Quote Originally Posted by jenn_librarian
One question though... if Bon wants to give you paw, and it makes him feel reassured and calm, why shouldn't he do it? I didn't understand the whole "give paw" thing to begin with. I thought that was a sweet gesture.
First I'd like to thank you for all the sweet things you said, it really touched my heart.

The paw...ok, let me see if I can explain.

First of all his paw is huge, it's scratchy on the pad and he still has his dew claws. Not only does he give his paw but he puts weight on it his claws come out, kind of like a cat will do and he'll scratch the heck out of you. If he even scratches me a little I have to put alcohol on it or it will get infected.
That's really the main reason. The other reason was that we always heard it was a dominant thing (but we've realized now that it's not that at all).
Now I will allow him to do it, then I'll tell him good boy and he'll go lay down. So I've figured out a way to make him feel better and not get hurt in the process (Did that explanation make sense?)