I have to say No.

Most of my family think we are nuts to have two big dogs. Two big HAIRY dogs! What were we thinking blah, blah, blah. We don't have visitors often so no one really sees them. My mom seems terrified of them which I find odd because we have always had dogs, but I guess they were always small to medium size dogs. I never knew bigger dogs scared her. My dad thinks they are beautiful, but that we are still crazy. They LIKE the dogs but there is no love. It made me and Alden sad the other day when we found out his mom and dad were in town and had thought about stopping by but were afraid the dogs might hurt his dad (his dad is very frail and ill). Geesh, the first thing we would have done would be to put the dogs outside or put up the gate and confine them to the kitchen/dining room. I can't take my dogs to anyone's house. We do go to my folks place once in awhile to run the fields and they do go inside for a bit but I can feel my mom tense up partly because she is scared of them and partly because they might get her house hairy and dirty..lol. I mostly keep them outside when I take them out there.

I have to add that Katie goes completely nuts over my mom. She licks, paws and noses her to death. She seems to love her. I always have to tell her to leave Grandma alone..lol. I wonder if this is because she senses my mom's submissive behavior around her and its her way of dominating her. Is there something to that?

[cyber-sibes]

mostly yes. Everyone loves Star, because she is so charming, and she's a really a "people" dog. She loves to look into your eyes with her big beautiful blue eyes, and she's very "gracious" and well-behaved. my son is the ony one that can get away with treating her like a baby, picking her up to carry around, & all. she doesn't like it, but she tolerates it from him. I don't think I've ever had anyone say they don't like her.
People like Sherman, too but he is more naturally shy and wary than Star, so he tends to hang back. He's my velcro pup. It just takes people a little longer to get to know him. He's a gentle soul, he grows on people.
Ah, then there was my Rosie girl! I loved that dog like she was my long lost baby, but she drove everyone else nuts! The chewing, the digging, the barking, the licking... my goofy girl! Gosh I miss her! IWhen friends got to know her better, they liked her too, but still thought she was a pain.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Marta is the canine equivalent of a social butterfly, so yes, most people really like her. She LOVES everyone she meets, especially children and the elderly. I'm not really sure why since she wasn't especially socialized to these groups of people but she's very gentle with kids, and has been to visit older relatives in nursing homes, where she's always a hit. One of my cousins kids who is scared of dogs loves Marta and even bought her a christmas present!

Adele is well liked by close family members and friends- people who can really get to know her. I have to admit she is very obnoxious when you meet her. She jumps up and loves to lick, she will just lick, lick, lick. Usually I put her in her crate when new people come over until she is settled down (or she will knock them over) and introduce her slowly. She gets really excited.